Therefore, this new academic collaboration of the National Library of India and Dravidian University, Kuppam, will be a strong impetus to education and research in Library and Information Science in India, focusing on internship, research exchange, and capacity-building within the LIS sector.
The agreement inked today gives an opportunity to the students and scholars of Dravidian University to access arguably the richest repository of books, manuscripts, rare archives, and digital records in Asia. According to officials, the move has been put together with an aim to combine classroom learning with hands-on archival and documentation experience at the national level.
This MoU ensures that both institutions would collaborate in designing and developing research projects, training modules, techniques for preservation and digitization, and professional development programs for university staff within the new framework. Such a partnership would likely lead to upgrading academic standards, increasing employability among its graduates from the LIS programmes, while deepening engagement with knowledge management and archival science.
The agreement was thus signed on behalf of the DG, National Library of India, by Dr. Siva Prasad Senapathi, Principal Library & Information Officer, and by the Registrar of Dravidian University on behalf of the Vice Chancellor. Krishanu Chattopadhyay, Assistant Library & Information Officer, was also present there during the ceremony.
Officials said the partnership would mean a leap towards modernisation in the LIS education system in India, as the academic preparation would be oriented toward professional-real-life needs.
National Library of India, Dravidian University Sign New Academic Partnership to Boost LIS Research & Training
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