Through this course , student will learned about different dimensions of OA concept its , publishing models, community movements etc, and understand  need to develop a culture of openness for long-term sustainability of community knowledge being recorded and disseminated through OA channels.

After studying the paper, students shall be able:

 ·            To familiarize themselves with use and application of MS Office and installation windows Operating system.

·            To familiarize and make them use of creating a database for different categories of documents.

·            To make them understand and use of Online and Offline Searching, Web Searching,

·            Understanding the installation of Library management software SOUL.



After studying the paper, students shall be able:

·         To understand the sources of information, concept of reference and information sources and services provided in libraries.

·         Understand criteria of evaluation of different sources of information.

·         Understand the reference interview and various techniques of searching information.

·         Understand the latest trends in Reference & Information Sources and Services.