Master of Philosophy Programme in Library and Information Science: University of CAlicut

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT 

Master of Philosophy Programme in Library and Information Science – Syllabus


Information Literacy

  • Information Literacy definition, need and purpose
  • Role of Information Literacy in the society
  • Policies and Strategies
  • Information Literacy Standards: Foundations & Implications
  • Types and models of information literacy

Misinformation and Disinformation:
  • Misinformation and Disinformation: Definition and Introduction
  • Formats of Misinformation and Disinformation, factors leading to the spread of Fake
  • news.
  • Social Media platforms and the spread of misinformation and disinformation.
  • Misinformation and Disinformation: Detection & Fact Checking
  • Combating disinformation and misinformation through Media and Information
  • Literacy (MIL)

Infodemic:
  • Information overload/explosion
  • Infodemic: Definition, Introduction
  • Infodemiology: an emerging transdisciplinary scientific field
  • Social Media and Infodemic
  • Infodemic Management
Academic Library Accreditation
  • Accreditation and Quality Control: Need and Purpose.
  • Higher Education Accreditation Bodies in India; UGC- NAAC, AICTE, National Board of
  • Accreditation (NBA), Bar Council of India (BCI) and Medical Council of India (MCI)
  • Library Accreditation: Need
  • ACRL & ACRL; Standards for Libraries in Higher Education
  • UGC-NAAC Guideline for Academic and Research Libraries

UNIT-1 Overview of Informetrics
  • Concept, Genesis & Definition of informetrics
  • Bibliometrics
  • Scientometrics
  • Webometrics
UNIT-2 Sources for Informetric data
  • Web of Knowledge
  • Scopus
  • Google Scholar
  • SCImago
  • Indian Citation Index
UNIT-3 Citation Analysis
  • Citation Studies
  • Co- Citation Analysis
  • Citation Index
  • Impact Factor, H-index, g-index, i10-index
UNIT-4 Altmetrics
  • Definitions & Classification of Altmetrics
  • Standards in Altmetrics
  • Technological Capabilities of Altmetrics
  • Altmetrics Issues
UNIT-5 Altmetrics Tools/App
  • ImpactStory
  • ReaderMeter
  • ScienceCard
  • PLoS Impact Explorer
  • PaperCritic
  • CrowdoMeter

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