Department of Library and Information Science, AMU organised a symposium on "*Modern Trends in Library and Information Services*" on 3rd March, 2014 in the conference hall of faculty of social sciences. The chief guest of the occasion was *Prof. Gabriel Gomez* from Chicago State University, Chicago, U.S.A. In his keynote address, Prof. Gomez conversed about the big data and Information Literacy. He talked about the variety of information literacy skill that needs to be incorporated in the information users and stressed upon the lifelong learning phenomena in the present information society. There is a huge ocean of data available at the finger tips of users and the proficiency in identifying and selecting the relevant content out of the whole sum, is imperative for one and all. *Dr. Naushad Ali. P. M.*, coordinator of the symposium welcomed the guests. In his welcome speech, Dr. Naushad Ali laid emphasis on the existence and validity of the library science profession in the contemporary milieu and the challenges facing the information professionals with regard to the ICT enabled techniques and tools. The symposium was presided over by *Prof. Shabahat Husain*, the Dean, faculty of Social Sciences and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science. In his presidential remarks, he portrayed the comparative analysis of the historical account of the library science profession and the current scenario of the subject and visualized a comprehensive outlook of the profession and the changes that occurred vis-à-vis the response and reactions from the library and information science professionals. The vote of thanks was presented by *Mr. S. Mustafa Zaidi*, associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Science. The program was encompassed of two technical sessions in which about 15 research papers were presented. Regards: *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 Regards: *Dr. Muzamil Mushtaq* Department of Library and Information Science, AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India - 202002 Cell No. : +91-8979249718 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.