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Re: [nmlis]Abscence of recognition to Librarians -- inactivity of Library Association
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

hi I appreciate the anguih of Mrs Rangashri, i think she hould not get excited about the lapses from the associations and professionals. after all many things matter, such as environment, training, traditions--what not. I will appreciate Mrs. rangashri , if she can also send communications through egroup, to enable to share her ideas and knowledge. let us join our hands to make our professiona great. let us not fight but learn from the past and improve ourselves in terms of productivity and image. please do not accuse any one, we all ae responsible for everry thing as we are also part of the profession. thanks laxman rao --- Rangashri Kishore <rangashrik(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear Vasumathi, > > I sincerely appreciate your efforts to highlight the issues concerning > Librarians. > You have rightly pointed out the serious lapses in our professional > attitude. Very few are actually thinking in this direction. I would like > to introduce myself, > I belong to a family of Librarians! I am the third generation who > followed this line and I am proud to be in this line. I have found > during my experience of working in various Libraries of repute it is > just not sufficient to remain within the sphere of Librarianship alone > ..it is important to realize that we have the skills that can be applied > for enriching all other professionals. For example, I have tried to use > training Mentally ill patients in Librarianship which has helped them in > getting employed in school Libraries. I was instrumental in setting up > homes for mentally challenged in India and I realized that as a > significant part of their rehabilitation Library skills can be applied > -which I found very successful and satisfying. One has to walk that > extra mile to get recognition in our field. > > I thus received three International Awards.. > > FIRST ASIAN WINNER OF ASCLA EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AWARD FOR THE YEAR 1999 > FROM ALA. > http://archive.ala.org/ascla/awards_recent.html#1999 > > LEARNINGTIMES INNOVATIVE INFORMATION SERVICES AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2003 > FROM USA. ( Two Indian Librarians one myself and the other is Kaushik > Purohit of Reliance Industries..Jamnagar was confered along with 6 other > Librarians from all over the world..that too we had the honour of > sharing this with Hillary Clinton) > http://www.libraryconference.com/awards.shtml > > IFLA/ALP IN 1996 FOR MY WORK ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR > LITERACY EFFORTS FOR WOMEN IN BANGKOK. > > Having won all these accolades it is a shame that no Library > Associations in India ever approached me to know more about it so that > others in our profession can get motivated although this was widely > publicised in Newspapers in 1999. None ever came forward to support my > efforts for these causes. I had to personally apporach and be a self > advocate for all the achievements. Come to think of it that someone in > US is able to confer these awards to persons working in India while in > our own country people hardly realize the value of this profession. > > These are my views and I welcome people to comments. > > With warm regards, > Rangashri Kishore > > > > > Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu(a)qmedin.com> wrote: > Dear friends > > There are many sides to this: > > There is no question that we are one of the most under-rated breed of > professionals. In a country that has had Dr. SRR, it is an irony that > the maximum percentage of population would not have heard of the need > for a professional degree to be a librarian - let alone anything else. > > Having said that - what have we done about it ourselves? > > a) Have we pushed up our own standards? I am sorry to say that a > majority of librarians are unable to communicate well, or market > themselves well > > b) Do we market our profession to school and college children? How many > of us would encourage our children to take up the same profession? > Most young people tell me that when they were in college they hardly > used a library - they then accidentally heard about Lib Sc and joined > the course > > c) Majority of our conferences have papers of no real value - they are > accepted because we need participants, and participants will get a TA/DA > only if their papers are accepted, so we accept papers. Most speakers > have no sense of time - they overshoot, they "read" the paper and do not > "present" it, very often there is nothing new. > Many participants do not attend all sessions - more time is spent > sight-seeing. How many actually go back and implement something new in > their library? > > d) How many of us have attempted to show our organizations that they the > library is a terribly important entity? And that the collection is being > used to the best? > > I am sure there are a million more questions that can be added. Like > Prof Laxman Rao, I do not aim to hurt any individual. I will blame > myself too. > It is a vicious circle. We are unable to prove ourselves, so we are > badly positioned and paid. Thus we cannot attract the best talent, and > when we dont get the best, we do not prove ourselves. > > Where do we break this circle? > > For a start, can all of us do something in our own sphere and control? > Go BEYOND what we are paid for, do our best for our organizations and > readers - not expecting immediate rewards? If we can get something for > ourselves - great - if not - can we