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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The primary goal of this course is to educate students on the information consolidation and repackaging process in preparation for the BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Certification.

BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Classes covering web products and services are also discussed which elaborates on collaborative content development.

The BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Certification Syllabus like literature search service, abstracting services, referral service, CAS, translation service and document delivery service are discussed in detail.

All students get a BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Certification by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India.

The Highlights

Provided by IGNOU
Online course
12 weeks course
Expert Lectures

Programme Offerings

video lectures
Study Materials

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	IGNOU

What you will learn

Students who enrol in the BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Certification Course receive in-depth instruction on the literature search process, which is a crucial step before beginning a research project, producing a monograph, or conducting an article-length study.

BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Training will help you know that the production of literature has not stopped. It is continuing at an ever increasing rate and cumulating. This literature is continuously cumulating making literature search more and more challenging

After completion of this BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Certification, the learning outcomes includes:

To describe the search technique involving subject approach and author approach
Discuss about the bibliographic services especially ad hoc bibliography
Compile a bibliography following subject approach as well as author approach

Who it is for

Librarian

There shall be good job opportunities if the relevant students apply for BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Online Course:

Librarian

Admission Details

The admission for the course in BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Certification starts soon and students are requested to enroll by following steps:

Step 1: Visit the official website

Step 2: Fill up the application form

Step 3: Upload all necessary documents

Step 4: Pay the required fee online (if you need certification)

The Syllabus

Unit-1: Literature Search and Bibliographic Services

Unit-2: Current Awareness Services (Including SDI and Alerting Services )

Unit-3: Abstracting, Digest and Newspaper Clipping Services

Unit-4: Referral Service

Unit-5: Information Analysis

Unit-6: Information Consolidation and Repackaging

Unit-7: Information Analysis and Consolidation Products

Unit-8: Document Delivery Service: An Overview

Unit-9: Electronic Document Delivery Service

Unit-10: Translation Service , Unit-11: Web Sharing

Unit-12: Collaborative Content Development

Unit-13: Web Contents and Services

Evaluation process

Yes, there will be assessments and one Final Exam.

Instructors

IGNOU Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What are library information products?

The information products are issued by industrial, commercial, public service, or similar organisations, as promotional material for the target audience and products are newsletters, house journals, trade and product bulletins.

2: How are the classes for BLIE-228 Information Products and Services Online Course being held?

The classes are administered through means of pre-recorded videos and lectures.

3: How is the BLIE-228 Information Products and Services exam conducted?

The exam will be an offline based exam and you will have to appear at the allotted exam centre.

4: Who is teaching faculty for this course?

The instructors for this course are Dr. Archana Shukla and Dr. Pawan Kumar Saini from IGNOU.

5: What is an example of an information product?

Examples of information products include ebooks, Membership sites and webinars.