The department offers a one-year Bachelor in Library and Information Science course and two year integrated Master's degree in Library and Information Science to impart skills and training necessary for effective organization and management of libraries and information centres. The revised syllabus incorporates the latest developments in Information Technology and their applications in information storage and retrieval. The course is supplemented with practical training to develop the essential skills in computer operation, processing and working of library software. The course carries both internal and external evaluation.
History
Bachelor of Library and
Information Science course started in Farook College in 1993, for the first
time in an affiliated college in the State of Kerala. Subsequently Dept. of
Library and Information Science was established in 1994 offering one-year BLISc
course with two permanent teachers and an intake of ten students to this course.
This is the only affiliated college under the Calicut University offering
library science courses.
Vision
The vision of this
Dept. of Library and Information Science is to groom a band of young graduates
in theoretical and professional training of knowledge organization and
archiving in the highly competitive digital society of knowledge generation.
The Department has taken with it the mission of designing and developing a curriculum
to suit the vision and to impart instructional programmes at graduate and
post-graduate levels for producing highly competent professionals fit for this
job. The Dept. will strive to conduct research in emerging areas and to
innovate new vistas and techniques of knowledge organization. It has also taken
the responsibility of developing instructional and training programmes with a
mix of information communication technologies.