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Impact of distance learning on LIS education

Distance courses  affect the quality of LIS education

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Permalink Reply by Chetan R. Tandan on September 19, 2010 at 3:56
I think Distance education is give majour Impact of LIS education it is learn to us how can we develop our skills and how can we develop our professional achievments etc. it is more than useful in our future. We know about therotical knowledge when we do practical then we know very much how can we tackle majour/minor problems and how can we done any work, which is related to our professions. When we enter in LIS education (Distance Learning) then we face any problems easily because we have lot of practical knowledge and LIS Education is craete us more confidential and more reliable like as a PGDLAN it is very useful course in our professions because its impact in our professions is very useful. Today era is known as information era and many colleges/inst./universities creates his Library "automated" so this course given us very good apportunity in LIS fields.
Permalink Reply by aman on September 19, 2010 at 17:52
I read all the views. To eptomise all,I can say there should be a reform committee, to look after all the regular and distance education .There should be some standards for providing education to keep pace with time. There should be a training in esteemed institutions for 3 to 6 months before joining any job.i think regular or dintance mode does not matter, if any person have keen interest to learn anything.
Permalink Reply by Anil Kumar Jharotia on September 19, 2010 at 18:20
LIS education through distance mode is only for who are working already. LIS is a practical cource so it should be compelete by regular but IGNOU and some renoyed University are better fot distance LIS education.
Govt. should be banned LIS distance mode education which unversity does not arrange PCP (Personal Contact Program) Who not attend such type program then don't give him/her degree.

Anil kumar Jharotia
aniljharotia@yahoo.com
Permalink Reply by VAITHIYANATHAN on September 19, 2010 at 19:03
agreed. but in rural areas so many students interest to learn lis through distance. universities make their practical hours is more than one month.
Permalink Reply by Ullas on September 19, 2010 at 22:15
In my opinion it doesn’t matter the system is regular or distant, but it has a result. In India, most of educational systems are theory oriented. As a result nobody gets a practical experience from their field. They have archived the same only after part of a system. More than that everybody has to study some qualities other than the theories (Educational subjects). So the style of education is not a problem at all.
Permalink Reply by Sunita Pareek on September 19, 2010 at 22:39
ya sir i am agree with you ,I think in library sc. as per syllabus practical work or training should be done training should be given to the students.mostly all freshers don't now basic knowledge of library ,they practice for ddc and ccc to get marks in exams only ,once they get marks they forget to use it ,if they have done classification work session in any library and visited various libraries know all procedure of library management work as a part of syllabus,it will much better.

Thanks and regards
sunita pareek
Permalink Reply by MITALI BHATTACHARYA on April 9, 2012 at 15:54

It is true that the education mode is not the matter;, but the matter is this the framing of  the system itself . PCP is no doubt  important in the distance education system but in some special  courses  hands on experience is also  required especially for catering the LIS education. In order to  sol;ve the problem two steps could  be taken:

Firstly, we know that  most of the libraries in our country are suffering from the short-fall of staff . Books are not properly processed in many a libraries .If the system could be  framed in such a way that all LIS student from distant mode will be utilised  for a few month in their local libraries for getting some hands on experience (and the system will be mandatory) ; all  concern libraries will be benefited. In that case,  librarians of those libraries  will play a vital role to co-ordinate   the study centre and the respective university. In the philosophy of Open -Learning the Librarian -Administrator is the vital person  for a well designed open course. Proper integration  s also required towards framing the system.I think this  will be a golden opportunity  for  librarians  to prove their  efficiency as  Information-Intermediatories.

Secondly, a strong educational base is required for  pursuing LIS education.So for the BLIS degree course a minimum Honours Degree is required. If the system feels that no boundary will be given as the philosophy is concern of Open Learning ;Cert.Lib Sc course may be started for Pass graduate student.Other wise, no avenues will be open even for the passed out students having Graduate(Pass Course) ,BLIS degree. Because  job in the libraries are available  for those candidates who have  Honours and Post graduate degree along with the   professional degree. These will be a meaningless effort on behalf of DEC(Distance Education Council).

Thank you all 

Dr. Mitali Bhattacharya

Librarian,Lady Brabourne College

Associated with PCP( BLIS and MLIS level),

NSOU,West Bengal 

Permalink Reply by Ritesh Kumar Tiwari on April 9, 2012 at 16:52
I am agree with you, but I think It is good for those who has done their B.Lib.I.Sc. course as regular student, and then they do their Masters, M.Phil, and PHD. through distance learning. But it's my very personal opinion that, if you do the B.Lib.I.Sc. through distance learning, you can't understand the soul of Library and Information Science.

Once the Anchor is strong means your fundamentals are strong, then only you grow better in any field. Exception would be always there, but I think it is fact that, you can get better through regular courses. Very rarely you would find that, after doing the correspondence B.Lib.I.Sc. anybody did a good job in profession. It's my personal view.
Permalink Reply by Mamta Mishra on April 9, 2012 at 17:26

I think debate on this topic is useless. Because now a days the quality of education in regular mode also so poor in many universities that students are no need to go for regular classes and they get the regular degree. In spite of these types of regular degree I think degree from distance mode(especially from IGNOU) is better.

I think there  should be written exam for getting any job or promotion also. So, only having a degree from any mode is not sufficient. If person crack the exam that's mean he/she has quality.

Permalink Reply by Ritesh Kumar Tiwari on April 9, 2012 at 18:15
I am agree with you that, quality of regular courses are becoming poorer, but madam IGNOU is exception in this case, otherwise all other are well known for their facilities (I don't want to put the names. Even IGNOU can not compete with the regular courses of so many good universities.

So distance learning is required to be improved definitely.
Permalink Reply by Ravi Sharma on April 11, 2012 at 18:01

yes, there is a some different between regular student and distance student as i observe, i ask to so many distance student about DDC. they dont know that how to proper use of ddc they know but not in depth.2nd thing is that if some body is working and he/she has knowledge of all library operations than why should we go to distance education a amendment should be our education policy bcoz working knowledge is must. 

Do u know, a illiterate person can handle the library just after working of 3-4 months working and we are talking about qualification.the base of library profession is nothing on basic level or academic level. if we are talking about special library than qualified or talented librarian needed. So, Distance or Regular it is not the matter working knowledge is must weather it has in regular student or distance student. but today scenario every one can do B.lib or M.lib very easily distance mode but regular course student have to do much study about library science.

if some body hurting, than sorry.

Permalink Reply by Ritesh Kumar Tiwari on April 11, 2012 at 18:30
Mr. Vashishtha !

If go with your idea the salary of Librarian should not exceed 5000/- (Even he posses working knowledge of more than two three month).

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