[LIS-Forum] Policy regards Librarians and D.P.E.s

Ajay Kamble apassion2002 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 14:24:11 IST 2009


According to the Report of the Committee to Review the Pay Scales and
Service
Conditions of University and College Teachers, 2008

Policy regards Librarians and D.P.E.s
Most representatives of Librarians and D.P.E.s expressed satisfaction over
the
fact that parity had been maintained between their scales of pay and those
of
teachers at various levels and urged the present Pay Review Committee to
continue to maintain this. However, they made the following observations
about
their service and working conditions and wanted the Committee to make
suitable
recommendations in this regard:

4.18.1 Promotion under CAS for Deputy Librarians/Deputy D.P.Es
While any number of Readers or Associate Professors could become Professors
through the process of promotion under CAS, similar privileges were not
available to Deputy Librarians or Deputy D.P.Es in universities since there
is only
one Librarian/D.P.E in the university. Therefore, some promotion facilities
to
Deputy Librarians and Deputy D.P.Es should be made available.
4.18.2 Research Projects, Sabbatical/Study Leave and Vacation facilities
Librarians/D.P.E.s
While the Librarians/D.P.Es have been recognized as teachers, many
privileges
like eligibility for applying for major and minor research projects, various
kinds of
leaves like the study and sabbatical leave, end of the session vacations
were not
available to them. These should be extended to them as well.
4.18.3 Upgradation of skill Librarians/D.P.E.s
The situation of libraries and sports facilities, according to most
library/sports staff
representatives present in various meetings, was very pathetic since in most
places the positions of librarians/D.P.Es were lying vacant and there was
hardly
any professional staff to manage them. There were also no opportunities for
them to improve their professional skills through Refresher Courses or
Orientation Programmes although the management of libraries as well as
sports
had become quite challenging thanks to the introduction of computers, and
many
other technical inputs.
4.18.4 Other professional staff of libraries and sports as academic staff
It was also brought to the notice of the Committee that other professional
staff
like Professional Assistants, Cataloguers in libraries and Coaches etc., had
been
kept out of the purview of the Pay Review Committee since they had not been
recognized as academic staff. The participants wanted them to be also
recognized as academic staff and given appropriate scales of pay and other
privileges.

-- 
Ajay M. Kamble
Librarian
Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College,
Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202

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