Course Content:

1. Defining data, information and knowledge, characteristics of information and knowledge, varieties of information, human information needs, information models and theories, economics of information.
2.  Information and knowledge management, information management process, information processing, information access models, controlled vocabularies and natural language as information access tools.
3.  Information Science: Concepts and scope of information science, information, definition, types, qualities or properties, parameters, role of information in the society, barriers to use of information. Evolution and development of information science
4. Information 2.0, overview of the digital information landscape, implications of the technological changes for the information industry, internet as a driver of change, big data
5.  Information processing and storage: concepts, information creation process, methods of information processing, batch-processing systems, real-time processing systems, cognitive model of information processing, process of documentation.
6.  Tools for organizing knowledge, role of standards in information environments, various documentation standards, metadata protocols – Machine Readable Catalogue (MARC), Common Communication Format (CCF), ISBN, Dublin Core, etc. digital object identifiers, system contexts for knowledge organization.
7.  Introduction to information sources and services, various printed tools for exploring information resources and their use, information services for users including Current Awareness Service (CAS), Selective Dissemination Service (SDI), routings of periodicals, reference services etc.
8.  Information technology, components of a computer system-hardware and software, information management software tools, digital ready reference apparatus such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, catalogues, computer databases etc.

Course Content:

1. Use and applications of ICT in different fields of information institutions in Bangladesh, impact of ICT in information systems, current trends and existing situation, problems and prospects of using ICT in Bangladesh.
2. Electronic resources. Characteristics, types and formats of e-resources. Implementation of e-resources in information institutions.
3. Electronic journal, conceptual issues, categorization of e-journals, necessity of e-journals in Bangladesh, comparison between print journals and electronic journals, merits and demerits of e-journals, barriers of e-journals subscription in Bangladesh and the measures to overcome the barriers.
4. Classification of software’s for information institution and introduction of some application software used for the information center in Bangladesh
5. Integrated Library System (ILS) software, classification, features, open source and proprietary software
6. Institutional repository software, integrated system
7. Federated search system, necessity, functions and discussion about some software.
8. Remote access software, concept, functions, importance and comparison about some remote access software and service, MyAthens, EZproxy, etc.
9. Practical applications of office application software in information institution, open office, and Microsoft office package etc.
10. Concept, function, procedure, need assessment and elements of Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) technology, consideration for implementation of RFID system in information institutions
11. Information superhighway, definition, components, user groups, importance, advantages and disadvantages of information superhighway. Worldwide web, internet, web browser, web pages, website
12. Web Technology, languages for web development, Content Management System (CMS).
13. Modern technology trends of information institutions across the world.

Course Content:

1. Transformation of data into information, parameters of information, use of information in daily life, application of information in social activities. 
2. Evolution of society; development of the concepts of culture, civilization, society etc.; Models of society; elements of society; structural context of socialization etc.
3. Basic understanding of social organizations and institutions, various social institutions, functions and scopes of social institutions, elements and boundaries of social systems etc.
4. Basics of information institutions, different types of information institutions, purpose and functions of information institutions, role of information institution in knowledge-based society.
5. Growth pattern of information institutions, need for reading, writing and printing, history of learning, ideologies of reading, information institutions as social institutions, socio-political-economic background of establishing information institutions.
6. Historical development of information institutions in various civilizations, ancient and medieval patterns of information institutions of Asia, Africa and Europe.
7. Information institution as a social, cultural and democratic institution, relationship of information institution with other social institutions, changing role of information institutions in the society.
8. Definition and meaning of information society, factors determining the arrival of information society, history of information society, Theories of information society, components of information society, information economy, impact of information society on information profession.
9. Evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in development, information sharing and dissemination in technological environment.
10. Elements of information communication, Information institutions as a center of social communication, communication process in developed countries and its application in developing societies including Bangladesh, user-information professional communication.
11. Concept of algorithm, how algorithm affects our daily lives, social algorithm, algorithm culture, governing algorithm.