~ 546 ~ ISSN Print: 2394-7500 ISSN Online: 2394-5869 Impact Factor: 5.2 IJAR 2016; 2(3): 546-548 www.allresearchjournal.com Received: 25-01-2016 Accepted: 29-02-2016 Ravindra Kumar Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Dr. MP Singh Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. Correspondence Ravindra Kumar Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Digital literacy among library and information science research scholars of AMU and BHU: A comparative study Ravindra Kumar, Dr. MP Singh Abstract In modern era, the ability to access, retrieve, store, and share information is the important factors of Digital Literacy in today’s complex environment. This Paper provides a status of awareness and level of skills towards digital technologies among the Library and Information science Research Scholars of two central Universities. Keywords: Digital Literacy, ICT Tools Introduction Currently we are living in the digital era, the continuous advancement in the digital technologies, it is necessary for us to cope with this advancement ‘To participate and take advantage, citizens must be digitally literate -equipped with the skills to benefit from and participate in the digital society. This includes both the ability to use new ICT tools and the media literacy skills to handle the flood of images, text and audiovisual content that constantly pour across the global networks.’ (Europe's Information Society Thematic Portal, 2007). Purpose of the study As we all are know that libraries can play a significant role in the development of society with the help of proficient professionals, in connection with this, scholars of Library and Information are directly responsible for the success of libraries and they required updating with current technologies and possessing skills to implement that technology in libraries. Material and Methods Data related with status and awareness of Digital Literacy among Library and Information Science Scholars of AMU and BHU Universities has been collated in order to find out information with an aim to the following:-  Awareness in LIS Research Scholars about Digital Literacy  Mode used by LIS Research Scholars for Digital Awareness  Skill level of LIS Research Scholars to use Digital Technologies  Tools Used By LIS Research Scholars to Access Research Literature Result and Discussion After all the data were collated and the tabulated we have found the status to be as follows: Table 1: Distribution of Questionnaire Name of the Universities Total No of Questionnaire Distributed Total No Responses Received Responses in Percentage (%) Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 22 20 52.63% Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 23 18 47.36 Total 43 38 88.37 International Journal of Applied Research 2016; 2(3): 546-548