work hard and sow the seeds for the > future generations? And can we improve at things like conferences? If we > can say YES, to at least some of these, only then we have some hope. > > It would be very good, if we can have some ideas coming in as to how we > can tackle all this positively! > > Regards > > Vasumathi Sriganesh > Director, QMed Services Pvt. Ltd. > A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road > Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India > Ph: 91-22-28229223 Fax: 91-22-28224358 > Mobile: 98211-14510 > Email: vasu(a)qmedin.com, Web: www.qmedin.com > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Smita Chandra > To: vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com ; naglaxman(a)yahoo.com ; > jagatram2001(a)yahoo.co.in ; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com ; > nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:59 PM > Subject: [nmlis] Re: [iatlis] Abscence of recognition to Librarians -- > inactivity of Library Association > > > Dear Professionals : > > I wish to echo the sentiments of Dr.Laxman Rao & Dr.Vyasamoorthy. We are > an unheard community because we wish to be heard without speaking out or > we talk alone ! I guess this says it all about our professional > associations and about the state of libraries in our country hence. > > Thanks, > > Smita Chandra > Librarian > Indian Institute of Geomagnetism > New Mumbai. INDIA > > vyasamoorthy(a)icicikp.com wrote: > Dr Laxman Rao's observations are provoking and show his deep concern & > anguish at the present state of affairs. I agree with him. Charity > begins at home. As a simple step, Why not we think of revitalising > ALSD? Can ALSD take up projects of interest to Library Community? Can it > become confident and resourecful enough to accept assignments from > Private libraries/Info centers? Can such projects be self-financed by > selling services & consultancy? People in charge may express their > views. Vyasamoorthy, P > > > > > --------------------------------- > From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. [mailto:naglaxman@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thu 1/13/2005 6:03 PM > To: sushil sharma; iatlis(a)yahoogroups.com; nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com > Subject: [iatlis] Re: Welcome to nmlis > > > > > hi > it is a big issue. in our state, the college librarians have been > designated as lect in lib sc. the univ staff have been designated as > prof, > associ prof and asst prof. earlier ugc had given equivalent status, now > the age of retirement is differrent. it is unfortunate. the lirarians > responsibility had been enormously increased in the context of distance > education and they should be in better recognition than teachersand > otherr > staff. > it is also unfortunate, in spite of all the new developments, librarians > are unable to prove that they are essential and nothing can happen with > out them. they are also swimming in the same stream like teachers,other > employeees leaving their responsibilities to the air. ofcourse, every > one > is not like. i am only stating majority. when the government does ot > have > the responsibility or accountability except the authority and power, how > we can expect support from the govt to rectify, the education system. > prvate orgns are doing better, as no out side involvment and therefore, > they play with employees. however, please understand that i am not > interested to criticise are comment on any one. > what r the reasons? it may be parents non-involvement, politicians > involvments, caste, religion and regional feelings--what not many? who > has > to bell the cat? i think the profession as a whole has to show to the > world like in other countries- that librarians are essential services, > and > nothing less than that. it is possile with our services and recognition. > i > know that the facilities are not given but expectations are high. we > have > to do our best with in the given environmet. > > > === message truncated === ===== 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). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Evolution of information soiety
by shashi kumar 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Dear Sir/Madam/Friends, I kindly requesting you i.e in our library "Evolution of information society" was written by "C.A.Cawkell" is not found.we have a part of syllabus in our 4th semester,so i kindly need this book. if you have this book please send me full text/ a xerox copy or inform me.When you send this book, it helps 40 members of our classmates. Bibliographical details of this book is as follows: Cawkell, C.A; Evolution of information society;london:ASLIB publications,1987. with warm regards, Shashikumar Dept.of Library and Information science, manasagangothri Mysore. Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Dear Sir/Madam/Friends, I kindly requesting you i.e in our library " Evolution of information society" was written by " C.A.Cawkell" is not found.we have a part of syllabus in our 4th semester,so i kindly need this book. if you have this book please send me full text/ a xerox copy or inform me.When you send this book, it helps 40 members of our classmates. Bibliographical details of this book is as follows: Cawkell, C.A; Evolution of information society;london:ASLIB publications,1987. with warm regards, Shashikumar Dept.of Library and Information science, manasagangothri Mysore. http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matri… Yahoo! India Matrimony : Find your life partner http://in.rd.yahoo.com/specials/mailtg2/*http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matr… online .

