University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln May 2019 LIS Education System of University of Delhi and Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi: A Comparative Study Ajit Kumar
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Kumar, Ajit, "LIS Education System of University of Delhi and Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi: A Comparative Study" (2019). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 2401. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/2401 LIS Education System of University of Delhi and Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi: A Comparative Study Dr. Ajit Kumar Library and Information Officer, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (Govt. of India), Teen Murti House, New Delhi-110011 E-Mail:
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[email protected] ABSTRACT: This paper present the LIS educations system of Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Delhi University and Deptt. Library and Information Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University. A comparative study of both of the universities has been elaborate in this paper. The curriculums of LIS courses have been evaluated based on the some latest terms and techniques. Based on the study observations have been laid down in this paper. Keywords: Delhi University; Deptt of Library and Information Science, IGNOU; Delhi Library Association, LIS Curriculum, LIS Education, BLISc., MLISc., M.Phil., Ph.D 1. INTRODUCTION Indian LIS education is about 106 years old, which was started in form of training programme for the staff of Imperial Library (now, National Library, Kolkata).It has been noticed that first formal training course was started in 1911, Baroda (Neelameghan, 1974) and first LIS course at the University level had started by Asa Don Dickinson, the University librarian of Punjab University (earlier past of undivided India) in 1915 (Agarwal, Mythili and Soni, 1996).