PG & Research Department of Library and Information Science(M. Lib. I. Sc.)

The PG Department of Library and Information Science was established in the year 2012 with an objective to imbibe the knowledge of organizing, managing, retrieving and exploring the skills in the field. The department constantly endeavours to provide quality education, an environment to enrich new knowledge, to empower students with technology based training and to create a platform for holistic development of the students. The students are moulded into smart library professionals through its association “Bibliotheque Club de Vellalar” by conducting seminars, workshops, guest lectures, library visits, soft skills training programme etc. transform the lives of the students. The Department is offering Research Programme (M.Phil. )since 2017.

The students who complete their Post Graduate degree, Master degree in Library and Information Science (M.Lib.I.Sc) have lot of scope to get placed in various capacities in the field of Library.

Academic Institutions – Librarians, Teacher Librarian , Assistant Professor

Schools – Librarian and Teacher Librarian
Colleges – Assistant Professor, Librarian and Assistant Librarian
Universities – Chief Librarian, Deputy Librarian and Assistant Librarian

Research & Development Centres – Librarian and Library Trainee

ISRO, IGCAR, CSIR, CLRI, CIPET, ICAR, CSIR, DRDO, ICSSR, ICHR, ICMR, ICFRE, IICPT, etc.

Institutes of National Importance –Knowledge Officers, Librarians, Deputy Librarians, Assistant Librarians

Indian Institute of Technology(IIT),
Indian Institute of Management(IIM),
National Institute of Technology(NIT),
National Institute of Fashion Technology etc.

Public Libraries – Librarian at Grade IV, Grade III, Grade II, Grade I levels, District Library Officers

State Central Libraries, District Central Libraries, National Library, Anna Centenary Library etc.

Corporate Libraries – Knowledge Managers, Knowledge Officers, Information Scientists

TCS, HCL, INFOSYS, CTS, Tata group of companies, Mahindra Research Valley etc.

Special Libraries – Librarians and Assistant Librarians

Central Law Colleges, Agriculture and Allied Sciences, Physical Education, Marine and Shipping, Aeronautics, Fisheries Institute etc.

Media Libraries - Media Librarians, Information Officers, Data Scientist in Media(Print and Visual Media)

Newspaper and Magazines such as Indian Express, The Hindu etc. All India Radio, BBC, Doordharshan, Private TV Channels such as SUN TV, Polimer TV, Puthiyathalaimurai, etc.

Government Departments like Finance, Transport, Education, etc.,

State Legislative Assembly and the Central Government - Parliament Libraries

Publishing Industries – Indexers, Cataloguers, Bibliographers, Content Writers

Springer, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis etc., Preparing Index, Abstracts, Bibliographies etc.

Various Digital initiatives like "NDLI- National Digital Library of India"
Foreign Embassies (USIS, British Council etc.) and High Commissions and in the training centers of Banks.
Curators in National Museums and Archives and NGOs (National and International)
Free Lancers in Content Management and Library software development, Indexing, Cataloguing, etc.