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Seema Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 13: Research in LIS in India

Unit 13: Research in LIS in India Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
13.1 Curriculum
13.2 Intake and Teaching Methods
13.3 Infrastructure

13.4 Proliferation of Library Education
13.5 The Beginning of Research in Library and Information Science
13.6 Growth of Doctoral Research in India
13.7 Facilities for Research
13.8 The Deterioration of Standards

13.9 Relevance of Research
13.10 The Contributions Made by Research
13.11 Summary
13.12 Keywords
13.13 Review Questions

13.14 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Describe intake and teaching methods.

• Define proliferation of library education.
• Explain the deterioration of standards.

• Define relevance of research.
• Describe the contributions made by research.

Introduction

Professional higher education in library and information science (LIS) in India, now nine
decades old, is centred in universities. Exceptions are two national institutes, namely, the
Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) in Bangalore, and the education section
of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) in New Delhi. These two
institutes concentrate on the training of professionals for special and industrial libraries and
information centres. Their course contents are biased toward information science and technology.
These two institutes are a class apart from other programmes in their environment and products.
There are some regional library associations conducting certificate courses of a few months

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