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Prepared by Dr. Sarika Sawant SHPT School of Library ScienceSNDT Women’s UniversityMumbai 400 020

Making a career DECISION? Decide to make a difference.

Become a librarian (ALA)

• As a librarian, you can:  & Design a website.  & Tell a story to a child.  & Organize information so people can

find it. & Teach people to use and evaluate

information. & Nothing you know is ever wasted!

• Development

• Established - 1961, with PG Diploma in Library Science• Programme upgraded -1964 to Degree level - B Lib.Sc• Continuing Education Programmes - 1969• Faculty of LIS established - 1976• Master’s Course introduced - 1978• Ph.D. Programme introduced – 1985• Two years MLISc introduced --2012

• Grand purpose

What I doIs

Challenging,Fun,And

Makes aDifferenceIn People’s

LivesEvery Day!

• Useful skills

• Importance of collection development • Valuable skills in locating and using

information • Equal access to resources, and intellectual

freedom. • Intellectually search information in Internet

• A job with scope

You could be a:Public librarian

Medical librarianReference librarianKnowledge managerSchool librarianLaw librarianCorporate librarianAcademic librarian

• Trains Students To Be

Information Organisers

Researchers&

Consultants

Managers

Information Providers

• Teaching-Learning Methods

Classroom based Lectures, Discussions, Presentations

Laboratory based Practicals, Hands-on

Field based Internship in various libraries, Library visits observation visits

Teacher directed Seminar, Projects

• Infrastructure & Learning Resources• E class• Information organisation tools (e.g. as classificationschedules, cataloguingcodes, thesauri, etc.)

• Good collection of books and journals

• Interactive white board• Different types of

softwares• The university library

serves as laboratory

• ICTs &Digital librarianship Practical includes

• Designing library website /Blogs• Digital reference service• Database creation• WIKIS• Advances searching in Internet

BLOGS

Websites

• Parekh Fund Award• Prof Khandwala Internship Award• IASLIC Internship Award• Lajja Savara

• Scholarships & Internships for BLISc & MLISc

• Teachers day on different themes• Open House• Book Exhibition• Study Tour• Invites eminent scholars to deliver lectures• Week on Personality development programme• Mind mapping session• Annual Day includes Miss SHPT and Best Journal Award• Sponsor students to participate in seminar/conf

And many more…………….

• Our dept. organises

• Library Visits

• American Library• BARC Library• TISS Library• Tata Hospital Library• Asiatic Library• MMRDA library• RBI library• Mcubed Library

• Extracurricular activities

• Quiz Competition• Essay writing• Poster making competition• Slogan competition• Youth Festival• Devlali camp• Hiking• 26th January Parade at New Delhi• Pic a Lib Magazine , Quiz competition

• Fun Parties

• Garbha Party• Diwali Party• Christmas partyParties include Mehendi competition, Best Out of

Waste, One Min Game, Dumshera, Sangeet Khurchi, DJ, Dandiya, Kandil making competition, Rangoli competition etc.

• PicNic

• National Park, Borivali• Kelwa beach• Essel World• Alibagh• Tikuginiwadi• Panvel Resort

• Now U will become a

DYNAMIC & VERSATILE PERSONSo Welcome to the

SHPT School of Library Science

Not a single student of our school is jobless today

• Awards to Merit Holders of BLISc

• THE S.H.P.T. LIBRARY SCIENCE PRIZE (For standing First at BLISc Examination)

• SMT. MALATI JAYANT DALAL PRIZE (For standing First at BLISc Examination)

• LATE SHRI SHRIRAM BALWANT MAHAJAN PRIZE (For standing First at the BLISc Examination)

• SMT. LALITA GURUNATHA MEMORIAL PRIZE (For standing Second at BLISc Examination)

• Awards to Merit Holders of MLISc

• SMT. MALATI JAYANT DALAL PRIZE (For securing the highest Grade Point Average and standing First at the MLISc Examination)

• PROF. VIDYUT K. KHANDWALA PRIZE(For standing First at the MLISc Examination.)

• M.A. MASTER MEMORIAL PRIZE (For standing First at the MLISc Examination.)

• We have a global presence• Facebook• Facebook page• Website of School• Website Alumni association

• Employment: Campus interview

• Bombay International School• Exim bank• L&T• TCS• CrisilMailing list: We send job related mails to pass out

students as well as post on orkut community, Facebook

• Alumni (contd.)

• As Faculty in• Mumbai University• Marathawada University• Saurashtra University• Lucknow University• Gujarat University• Shivaji University• Pune University

• Alumni

• Corporate Sector• ICICI• DNA newspaper, Times of India• KPMG• Reliance Petrochemicals• Hindustan Lever• Indian Market Research Bureau• Star TV, Sony TV ………..and so on………..

• All the very BEST