DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES
Academic Focus:
Library and Information Science deals with the categorization of information and scientific studies into the different discourses relating to knowledge management and creating a knowledge-based society based on ICT applications and a sound philosophy of knowledge acquisition and application for the betterment of society. So, in this regard, the department tries to make society educated formally and informally through the classroom method by training young professionals and also helping in continuing education as well as adult education programmes in the context of the North-Eastern region of India.
The Department is to provide excellence in education, preparing leaders for a diverse, highly technological, information-based global society; to engage in research and creative activities that generate new knowledge and applications for effective practice and that foster interdisciplinary approaches to address information challenges and to meet the complex information needs of society through public and professional service. Thrust areas of research in the department are IT Applications to Libraries, Collection Development Policy, Human Resource Management, Information Seeking Behaviour, Social Media, etc.
