[LIS-Forum] Closure of NCSI

shankar shankar at krnassociates.in
Thu May 10 22:15:22 IST 2012


Hi

DRTC can take for further steps. 

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[mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Swati
Bhattacharyya
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:06 PM
To: N.S. Harinarayana
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Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Closure of NCSI

In case IISC cannot run LIS-FORUM from their domain, can it be transferred
to some other domain/organization with all membership details? Will anyone
agree to that?
Swati Bhattacharyya
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Indian Institute of Management
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> Dear Professional Friends,
> “The National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), IISc, Bangalore,
> does not exist anymore
 With the closure of  NCSI, there is a question
> mark about its continuity from the IISc domain”.  This news came to me
> as a thunder shock.  I am not sure how to react.  I thought, after all
> it is the internal policy decision of IISc and I do not have to react.
>  But, next moment I lost myself in my thoughts about the duo – NCSI
> and LIS-FORUM. My mind became philosophical.  Quotes like “all good
> things come to an end”, “As beautiful as the sun shines, it always
> sets”, “Don't cry because its over; smile because it happened” , etc
> started bombarding my mind.  Which course of thought I should take?  I
> did not find answer for this.
>
> NCSI always reminds me of Dr.T.B. Rajashekar.  I haven’t had any
> formal association with NCSI at any point of time.  But unknowingly
> the institute became close to my heart. I did take advantage of their
> knowledge and services when I was doing my doctoral degree.  I was one
> of the beneficiaries to get their SDI service when I became teacher at
> University of Mysore.  I consider it as one of the knowledge hubs in
> LIS in India.   Probably, this is the reason why it pains me when I
> hear the news.
>
> I can’t imagine my mail box without mails from [LIS-FORUM].  At this
> juncture, I have to congratulate the moderator for being truly
> ‘democratic’ in his approach.  I think that is the precise reason why
> the LIS-FORUM became a sine-qua-non for Indian LIS fraternity.  It was
> one of the main sources for me to keep myself updated.  I am really
> muted to hear that it might not continue.  Probably this might be the
> last posting in LIS-FORUM from my side!
>
> Recently I was discussing with one of the senior respected
> professional.  He was concerned about the situation wherein many
> leading libraries have not filled ‘Chief Librarian’ posts.  Added to
> the burn, the good institutes like NCSI have become part of history.
> I am forced to ponder upon the question whether the Indian LIS
> profession is at the crossroads?
>
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> Department of Library and Information Science
> University of Mysore, Manasagangotri
> Mysore 570 006
> Off. Ph: (0821) 2419788
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