LISc. 567-1 : Computer Programming in Library [Practical]

Full Marks: 60

Teaching Hrs: 48

Credit  Hrs.: 3

 

Course Objectives

The courses designed to provide foundation in computer programming to beginner using the programming language, Pascal. This course intends to provide practical knowledge on basic data types and statements of PASCAL, procedures and functions, Pascal structuring facilities-arrays, strings, etc. The course has provision of Viva-voce upto percentage of marks.

 

Objectives

To familiarize students with use of computer technology and its application

To provide students and understanding of the introduction and running of automated library operations and information services

To introduce students the concepts and methods of designing information systems

To provide familiarity with at least one information retrieval package

To understand the elements of programming and to teach a simplest programming language  i.e. Pascal.

 

Teaaching Hrs: 48

Credit  Hrs.: 3

 

Unit/Course Content                                                          Teaching Hrs.

1.  Data types and declarations:                                                               10

Data types

Integer, real, char, Boolean, enumerated, subrange

Data declaration

Constants and constant definition, type definition, variable declaration

Statement expressions and assignments

Statements, expressions, the assignment statement

Simple input and output of data

     Transferring information to from the program, input in PASCAL, output in PASCAL

 

2.  Statements:                                                                               11

Compound statements

Repetitive statements

The while statements,

The for statements

     The case statement

 

3.  Procedures and functions:                                                                  12

The procedures concept, block structure and scope

Parameters

Variable parameters, value parameters

Functions

Side effects of functions

Procedures

Functions as paramagnets

 

4.  Arrays:                                                                                               15

The arrays concept

Two dimensional concepts

Whole array operations

Packed array

Strings

String assignments

The length function

The concat function

The copy function

The pos function

The delete and insert procedure

Representing string as arrays

String comparisons

Numeric conversions

Formatting numeric output

String to number

The val procedure

Passing string to procedures

Suggested Reading:

 

Champan, Edward & Paul St. John   :         Library system analysis guidelines. New York: Wiley Inter-science, 1970.

Rao, I. K. Ravichandra             :         Library Automation. New Age International (P) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi, 1990.

Sharma, Pandey S. K.              :         Fundamental of Library Automation, ESS ESS Publication, New Delhi, 1985.

Sharma, Pandey S. K.              :         Library Computerization: Theory and Practice. ESS ESS Publication, New Delhi.

Shukla, R. K.                           :         Automation of Libraries and Information Centres: Using dBASE III Plus, New Delhi; Concept Publishing Company.

                                                          Turbo Pascal Tutor, USA: Borland International, 1987.

                                                          UNESCO. CDS/ISIS version 2.3. 1989.

Welsh, John and Elder John    :         Introduction to Pascal. 2nd ed. N. J.: Prentice Hall, 1982.

Gottfried, Byron S.                  :         Theory and Problems of Programming with Pascal. 2nd ed. New Delhi, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 1993.

Rajaraman, V.                          :         Computer Programming in PASCAL. 2nd ed. New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited,2000.