ICT COMPONENTS IN THE CURRICULUM OF MASTER’S PROGRAMME IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AMONG WOMEN’S UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to assess and compare the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) components in the master’s programme of Library and Information Science (LIS) among Indian women’s universities. The development in information technologies necessitates LIS professions to have ICT competencies and management skills to manage information services. There are needed to compare ICT components in LIS program. The study has been conducted through content analysis of ICT components in the curriculum of Master’s programme in LIS. Required pertinent information was consolidated from the universities websites. The major findings of the current study are: all women’s universities have different MLIS program structure like intake of student, nomenclature, course structure, credits, and schemes of papers. There should be uniformity in MLIS program. The universities offer similar ICT courses with different nomenclature for courses. LIS curriculum should be balanced with theoretical and practically oriented in all women’s universities. It should meet the national needs of libraries. The UGC Model Curriculum 2001 itself is incredibly old and needs to be redesigned in accordance with technological changes and NEP 2020 to accommodate, integrate and serve the emerging trends and management aspects. This study would benefit women’s universities to find gaps in ICT Components in the curriculum of master’s programme of Library and Information Science, policymakers, and to redesign the curriculum.

Keywords: Information Communication Technology; ICT; Information Technology; Curriculum; LIS education