About us

 The Department of Library and Information Science, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur is one of the oldest departments of library science in the country.  This department was started on 20 August 1956.  Nagpur remained the capital of Central Province & Berar till 1956.  That time, there was no university in the state offering a postgraduate diploma course in Library

 Science.  Feeling the necessity, some of the senior librarians in the City had started approaching the University to start a Departments of Library Science.  Till then, the various University colleges and Departments were established with the munificent donations made by the various philanthropists. As the discipline Library Science is quite new and its social implications were not much realized by general public, it could not get a benefactor as in the case of the LIT, Department of Geology and the others.  Finally the University had approved the proposal on the assurance that the department will be ‘self sufficient’.   This is the reason why as many as 79 students were admitted in the 1^st year. The classes were held both in the morning as well as in the evening. Initially, the department also had the problem of teaching staff. Very few qualified people were available in Nagpur who could surve the department.

This  department  had a history of fifty years. Starting in the year 1956 with a diploma course in Library and Information Science it has come a long way upgrading the diploma to BLISc, starting MLISC  of one year courses 9 1984) and MLISc ( Integrated two years course ) as per UGC guide lines in the year 2003. The department proposes to start M.Phil Program( one year regular course ) from the academic session 2007-08. the department also has to its credit P.hd program from 1987 onwards.

Department celebrated its Golden Jubilee year during 2006-07 to commemorate the 50 glorious years of existence and its  academic contribution to the Discipline of Library and Information Science. The department was headed by stalwarts in the field like Prof. Phadke,P.S. .  Prof. Gidwani,N.N. . Dr V.V.Kulkarni. Prof. Muley, Y.M. , and Dr.P.S.G. Kumar ( for twenty four Years ) who are renowned scholars in the field and brought laurels to this department by their academic and administrative acumen to this university and upgraded standard of this department as one of the leading LIS educational institutes in the country.

Library Science Department is Located on the first floor of RTMNU Main library building,  Ramdas pet.

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Currently Conducted Courses:

1.      MLISC Part- I (Two years Integrated course)                            Intake : 40 students

2.      MLISC Part- II (Two years Integrated course)                          Intake : 40 students

3.      Ph.D                                                                                             Intake : 10 students per guide

4.      M.Phil                                                                                           Intake: 20 students

( Proposal to start from  the  academic session 2007-2008)

Medium of Instruction: English

Structure of the course

MLISC Part- I (Two years integrated course)   (  Intake Capacity : 40)

Paper                                                                                    Max. Marks       Minimum Marks for Passing    

  Theory

   Paper-I   Foundations of Library & Information Science                         100                                        40

   Paper-II  Knowledge Organisation, Information Processing  & Retrieval  100                                        40     

   Paper-III Management of Libraries and Information Centres                  100                                        40

   Paper-IV Information Sources and Services                                         100                                        40

   Paper-V  Information Technology Basics                                              100                                        40

   Paper-VI Research Methods and Statistical Techniques                          100                                        40

                                                                       Total (Theory)            600                                      240

Practicals

1.  Classification                                                                                      75                                     30

2.  Cataloguing                                                                                        75                                     30

3. Information Technology Basics                                                              50                                     20

4. Information Sources & Services ( VIVA-VOCE)                                       50                                     20

5. Internal Assessment of :

    a) Survey of Libraries & Information Centres                                         25

        ( Educational Tour Report)

    b) Compilation of Bibliography/Documentation Lists                                25

 Total (Practical)                                                                     300                                    120

 Total ( theory + Practicals)                                                   900                                    360

MLISC Part- II (Two years integrated course) (Intake Capacity: 40)  

Paper                                                                             Max. Marks                   Minimum Marks

                                                                                                                                for Passing    

   Theory

   Paper-VII     Information and Communication                                100                         40

   Paper-VIII    Information Analysis, repackaging

                   and Consolidation                                                        100                        40

   Paper-IX   Information Retrieval and

                    Bibligraphical Control                                                 100                         40

   Paper- X   System Analysis and Bibliometrics                                100                         40

   Paper-XI   Information Technology Application                              100                         40

   Paper-XII   Information Systems (Elective Paper)                          100                         40

                      One out of Five Papers given below:

   Elective I    Archival, Museum and Archeological Information System    

   Elective II   Agricultural Information System                                                                        

   Elective III Biotechnology Information System

   Elective IV Legal Information System

   Elective V   Industrial Information System

           Total(Theory)     600                          240

Practicals

1.  Information Technology Applications                                            100                         40

2. Project work Report                                                                    100                         40

3. VIVA-VOCE                                                                                50                           20

4. Internal Assessment

  a) Class work of Indexing & Abstracting                                         25

  b) Seminar and Assignments                                                         25

Total (Practical)                                                                        300                          120

 Total   ( Theory + Practicals )                                       900                          360 

M.Phil  (Proposed to start from 2007-08)   Intake : 20

Paper                                                                              Max. Marks                     Minimum Marks

                                                                                                                                 for Passing .

   Theory

   Paper-I     Research Methods in LIS                                                 100                          50

   Paper-II    Electronic Digital and Virtual Libraries                              100                          50               

   Paper-III   Emerging Trends in LIS                                                  100                          50

   Total (Theory)                                                                            300                        150

Practical

1.  Dissertation                                                                                 100                         50

2. VIVA-VOCE                                                                                   50                          25

3. Internal Assessment

1. Seminars                                                                                      25                          25

2. Class Room Teaching Assignments                                                  25  

                                                     Total (Practical)           200                   100    

                                                                             Total      500                   250

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Admissions: On Merit Basis

Rules: As per the University Rules & Government  Reservation Policy  

Eligibility:

For MLISc Part- I                 : Any Arts, Science, Commerce/ or any other discipline University  Graduattion

For MLISc Part-II                : MLISc-Part-I / BLISc

For M.Phil                            :  MLISc with minimum 50%  Marks

For P.hd                              :  the Research supervisors and the RRC’s Approval

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Faculty

Current Status of Full-time Faculty Positions

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Research

Doctorate Degree program is conducted in the department since 1987 -------

Recognized Supervisors of RTMNU  for LIS Research

Ph. D Degree Holders   in Library and Information From 1990 to 2007 (March )

Ongoing Doctoral Research in DLISc,  RTMNU.  (Guide-wise)