[LIS-Forum] Profession @ Crossroads

[vijesh p v]

Yes sir,

It is High time we noticed this kind of indifference from the government
level, but unfortunately none of our organizations were strongly taken any
action against it. Some of our members have a good influence on apex bodies
like UGC and the higher education departments, so they can do something of
their own and regain the status of LIS profession.A joint and Meaningful
effort is highly needed in this regard.


*Best Regards,*


Vijesh P.V

*Librarian,*

Fr.Moses Library

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences(Autonomous), Rajagiri  P.O.

Kalamassery-Kerala 683104,Phone : 0484 -2911538, Ext:579

|Mob:8289853395

Web: https://rajagiri.edu/



On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:14 AM Satish S <srisanayak at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Dear Professional Friends,
>
> Thanks to Anand Doddamani for bringing the issue to the forum. It's really
> hard to digest the truth of what Anand Doddamani has raised, as he said our
> professionals and professional forum's are in deep sleep, we are in a
> pathetic situation. I request the professionals who are in the higher
> positions in esteemed  institutions and library associations please raise
> your voice alteast now otherwise our profession will be in deep trouble.
>
> With regards...
> Satish S
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 2:03 PM Anand Dodamani <anand.karuni at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Professional Friends,
> >
> > Greetings.
> >
> > A recent employment notification for the post of Librarian at
> IIM-Amritsar
> > at Pay Level-10 has prompted me to write this email to the forum and
> share
> > some of my thoughts with you.
> >
> > Don’t you think the LIS Jobs are slowly getting downgraded by the elite
> > institutes like AIIMS, IITs, IIMs in our country? If you don’t think so,
> > you are probably in a deep sleep.
> >
> > A walk-in interview was conducted for the prestigious post of Librarian
> at
> > AIIMS (!) , New Delhi; the Chief Library Officer’s post was filled in
> IIT-
> > Bombay with GP 7600 (!) ; Some IIMs have recruited the Librarians on the
> > Pay Level- 13A (!). And now, on top of it, the IIM- Amritsar has
> advertised
> > the post of Librarian at Level-10 (!).
> >
> > The differential treatment shown to the LIS Professionals in elite
> > institutes and universities is not just limited to the Pay Scales but
> also
> > to their working conditions. In many universities, the Library Officers
> are
> > being treated as non-teaching staff in-spite of them being the Academic
> > Staff as per the UGC Guidelines.
> >
> > Is it due to the decreasing standards LIS Professionals working in
> > different institutions? Or any systematic effort is being made by some
> > unknown persons to degrade our profession? Whatever the reason may be,
> one
> > thing is for sure…. our identity as ‘professionals’ on academic campuses
> is
> > under serious threat.
> >
> > Those who are already occupying the higher positions such as Chief
> > Librarians/ University Librarians are not really bothered about it. And
> > those who are working as Deputy Librarians are happy with what they are
> > getting. The Assistant Librarians are busy in making their careers. The
> > Professional Associations are engrossed in conducting workshops, seminars
> > which they think are more important than working towards the upliftment
> of
> > the status of our profession. So who will raise the voice???
> >
> > We are very much aware that we are slowly losing ground to other
> > professionals in the academic institutes but are doing nothing serious to
> > regain our status. The situation reminds me of the words of Dale Carnegie
> > who said, *“the trouble is not ignorance but inaction”. *
> >
> > The views expressed here are my personal and belong solely to me.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Anand
> > Dodamani
> > Mumbai
> >
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*Best Regards,*


Vijesh P.V

*Librarian,*

Fr.Moses Library

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Rajagiri  P.O.

Kalamassery- 683104,Phone : 0484 -2911538, Ext:579

|Mob:8289853395

Web: https://rajagiri.edu/