LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Library and Information Science (LIS) is a dynamic field concerned with information in all its formats and processes, the technologies that process it and human interaction with information and associated technologies. It encompasses the education and training of professionals who work in libraries and other information related organizations.

Library and Information Science (LIS) is highly interdisciplinary by nature and has been affected by the evolution of technologies. LIS provide access to meaningful recorded information through variety of channels. In order to provide such access, it is necessary to know what information is needed, how such information is sought, evaluated, and used to meet these needs. LIS as a discipline has a particular focus on providing information to end users and the functions of the information professionals are determined by the needs of users that they serve.

According to Dr S.R. Ranganathan, the father of library science in India, “a library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection of books, the duty of making them accessible to those who require them and the task of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader of books.”