DST Research Project Launched

A Research Project on 'Subject Information Gateway in Information Technology' (SIGIT) funded by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India is launched in the department. The SIGIT, a portal, will fulfill the information requirement of IT professional by providing all relevant web resources at a single platform. Dr. Naushad Ali. PM, Chairman of the department is the project director.

Librarains' Day Celebrated

The Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University celebrated Librarians' Day 2010 with various activities. Earlier, on 12th August, conducted a Debate on "conventional vs digital libraries" in which Ms Mehnas Siddiqi bagged the first prize and Mr. Muzammil Mushtaq second prize. On 13th August, LIS Quiz was conducted. Four teams namely 'Personality', 'Matter', 'Energy', 'Space' participated and the audience was named as 'time'. The Quiz was focused on Dr. SR Ranganathan, his contribution to Library Science. Team 'Personality' bagged first prize and Mr. Mohamed Musthafa acted as Quiz Master. On 14th August, Prof. PB Mangla, a student of Dr. SR Ranganathan delivered ‘Ranganathan Memorial Lecture’. Prof. Mangla stressed on the need for establishing a National Institute of Library and Information Management as an umbrella organization to coordinate various LIS research activities in the country.
Prof. Shabahat Husain, Librarian-in-charge, Maulana Azad Library presided over the function and Dr. Naushad Ali PM, Chairman, DLIS, welcomed the audience. Certificates and prizes were distributed to the winners.

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PhD Viva-Voce

Ms Faisul Nisha will defend her PhD thesis in an open viva-voce on 11 August 2010 at the seminar library of the department of LIS, AMU. Ms Fasizul Nisha conducted her research under the supervision of Dr. Naushad Ali PM.

Best wishes.

Celebrating Librarians Day

Department of Library and Information science, AMU organizes various programs in the occassion of Librarian's Day as per the following schedule.
Date: 12-14 Aug. 2010

LIS Quiz
Debate
Ranganathan Memorial Lecture

All are welcome..