Department of Library and Information Science

Library and Information Science (LISc) is a professional education aimed at developing students with adequate knowledge and skills relating to the tools and techniques of information handling, including ICT-enabled information processing and dissemination. The establishment of the Department of Library and Information Science, the tenth member in the Faculty of Arts and Commerce, at the University of Kalyani was formally conceived by an order dated March 23, 1985, by the then Vice-chancellor, Prof. S Mukherjee. In October 1985, the UGC accepted the university’s proposal for the creation of the posts of one reader and two lecturers in library and information science during the 7th plan period. The State Govt. gave its concurrence to the above posts in December 1988. After the completion of the recruitment process, the Department of Library and Information Science was formally inaugurated by the then Vice-Chancellor, Prof. K. K. Dasgupta, with a one-year Post-Graduate Course leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLISc) on April 29, 1992. The Master of Library and Information Science (MLISc) course was introduced from the academic session of 1999-2000, and the doctoral programme in 2001. The department conducts regularly workshops, conferences (under the series LiNE – Libraries in Next Era), virtual courses (Koha@Cloud), and is having research collaboration with many national (IGNOU, New Delhi, NDLI, IIT, Kharagpur) and international agencies (UNESCO, University of Notre Dame, VuFind community). The research profile of the department is available here - https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=UaMqY6oAAAAJ