The document provides information about the SHPT School of Library Science at SNDT Women's University in Mumbai. It discusses the school's history, programs offered, teaching methods, facilities, career opportunities, alumni network, and extracurricular activities. The key points are: 1) The school offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in library science and has been established since 1961, with the Ph.D. program introduced in 1985. 2) Students are trained to be information organizers, researchers, consultants, managers and providers through classroom lectures, labs, internships, projects and visits. 3) Career opportunities for graduates include jobs as public, medical, academic, law and corporate librarians, with alumni working

1. Prepared by Dr. Sarika Sawant
SHPT School of Library Science
SNDT Women’s University
Mumbai 400 020
Making a career DECISION?
Decide to make a difference.
Become a librarian (ALA)

2. 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!

3. 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

4. Grand purpose
What I do
Is
Challenging,
Fun,
And
Makes a
Difference
In People’s
Lives
Every Day!

5. 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

6. A job with scope
You could be a:
Public librarian
Medical librarian
Reference librarian
Knowledge manager
School librarian
Law librarian
Corporate librarian
Academic librarian

7. Trains Students To Be
Information Organisers
Researchers
&
Consultants
Managers
Information
Providers

8. 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

9. Infrastructure & Learning Resources
• E class
• Information
organisation tools
(e.g. as classification
schedules, cataloguing
codes, thesauri, etc.)
• Good collection of
books and journals
• Interactive white board
• Different types of
softwares
• The university library
serves as laboratory

10. ICTs &Digital librarianship Practical includes
• Designing library website /Blogs
• Digital reference service
• Database creation
• WIKIS
• Advances searching in Internet

11. BLOGS
Websites

12. • Parekh Fund Award
• Prof Khandwala Internship Award
• IASLIC Internship Award
• Lajja Savara
Scholarships & Internships for BLISc &
MLISc

13. • 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

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

15. 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

16. Fun Parties
• Garbha Party
• Diwali Party
• Christmas party
Parties include Mehendi competition, Best Out
of Waste, One Min Game, Dumshera, Sangeet
Khurchi, DJ, Dandiya, Kandil making
competition, Rangoli competition etc.

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

18. Now U will become a
DYNAMIC & VERSATILE PERSON
So Welcome to the
SHPT School of Library Science
Not a single student of our school is jobless today

19. 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)

20. 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.)

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

22. Employment: Campus interview
• Bombay International School
• Exim bank
• L&T
• TCS
• Crisil
Mailing list: We send job related mails to pass out
students as well as post on orkut community, Facebook

23. Alumni (contd.)
• As Faculty in
• Mumbai University
• Marathawada University
• Saurashtra University
• Lucknow University
• Gujarat University
• Shivaji University
• Pune University

24. 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………..

25. All the very BEST