Program Objectives:

• To give the students an understanding of the basic principles and fundamental laws of librarianship.

• To enable the students to understand and appreciate the function and purposes of LICs in the changing social, cultural, technological and economic environment.

• To develop through knowledge of various sources of information, their organization and the necessary skills to provide traditional and modern library services.

• To develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes of the students leading to professional qualification for practicing librarianship as a career.

Employment Opportunities

LIS professionals can also aspire to get a job in private publishing houses and other private companies handling with voluminous information.

• Library staff and Library Officers in a University Library

• Consultants

• Information Scientists

• Information Experts

• Researcher/Scientists

• Information Literacy Specialists

• Cataloguers

• Information Analysts

• Documentalists

• Knowledge Managers

Programme Outcomes

LIS students

• Will learn the skills of organizing information and recorded knowledge

• Will able to provide traditional and modern information and reference services to the users

• Will become competent for job opportunities in LIS and related field.

Programme Specific Outcomes

• Can apply the skills and attitudes of visioning, entrepreneurship, advocacy, planning and management of Libraries and Information Centres (LICs) and effective leadership in the field.

• Possess the skills to respect, engage and collaborate with a diverse community in order to advocate for and construct inclusive, meaningful and participatory library services, programmes and resources.

• Can perform and access research-based practices through the application of information literacy, inquiry, and research methods including data discovery, analytics and qualitative measures.