[LIS-Forum] Calcutta University Library: Teachers' misuse libraryfacilities

Mon Dec 13 17:19:05 IST 2004

hello

This phenomenon i commn in any type of instittion. who has to blamed? i
say that the authorities, users and the staff.
basically any and everry organisation insists to have NO DUES from
retiring persons efore hey claim the pension. how is that this is not
followed on CU. when this is being neglectd, why the library staff have
not raised hue and cry? they must be knowing the real situation ( if not
the univ authorities), they should have brought this to the notice of the
authorities and the mas media.

many teachers give theirr cards to the scholars and in turn expect hem to
return. in the process they forget. the teacher knows only whe he / she
retires. in my univesity and many university,we have limited cards like ay
other user, and they have to return and take no dues before their
retirement. they also fine? this is the practice of many univerisities and
colleges in this contry.

let us not blame any one group, but all the concerned including the
library professionals. it is common, if no one skes, people may even take
the tables and chairs? may be bricks ad window too?

now the univ has to make all the attempts both legal and convincing? and
get the book or their value. it is immaterial who i the user. let the CU
library authorities take necessary steps to stop such misuse and knocking
away of the book, by any one

laxman rao

 --- HENAG <HENAG at infosys.com> wrote: 
> Dear All,
> 
> This is almost the same case happens everywhere, the librarians' hands
> are tight to impose any strict rules  like fine implementation etc...
> 
> One policy libraries can implement with the prior permission from the
> authority ----- send 3-6 reminders on a regular basis having an
> interval,  keep the reminder #along with the reminder in the subject
> line itself, if the book/s  still not returned by the professor/s  then
> send a final mail mentioning that we are  force to deduct the amount
> from the salary to replace the book as we are assuming that the book
> issued by you is lost , and give copy to accounts department along with 
> the attachment of the reminders.
> 
> This amount can be accumulated under one head for library and library
> can purchase the same book/s or the books on high demand utilizing this
> amount.
> 
> 
> If the authority is keen to recover the loss then good to implement this
> policy , prior to implement this policy please put a notice publicly in
> your premise and try to inform all regarding the change in the policy of
> possessing  books more than 6 months after the due date .
> 
> I 'm sure this will  surely bring back all the books . For rare books
> charge the price three times of the cost.Try to  Convince the authority
> saying enough time/reminder is given to return,  it is charged only
> after 6 months .
> 
> Regards
> 
> Hena S Gupta
> Infosys Central Library
> Infosys Technologies Ltd.
> Hosur Road, Electronics City
> Phone # 080-51165196, FAX# 080-28520742
> Bangalore- 560 100
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Vyasamoorthy at icicikp.com
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> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Calcutta University Library: Teachers' misuse
> libraryfacilities
> 
> 
> Please read the following news item. Situation must be similar in other
> institutions of 'Higher' learning. I feel it is high time we concentrate
> on this menace and take steps to put books to better use than merely
> allowing monopolisation by a few users.
> 
> Vyasamoorthy, P
> ===================
> 
>  
> http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041212/asp/bengal/story_4118695.asp
> CU library lists full, not shelves 
> OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 
> Calcutta, Dec. 11: Valuable books and journals have disappeared from
> Calcutta University's library as the borrowers have "conveniently"
> forgotten to return them.
> 
> Flooded by complaints from students and teachers on important books that
> are off the shelves for years, the university authorities have begun an
> exercise to trace them.
> 
> But the effort may have come too late. Many of the missing books were
> borrowed nearly 30 years ago and the borrowers are either retired or
> dead. At best, a few of the habitual defaulters may be traced and only a
> few books recovered.
> 
> "We cannot deny that there are some teachers and scholars who are in the
> habit of not returning books after borrowing them from the university's
> libraries. We are working out measures to stop the practice," said
> Saumitra Sarkar, the librarian.
> 
> Bound by rules, the university cannot fine a teacher if he or she
> returns a book late. "We recently introduced a system of giving repeated
> reminders to defaulting teachers. We are now working on steps that may
> be taken if the reminders do not work," said Sarkar.
> 
> To get books back from research scholars in time, the authorities have
> introduced fines. Earlier, only students had to pay a fine if they
> failed to return their books on the stipulated date. 
> 
> Last year, the university increased the rate of fines for students. They
> are now charged 10 paise for every day's delay in the first week and a
> rupee a day after that. The scholars are now being fined at the same
> rate. 
> 
> University sources said the catalogues in its central and departmental
> libraries show a large number of books, but they are never found on the
> racks. 
> 
> In all, Calcutta University has nearly 12 lakh text and reference books.
> In addition, the libraries house maps, journals, theses and commission
> reports.
> 
> A student alleged: "Often a rare book issued to a teacher is never
> returned to the library."
> 
> "We have also come across teachers who borrowed books at the time of
> joining and never gave them back."
> 
> Another student alleged that many of the teachers have in their
> possession books that are not available anywhere else in the country.
> 
> At present, a section of teachers of the varsity's geography department
> are up in arms against the authorities for not taking action against at
> least three retired teachers who did not allegedly return about a dozen
> rare maps.
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Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO,
Dept.of Library & Information Science,
Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA)
President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS).
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