ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of Library and Information Sciences)

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Note 1: Use your own words while working on your assignment. In case of quoting
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Note 2: Students at postgraduate level are expected to use multiple sources in solving
this assignment. All questions carry equal marks.
Note 3: Study guide of this course and links to resources to solve this assignment are
available in downloads at LIS Department website: http://lis.aiou.edu.pk/

Course: Foundation of Librarianship (5500)

Level: MLIS Semester: Spring, 2021
Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 40
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Unit: 1-5)

Q.1 Papyrus, Parchment and Vellum were the media of written communication in the
ancient world. Discuss its production process in detail.

Q.2 Define printing. Write a detailed note on different types of modern printing
techniques.

Q.3 Write an essay on the origin and development of modern paper.

Q.4 What is meant by binding? Discuss the different stage of book binding.

Q.5 Write short notes on the following:

a) Lamination
b) PH of paper
c) Arabic Alphabets
d) Paperless society
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 ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Unit: 6-9)
Total Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 40

Q.1 many different types of reading materials are produced in the modern age.
However, books will survive. Discuss.

Q.2 Differentiate between academic and special libraries on the basis of collection,
services and readers.

Q.3 Critically evaluate the development of public libraries in democratic and

dictatorship regimes in Pakistan.

Q.4 Define information society. What are possible challenges for a society to be an
information society? Discuss.

Q.5 Write short notes one:

a) Librarianship as a profession
b) Electronic Library
c) Bibliographic control
d) ASLIB