Bachelor of Library and Information Science or B.Lib is a 1-year degree awarded to students who excel in Library Science. Library Science is an act of managing, maintaining and preserving information using sources of information technology and education. The minimum eligibility criterion required for the course is graduation degree with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.

Admission to B.Lib course in some of the top B.Lib colleges is based on merit of past academic performance.The average tuition fee for this course in India ranges from INR 10,000 to 35,000.

After successful completion of B.Lib course, one has numerous career options to choose from. Job opportunities like that of a Librarian, Documentation Officer, Library and Information Officer, Deputy Librarian and Information Analyst are open for candidates of this course.The salary of a person specialized in this course ranges between INR 2 lacs to 12 lacs per annum increasing with experience and expertise.

B.Lib Course Eligibility 

Candidates who wish to pursue B.Lib course, must fulfill the below mentioned eligibilty criteria.

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised university.
• A minimum score of 50% in the same.

Although, in some cases, minimum score and age limit for pursuing B.Lib course varies from institute to institute. However, there is no set age limit for pursuing this librarian course in some distance learning institutes. 

Colleges and universities like University of Delhi, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur provide admission with 50% aggregate in any Bachelor’s Degree or 55% in aggregate with 10+3 pattern. Open Universities like IGNOU admit students with Bachelor’s degree with 50% marks or Bachelor’s degree with a Diploma in Library Science.

B.Lib Course Duration

B.Lib course duration is generally 1-year in most of the institutes which is furthur sub-divided into 2 semesters in the below mentioned organizations.

1. Career College, Bhopal
2. Royal PG College, Lucknow
3. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
4. Isabella Thoburn Degree College, Lucknow

However, this librarian course can also be pursued through distance education mode which is also of 1 year duration in prominent universities like Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Bhopal, Nalanda Open University, Patna while IGNOU offers this course with an option of maximum duration of 4 years.

Check B.Lib course syllabus

B.Lib Admission

The process for admission to Bachelor of Library and Information Science, like most diploma courses, starts after the declaration of results for graduation exam by various universities. Students who fulfill B.Lib eligibility have to fill an admission form available with the respective universities, which later declare a cut off for admission to the program.

However, there are institutes which consider the highest marks obtained either at Graduate or Post Graduate level for admission but the candidates must have minimum 50% marks at graduate level. The same have been mentioned below:

• Rajiv Gandhi College, Bhopal
• Chanakya Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal 
• Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune 
• Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune 
• Devi Ahilya University, Indore 

B.Lib Top Institutes

There are various arts institutes and colleges that provide bachelor’s degree. Some of the prominent colleges that offer B.Lib course are:

Some of the open universities offering B.Lib.I.Sc are:

• Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University, Bhopal
• Nalanda Open University, Patna
• IGNOU, New Delhi
• Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur

What is the Course About?

The objective of B.Lib course is to meet the demand of the growing needs of experts in the fields of library management and administration, book and journal procurement. Hence, this course deals with an act of unlimited opportunities as there will always be a need of preserving and maintaining vital information all across the globe irrespective of sector or volume. People who have worked in libraries before and want to move up their position in the respective field and those who enjoy books and slower paced jobs are the ones who should study this course. A candidate should have strong organizational skills. Also people with strong reference skills and good memory are fit for the course.

Once B.Lib course is completed, candidates can opt for post-graduation in this stream i.e. Masters in Library and Information Science. Not only this, a number of job opportunities are also available for librarian course graduates. Check B.Lib Career Options

Candidates should have passed Bachelor’s degree in any stream from a recognized university.