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The Department of Library and
Information Science, University of Karachi has played a leading
role in establishing library education
in Pakistan. The department was
established on 10th August 1956 at the old campus
building at the Princess Street and moved along with other departments to the its
new campus in 1963-64. The department was started at the
5th floor of the main library (later named as Dr. Mehmud
Hussain Library). In 1982, the department
shifted to its current location at the 3rd block of the
Faculty of Arts building.
Prof.
Dr. Abdul Moid was the founder Chairman of the
Department. Dr. Abdul Moid was the first Ph.D.
holder in Library Science from USA (as
early as 1964). The founding members of the department
include Mr. Habibuddin Ahmad Qazi, Mr. Mohammad Shafi,
Mr. Noor Mohammad Khan, Mr. Mohammad Nuras Safa and
Miss. Dora Dean.
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| 1956- Postgraduate Diploma in Library Science was offered. |
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| 1962- Masters Degree in Library Science was introduced. |
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1967- Ph.D. program was launched. |
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1973- Semester system was introduced
by the University. |
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1978- Dr. Abdul Haleem Chishti
awarded the first Ph.D. in LIS.
(Supervised by Dr. Abdul Moid) |
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1981- Silver Jubilee Celebrations of
the department. |
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1985- M.Phil. program was launched. |
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1992- Prof. Dr. Nasim Fatima
was awarded Ph.D. in LIS.
(Supervised by Dr.
Jamil Jalbi) |
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On its Silver Jubilee the department
changed its nomenclature as Department
of Library and Information Science. New
courses of Library Automation and
Information Science were added. |
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Pioneer Faculty
of Library and Information Science |
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Picture Gallery |
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