About the Department of Library & Information Science

(রবীন্দ্রভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের গ্রন্থাগার ও তথ্যবিজ্ঞান বিভাগ সম্পর্কে)

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In order to cope with the emergent professional manpower requirements for various kinds and levels of libraries and information centres, Rabindra Bharati University, under the leadership of Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherjee, the then Vice-chancellor established the Department of Library and Information Science at Jorasanko Campus. Initially, it was started as an evening course in the year 1985 as the first professional Post Graduate degree course in Library and Information Science (i.e. BLibISc). It is under the Post Graduate Faculty of Arts. The Department has introduced M.Lib.I.Sc. programme in the year 2007. Till 2021 end 17 Research Scholars Awarded Ph.D. from this Department. The Department is publishing RBU Journal of Library & Information Science- a UGC Care Listed Scholarly Journal since last 23 years.

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Department at a Glance

Name : Department of Library & Information Science

Establishment Year : 1985

Faculty : Post Graduate Faculty of Arts

Course Offer :• Bachelor of Library and Information Science (B.Lib.I.Sc.)-- 1 Year two-semester (Non-CBCS)
• Master of Library and Information Science (M.Lib.I.Sc)-- 1 Year two-Semester (Non-CBCS)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science (Ph.D.)

Intake Capacity :• B.Lib.I.Sc. = 40
• M.Lib.I.Sc.=15 (As per the decision of the Admission Board)

Department Journal : RBU Journal of Library and Information Science ISSN: 0972-2750
Published only PRINT COPY since 1997; Annually. UGC CARE ENLISTED

   (Due to Covid19, Vol 21, V 22 and V 23- full-text eCopy of the same is available)
Year of Inception: • B.Lib.I.Sc- 1986 (Semester System introduced in 2016)
   • M.Lib.I.Sc.- 2007( Semester System introduced in 2013)
   • Ph.D. Course Work- 2010

PhD : Awarded-17 ( till 2021); Ongoing - 8 (till 2021)
(including 2 JRF and 2 State Scholarship fellow)

HOD :1. Dr. S.M. Ganguly (1986-1992)
2. Dr. Pinaki Nath Mukhopadhyay (1992- 2011)
3. Sri Salil Chandra Khan (2011-2013)
4. Dr. Sudip Ranjan Hatua (2013- 2020 as Teacher-in-Charge);

5. Dr. Sudip Ranjan Hatua (2021- 14th Sept. 2023)

6. Dr. Ziaur Rahman (15th Sept. 2023 - 14th Sept 2025)

Objectives

To develop skills and trained knowledge worker
To help decision-making of highest level of management to the lowest level individual entrepreneur;
To build leaders in libraries, archives, and information/knowledge centres from conventional to DIGITAL Environment;
To conduct education, research and development for the advancement of the Library Information & Sciences;
To enhance the quality and standard of education;

Opportunity and Scope-

Students having Library and Information Science degree may find scope in both ‘academic’, ‘administrative’ as well as IT sector and Mass Media and public relations. Candidates having Degree of Library and Information Science will find the opportunity in the library of both public and private School, College, University. They can find the prestigious placement at the Institute of National Importance and R&D Centres like, IIT, IIM, IISc, IIIT, ISI, CSIR , ICSSR, DRDO etc. Students have an opportunity at various Information Centres like NISCAIR, NIC, INFLIBNET, NASSDOC, SENDOC, NISSAT etc. along with International organization like, UNESCO, UNDP, FID, IFLA etc. They have very good rising scope at unconventional area like Media, Hospital & Medical Industry, Software & IT industry. Apart from all these there are huge scope in Government Sector like Public libraries, State and National Secretariat Library, Parliament Library and National Library. In all these sector Librarian with professional degree is an essential criteria.