Study of LIS and Information Technology

Library and Information Science (LIS) education completed a decade of the 21st century. In this era most of the changes in the society are due to the emergence and advancement in Information Technology (IT). The rapid developments in the field of IT taking place in the last three decades could be easily related to the widespread computer and internet technologies, alluring classroom tools for locating and applying knowledge in a variety of contexts. Thus, it is quite evident to notice the changes that has come along with the development of IT, its influence on certain discipline like LIS is such that certain subjects that were once considered as the integral part of LIS has already lost or losing its importance like traditional cataloguing, card systems.