COURSES OFFERED 

Learning Objectives of the Programmes: 

The objectives of the courses are: 

● to disseminate knowledge of basic principles, philosophy and professional ethics of librarianship; 

● to acquaint the students with skills for the processing of information, its organisation and retrieval; 

● to teach students about the activities and purposes of libraries and information centres in a changing social, cultural, technical, and economic environment; 

● to provide fundamental computer knowledge and its application in library and information activities; 

● to make students understand the purpose and function of the automated Library/Information centers in the changing scenario of the society; 

● to acquaint the learners of the application of different management techniques in managing the Information systems and services; 

● to familiarise the students with fundamentals and methodology of planning, designing and developing the Library and Information centers and their services at local, national, regional and global level; 

● to bring out the competent human resource to promote access to the traditional, modern and socially useful knowledge by the process of digitisation; 

● to involve in capacity building activities to create a development oriented, people friendly learning support system.