IGNOU-RC-Madurai - Programmes - - Distance - Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS)

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Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS)

Minimum Duration: 1 Year
Maximum Duration: 4 Years
Minimum Age: No bar
Maximum Age: No bar

Eligibility:

i) Second class Bachelors Degree's with 50 per cent marks.

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ii) Bachelors Degree with Diploma in Library Science
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iii) Bachelors Degree with two years of working experience in a Library & Information Centre
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iv) Bachelors Degree in a Professional area such as Engineering, Pharmacy, Law etc

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In response to the demand for a large number of trained personnel in libraries, documentation and information centres, the University launched its Bachelors Degree in Library and Information Science Programme (BLISC) in 1989.

To keep pace with the changing dimension of the subject, particularly in relation to the application of Information Technology (IT), the programme has been completely revised in 2000. The Hindi version of the Programme was launched in 2003.

EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION

The examination relating to BLISC-Degree has two components

Continuous evaluation thirty percent
Terminal examination seventy percent

Continuous evaluation is related to the assignments that each student has to submit before being declared eligible to appear for the terminal examination. There will be one assignment each in all the courses. The evaluation of the performance of the student in Tutor Marked Assignments will be done by the counsellors and marks will be awarded to each student.

A student of BLIS Programme is required to secure a minimum of forty percent marks in continuous evaluation of a course and forty percent in Term End Examination of that course separately in order to become eligible for award of Bachelor's Degree in Library and Information Science. In BLIS-07, a student is required to secure a minimum of forty percent in practical as well as in theory assignments to quality for the award.

On the basis of the aggregate marks obtained in all the courses (theory and practicals) the division will be awarded as under:

Division	Aggregate
I	60% and above
II	50% and above
Pass	40% and above

Practical examination of three hours duration will be conducted in Library Classification and Library Cataloguing Courses (03P and 04P)

Candidates who obtain marks belowforty percent or who miss to attend the terminal examination may appear at the subsequent terminal examination and complete the programme.

This facility will be available to the students until he/she secures a pass percentage in all subject (papers) he/she missed earlier. But, the maximum period provided for a student to complete the Bachelor Degree Programme in Library and Information Science is four year from the date of his/her registration into the Programme. In case a student is not able to secure the pass percentage in four year, he/she has to re-register as a fresh candidate, in case he/she wants to pursue the Programme.