A critical evaluation of current status and curriculum development strategy of LIS education in India

The study traces the development of LIS professional education in India. It gives a state of the art overview of library and information science (LIS) education in India as a background to reviewing the development of LIS education. It also evalute the origin and growth of programmes and highlights the initiative in LIS in India. History and development of the LIS Education have been traced from its early inception up to today's scenario. Towards this discussion, different modes of LIS training have been delved into namely, regular courses offered by the various universities, specialized courses by NISCAIR (INSDOC), DRTC, NCSI, etc., distance education LIS courses offered by open as well as regular universities. This paper also describes the current status, the different patterns and levels of LIS education, and emphasizes the need for having a national level accreditation body to maintain uniformity and standards in LIS education.