The Department of Library Science: In Search of an Identity Available to Purchase

Attempts to clarify the position of the department of library science in relation to the university library and other university departments. Describes the early history of the library scene in post‐independence India and its eventual decline into neglect and financial crisis. With the library profession having a poor political base and with little investment put into library science projects,resulting in library school closures, library science enjoys but a feeble existence. The popular status of the university library ensures that it receives the financial muscle, while the library science department lingers in its shadow. Any criticisms about library staff from other departments are unjustifiably levelled at the library science department. Concludes with the thought that, until there is mutual respect between all university departments, library science is not going to gain the status which it deserves and will always be associated with the university library.