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Dear friends, let me know the answers of the following questions

1. when and where first diploma in LIS started?

2.when and where first degree in LIS started?

3.when and where first PG in LIS started?

4.when and where first Mphil in LIS started?

5.when and where first PhD in LIS started?

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Dear Friend

please read following para you may be got answer 

India, the first ever library school started in 1911 at Baroda under the directorship of W.A.
Borden, a direct disciple of Dewey. The first university level LIS course was initiated by
Dickenson at Panjab University (now in Lahore, Pakistan) in 1915. This move was followed by
library associations in India through developing training programmes for library professionals
e.g. Andhra Desha Library Association (training course in 1920 at Vijayawada), Madras Library
Association (certificate course in 1929 at Madras), and Bengal Library Association (training
course in 1935 at Banasberia). Andhra University started a certificate course on LIS in 1935
followed by University of Madras (postgraduate degree course in 1936) and Banaras Hindu
University (postgraduate diploma course in 1942).

Post-independence era of LIS education in India is dominated by LIS schools or university
teaching departments. Delhi University started the first postgraduate degree course in 1948 (later
changed to Bachelor of Library Science) and in 1957 Aligarh Muslim University initiated the
first ever B. Lib. Sc. in India. University of Madras converted their diploma course into B. Lib.
Sc. course in 1960. DRTC and INSDOC started two specialized courses in LIS in the year 1962
and 1964 respectively. IGNOU started its BLIS (in 1989) and MLIS courses (in 1996) through
distance mode right from late eighties and this move was followed by different dual-mode state
universities. At present there are about 90 universities in India that are imparting LIS education
in different levels (ranging from certificate to Ph. D.). LIS courses are also offered by 5 open
universities and 21 dual-mode universities/institute of correspondence education. Traditional
universities are offering LIS courses in two modes – truncated courses (one year BLIS and one
year MLIS) and integrated course (two-year integrated MLIS course).

Thanks & Regards

Digambar B Waghmare (Librarian)

Sinhgad College of Engineering, Maharashtra

thanks sir for all these price-less  information.

Thank you sir and it is very useful to all members.

First M Phil-University of Delhi-1980

First Ph D.-University of Delhi-1951

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