Jagtar Singh

About

Dr. Jagtar Singh is Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Chairperson, Human Resource Development Cell, and Chief Librarian of Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo, District Bathinda, Punjab. He has also served as Former Professor and Head, DLIS, and former Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. He has successfully guided 15 PhD students and contributed about 100 papers and 10 personal and edited books, including UNESCO's MILID Yearbooks for 2015 and 2016. He is one of the contributors to Think Critically, Click Wisely: UNESCO’s Second Edition of MIL Curriculum for Educators and Learners. He has also developed Five Laws of Media and Information Literacy in collaboration with Dr. Alton Grizzle, Programme Specialist, Communication and Information, UNESCO HQ, Paris. These have now been adopted by UNESCO and translated into its all official languages. He is the recipient of many Awards including the Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship (1992), the PLA-Prof. M.P. Satija Award for Professional Excellence-2008, the Pakistan Library Association (PLA-PB) Lifetime Achievement Award-2013, and the ILA-Dr.P.S.G.Kumar Lifetime Achievement Award-2018. He has served as President of the IATLIS for three terms, and the Punjab Library Association (PLA) for two terms. He has developed the HIL Model, eARTISTS MIL Model, and the H5 Model of Education and Learning. His research interests include LIS education, Media and Information Literacy, Knowledge Organization, Digital Democracy, and Information Ethics. He can be contacted at: [email protected]

Employment

• Punjabi University Professor, and Professor In-charge, Punjabi University Library
  1988 - Present

Education

• Panjab University M.A. English., M.Lib.Sc., PhD in Library & Information Science
  1982 - 1985

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• Citation Analysis of Old Documents Cited in the Doctoral Theses Submitted to the Three Universities of Punjab and Chandigarh in Economics
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-8957-7_48
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• Understanding Users Attitude towards Information Technology Application in University Libraries
  DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 2022 DOI: 10.14429/djlit.42.2.17544
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• Media and Information Literacy
  DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 2021 DOI: 10.14429/djlit.41.4.17381
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• The eARTISTS Media and Information Literacy Model for Managing Access to Quality Information
  DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 2021 DOI: 10.14429/djlit.41.4.17351
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• Growth and visibility of LIS journals: An analytical study
  Annals of Library and Information Studies 2014
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• Colon classification: A requiem
  DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology 2013
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• Knowledge organisation
  DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology 2013
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• Brief report of the training-the-trainers in information literacy (TTT) workshop, Punjabi University, Patiala, 05-07 November 2008
  International Information and Library Review 2009 DOI: 10.1016/j.iilr.2009.09.010
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• Brief report of the training-the-trainers in information literacy (TTT) workshop, Punjabi University, Patiala, 05?07 November 2008
  International Information and Library Review 2009 DOI: 10.1080/10572317.2009.10762826
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• From Atoms to Bits: Consequences of the Emerging Digital Divide in India
  International Information and Library Review 2002 DOI: 10.1080/10572317.2002.10762574
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