About us

The Department of Library and Information Science instituted in 1946, is organized in the Faculty of Arts. The (late) Dr S.R. Ranganathan and (late)Professor S. Das Gupta, renowned librarians and teachers in Library Science took the initiative for establishing this Department, and it was for the first time in the country that a Library Science Department was constituted at par with other teaching departments in this University. (The Department completed its Golden Jubilee in 1996-97 by organizing a national seminar, which was attended by eminent Library and Information Science professionals).The Department has also been recognized as an Associated Project of UNESCO. It is housed in the Tutorial Building, adjacent to the University Central Reference Library. 

The Department during the past 72 years of its existence has played a significant role in Library Science education in the country as whole. Already about 3579 students have taken their Library Science degree from this Department. Out of whom about 2235 students obtained Post graduate Diploma in Library Science/ bachelor’s degree in Library Science; 1152 master’s degree in Library Science / Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science; and 132 M. Phil. Degrees and 60 Ph. D in Library and Information Science (as on May 2018). Old students are occupying senior professional positions not only in India but also outside the country.so ou