List of Society Related to Library and Information Science, Their Location and Year of Origin

Name of the Society	Location	Year
The Asiatic Society	Calcutta, India	1784
Asiatic Society of Bengal	Calcutta, India	1936
American Society for Information Science (ASIS)	America	1937
Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) / Standing Conference of National and University Libraries (SCONUL)	London, UK	1950
Society for Information Science (SIS)	Delhi (India)	1975
Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)	Chennai (India)	2002

Dr. Badan Barman at present working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. He is the creator of the LIS Links (http://www.lislinks.com) - India’s most popular social networking website for Library and Information Science professionals. He also created the Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) (http://www.oajse.com), UGC NET Guide (http://www.netugc.com), Assam Archive (http://www.assamarchive.com) and LIS Study (http://www.lisstudy.com) website.