About

The Department of Library and Information Science was established during the academic session 2002-2003. Prof. A. K. Sharma, the then Vice Chancellor, formally inaugurated the Department on 20th August 2002. Presently, the department is offering a two-year integrated MLIS (NEP 2020) and Ph.D. Program.

Mission of the Department

The mission of the Department includes providing quality-based education to strengthen students' ability to compete in the national and international job market, providing meaningful education to meet the current demands of the library, and developing skills and competencies among students so as to make them productive assets in the library.

Vision

The vision of the Department rests on the principle of developing a knowledge-based society to ensure a free flow of information and access to it by all communities in the region. Perpetrated with the mission, the Department commits to excellence in service, which substantially meets the objectives of the various colleges and university libraries and promotes lifelong learning. The vision also includes:

• Providing adequate and sustainable educational strength to meet the changing needs of society

• Developing leadership quality in managing the libraries and providing quality-based services for sustainable education and research

• Equipping the students to meet the 21st-century workforce for libraries and academia

• Strengthening information literacy among the students

• Encouraging lifelong learning, continuous improvement and research.