Comparing ICT components in MLISc. curriculum of TU with SAARC Universities
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2022-03-02
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Nepal Library Association
Abstract
The study, entitled "Comparing ICT components in MLISc. curriculum of TU with
SAARC Universities," has an objective to identify the differences and similarities of MLISc.,
TU courses in entailing ICT contents. To obtain this objective, this study compares the
ICT content of the MLISc. curriculum of TU with five universities from India, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, one from each country. Those universities were selected with
reference to the higher rank recommended by website Unirank 2021. The sources of data
were interpreted categorically based on syllabus content. As the result, the comparison
clarified that the MLISc. curriculum of TU has incorporated similar standards of those
selected universities, where fundamentals of ICT, data communication and networking,
programming language, library management software, web designing, multimedia, and
information retrieval courses are incorporated. In MLISc., TU courses, the content related
to library management software are relatively less. However, to address the gap, Central
Department of Library and Information Science, (CDLIS) TU has included a practical class
on Koha, LIS from 2019. More up-to-date, comprehensive package of library automation
and digitization services, from operations to system design, is the most demanding from LIS
graduates, practical-based courses incorporated into LIS education would be preferable for
increasing the effectiveness of ICT in LIS management
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This article is based on MLISc research of Bhabana Nyoupane and the Supervisor was Lila Nyaichyai
Keywords
ICT courses, Library automation, Library education-curricula, Nepal