An Analytical Study of LIS Topics covered on Wikipedia

One of the objectives of UGC is to conduct efficient, transparent standard tests to evaluate the ability of the candidate for the purpose of admission and recruitment. UGC conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) to determine eligibility for lectureship and for award of Junior Research fellowship (JRF) in Social Sciences, Humanities, Forensic Science, Environmental, Computer Science and Electronic Science. Wikipedia is a website developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing them to change or add study material on it. The researcher has made an attempt to study the extent to which the syllabus of Library and Information Science subject of the UGCNET has been covered in Wikipedia. The findings reveal that all topics of the LIS subject incorporated in the UGC-NET examination syllabus are covered in the Wikipedia. The researcher has identified some subjects for which the contents are inadequate. It is recommended by the researcher to add references and external links.