Celebration of Pustak Puja 2025

Dear All,

We would like to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, celebrated "Pustak Puja" on September 29, 2025. Faculty members, scholars, PG students, and staff participated in the celebration. 

The program was organized by Prof. S. Thanuskodi, Head of the Department, along with faculty members Prof. Akhandanand Shukla, Dr. S. Ravikumar, Dr. K. G. Sudhier, Dr. Anila Sulochana, Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree and office staff Mrs. Chithra M., as well as PG students and research scholars of the Department. 

Glimpses of the program are provided below:

Prof. S. P. Narang Research Promotion Award conferred to Ms. Rima Hazarika

Dear All, 

We are delighted to inform you that Ms. Rima Hazarika, Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, has been conferred with the Prof. S. P. Narang Research Promotion Award (2024-2025) by IATLIS for her exceptional research contributions and dedication to the field. The award was presented during the 40th IATLIS National Conference, held at TISS, Mumbai, on March 28–29, 2025. 

The department congratulates her on this remarkable achievement and wishes her continued success in all her future endeavors.

Mariam Bhanu M.A. as Speaker in IFLA-ENSULIB Seminar

Dear All, 

We would like to inform you that Ms. Mariam Bhanu M. A., Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Library and Information Science at CUTN, was invited as one of the speakers at the IFLA-ENSULIB Seminar on "Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development," a book soft launch event of IFLA where she contributed a chapter. The event took place online on September 28, 2024. She presented her seminar on "How Public Libraries Support the Goals of UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development?" during the "Research and Effective Practices Seminar." Glimpses of the seminar are provided here:

The department congratulates her on this achievement.

Celebration of Pustak Puja 2024

Dear All,

We would like to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, celebrated "Pustak Puja" on October 10, 2024. Faculty members, scholars, PG students, and staff participated in the celebration. The program was organized by Dr. Taddi Murali, Head-in-Charge of the Department, along with faculty members Prof. S. Thanuskodi, Dr. Akhandanand Shukla, Dr. K. G. Sudhier, and office staff Ms. Chithra M., as well as PG students and research scholars of the Department.

Glimpses of the program are provided below:

Thank you to everyone for your participation in the celebration.

Library Visit by Students of DLIS CUTN

Dear All,

This is to inform you that Master of Library & Information Science (M. Lib. I. Sc.) students and research scholars of the Department visited different reputed libraries, archives, and museums located in Chennai on a library visit scheduled from 7th to 9th April 2022 along with faculty members. The glimpses of the library visit are given here: 

Anna Centenary Library

American Center Library

British Council Library

Connemara Public Library

Government Museum

IIT Madras Library

Roja Muthiyah Research Library

University of Madras

Thanks.

Brief Report 8 - UGC-NET Coaching (Online)@DLIS CUTN

Dear All, 

This is to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu has initiated UGC-NET Coaching (Online) for MLIS students of the Department. The UGC-NET Coaching classes continuously running in the month of October 2021. Department has conducted 13 lectures (13 hours course) in the month of October 2021. The brief report of the UGC-NET Coaching classes is given herewith: 

SN	Date	Instructor	Unit	Topic Covered	No. of Participants
1	01-10-2021	Suman Barath	9	National Information Systems and Programmes	5
2	08-10-2021	Bhavya K. P.	Paper I	Indian Logic: Means of Knowledge	6
3	09-10-2021	Suman Barath	9	Previous Year Questions	6
4	11-10-2021	Abhijith B.	1	Plagiarism: Concepts and Types	7
5	14-10-2021	Mariam Bhanu	7 & 8	Model question paper discussion	2
6	18-10-2021	Abhijith B.	1	Important Q & A: From Plagiarism and Related Topics	7
7	19-10-2021	Ammaji Rajitha	3	Sources of Information	3
8	22-10-2021	Suman Barath	9	Previous Year Questions	8
9	23-10-2021	Bhavya K. P.	Paper I	Model Test	7
10	25-10-2021	Abhijith B.	1 & 2	Important Years and Events	11
11	26-10-2021	Ammaji Rajitha	3	Sources of Information	6
12	28-10-2021	Mariam Bhanu	7 & 8	Previous Year Questions	5
13	29-10-2021	Suman Barath	10	Previous Year Questions	6

The glimpses of the UGC-NET Coaching classes are given below:

Department congrats to research scholars and MLIS students for completing the eighth month in the UGC-NET Coaching preparation. Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree, Assistant Professor is Coordinator of the UGC-NET Coaching.

Thanks.

Brief Report 7 - UGC-NET Coaching (Online)@DLIS CUTN

Dear All,

This is to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu has initiated UGC-NET Coaching (Online) for MLIS students of the Department. The UGC-NET Coaching classes continuously running in the month of September 2021. Department has conducted 20 lectures (20 hours course) in the month of September 2021. The brief report of the UGC-NET Coaching classes is given herewith:

SN	Date	Instructor	Unit	Topic Covered	No. of Participants
1	01-09-2021	Hasbi Alikunju	5	UDC	6
2	02-09-2021	Mariam Bhanu	8	Web Indexing, Types of Web Indexing, Metadata	8
3	03-09-2021	Suman Barath	9	Metric Studies in LIS	10
4	04-09-2021	Bhavya K. P.	Paper I Unit 8	ICT  Basics and previous year questions	11
5	06-09-2021	Abhijith B.	1 & 2	Model Exam-II	8
6	08-09-2021	Suman Barath	9	Higher Education System	10
7	09-09-2021	Mariam Bhanu	7 & 8	Model Questions	6
8	11-09-2021	Bhavya K. P.	Paper I Unit 8	Information and Communication Technology (ICT)	8
9	13-09-2021	Abhijith B.	2	Library Professional Organization: ALA	12
10	14-09-2021	Ammaji Rajitha	3 & 4	Types of E-resources, Q & A	7
11	15-09-2021	Hasbi Alikunju	5	Previous year questions	11
12	16-09-2021	Bhavya K. P.	Paper I Unit 4	Types of Communication	5
13	17-09-2021	Suman Barath	9	Organisation of International Information Systems	10
14	20-09-2021	Hasbi Alikunju	5	Previous year questions	9
15	22-09-2021	Abhijith B.	2	ASLIB & UNESCO: Library Professional Organization	11
16	23-09-2021	Mariam Bhanu	7 & 8	Model Questions	7
17	24-09-2021	Suman Barath	9	Organisation of International Information Systems	3
18	25-09-2021	Bhavya K. P.	Paper I Unit 4	Barriers to Effective Communication	7
19	27-09-2021	Hasbi Alikunju	5	Previous year questions	6
20	29-09-2021	Abhijith B.	1 & 2	Model Exam III	2

The glimpses of the UGC-NET Coaching classes are given below:

Department congrats to research scholars and MLIS students for completing the seventh month in the UGC-NET Coaching preparation. Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree, Assistant Professor is Coordinator of the UGC-NET Coaching.

Thanks.