Master of Library and Information Science [M.Lib.I.Sc]

The Master of Library and Information Science at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi trains graduates to organise, describe and make findable the information a modern institution holds. Coursework moves from the classical ground of cataloguing, classification and reference service into the areas that now dominate the field: library automation software, digital repositories and institutional archives, metadata standards, database searching, information retrieval and the management of electronic journals and e-resources. Students usually combine classroom work with practical sessions in a working library and a short internship or dissertation. The programme suits graduates who have already taken a bachelor's qualification in library science or a related route and want the professional degree that senior posts ask for. Graduates work as librarians and information officers in universities, schools, research institutes, courts, hospitals, media houses and public-sector documentation centres in Delhi and elsewhere, or continue to M.Phil and doctoral research in the discipline.