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URL link for POPSI and PRECIS Tutorial
by Seshu Sripada 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Dear colleagues, Please provide url link contains tutorial on Postulate based permuted subject indexing (POPSI) AND Preserved context index system (Precis) Thanks & Regards Seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear colleagues, Please provide url link contains tutorial on Postulate based permuted subject indexing (POPSI) AND Preserved context index system (Precis) Thanks & Regards Seshu -----------------------SOFTPRO DISCLAIMER------------------------------ Information contained in this E-MAIL and any attachments are confidential being proprietary to SOFTPRO SYSTEMS is 'privileged' and 'confidential'. If you are not an intended or authorised recipient of this E-MAIL or have received it in error, You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of the information contained in this E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please delete it immediately and notify the sender by E-MAIL. In such a case reading, reproducing, printing or further dissemination of this E-MAIL is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. SOFTPRO SYSYTEMS does not REPRESENT or WARRANT that an attachment hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions expressed in this E-MAIL and any ATTACHEMENTS may be those of the author and are not necessarily those of SOFTPRO SYSTEMS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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SEEKING INFORMATION OR LITERATURE FOR AN ARTICLE IN AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 16 Jan '05

16 Jan '05

Dear professional friends, i have bee assigned to prepare an exhustive article on THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF LIBRARY NETWORKING EFFORTS IN INDIA AND SOUTH ASIAN REGION. Any professional has access to either documetary or non-documentary information may please send it to me. the support and help of the professionals will go a long way in preaparing an updated and complete article. thanks laxman rao ===== 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). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)indiatimes.com ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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Goa varsity develops GOALNET linking 22 college libraries
by Benny 16 Jan '05

16 Jan '05

Dear Colleagues The following news item may be of interest to some of you visit the following URL for more information. http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG3_sub.asp?ccode=ENG3&newscode=88961 Regards Benny www.tisb.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Goa varsity develops GOALNET linking 22 college libraries Goa University being a partner in the UGC-Infonet programme has free access to more than 2000 electronic journals covering all subjects. The library had also organized several training programmes for the user community and college librarians through e-journal consortium. ''The library in association with Carnegie Mellon University and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore had under the Universal Digital Library project initiated digitization of manuscripts and books, in particular the documents pertaining to the history and culture of the State in 2003,'' the Professor said.

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Best librarian award for Veena, Sreekumar : Tribune News Service
by JK Vijayakumar 16 Jan '05

16 Jan '05

Full Story available at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050116/cth1.htm#12 Best librarian award for Veena, Sreekumar Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 15 The board of trustees of Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL) and the British Library today gave away the best librarian awards in three categories. The awards were presented at a special function organised at Government Museum Auditorium, Sector 10. Prof G.S. Randhawa, former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, inaugurated the function and gave away the awards. While Veena Chawla, Director, American Information Centre, New Delhi, bagged the SATKAL Woman Librarian Award for this year, the Young Librarian Award went to the versatile M.G. Sreekumar, currently Librarian and Head, Development of Digital Libraries at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. A mathematics graduate from the University of Kerala, Sreekumar pursued his Bachelors in Library and Information Science from the University of Kerala. The recipient of Fulbright award in 1996, Sreekumar went to study at the University of Maryland at College Park and at the National Library of Medicine, USA. A vibrant professional, Sreekumar has been instrumental in the creation of a sound digital system at IIMK, Kozhikode. He now leads several national level research projects in library and information science, and information technology areas. Recently Sreekumar has successfully created an E-learning platform for doctors and the medical fraternity in India, funded by the WHO office in New Delhi. The National Librarian award was presented to Dr E Rama Reddy, Founder Librarian of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad, who has to his credit several best librarian awards. He is also considered among the best library automation experts in India. Well attended and organised, the function saw valuable suggestions from experts in the field of library sciences. The vote of thanks was extended by Mr Sushant Banerjee, Organising Secretary, SATKAL. -------------------------- Another Full story available at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050116/cth1.htm#11 Future of library science not bright Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service, Chandigarh, January 15 If statistics are to be believed, the future of library and information science does not appear to be very bright in India. Rough estimates suggest that out of 1,000 libraries, not more than 10 were fully automated in this age of technology. And worse, of the 30,000 librarians that come out of the plethora of library schools in India, few are trained well enough to be recruited without being sent for a re-training. This and much more plagues the discipline which has evolved in other parts of the world. While Singapore leads the world in public library system which is just a decade old, UK spends exorbitantly in reviewing the functioning of its National Library which fetches it a huge revenue. In a recently commissioned review of the National Library, UK, independent consultants reported that against every pound that the British Government spent on the National Library, the library gave it back 4.4 times more money! In India, however, the libraries are low on priority when resource allocation is decided. The reasons, experts attending the annual function of SATKAL (Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship) and The British Library, Chandigarh, held at Government Museum auditorium today, say are many. �The most significant is failure to catch up with the most basic of systems, including the public library system. The state of public libraries is sorry, even the librarians which our universities produce know very little about high quality services. Our courses are outdated, our consolidation of technology poor,� said Mr P. Jayarajan, eminent librarian and former Head, Library and Information Services, British Council India who was present at the function which also witnessed a panel discussion on the required changes in library science syllabi. Among the panelists were Prof H.R, Chopra, Head, Library Science Department, PU, Mr A.R. Sethi, Head Librarian, PU Library. K.C. Ramola, Librarian, Centre-State Library and Ms Devinder Kaur, Librarian, Punjabi University, Patiala. Dissecting the scenario of library and information services in India, Mr Jayarajan, who is now working on retrospective conversion and library automation at prestigious libraries like the Nehru Memorial Library, said, �We have been wasting time. In the 1980s we talked about library automation but not more than 10 Indian libraries are automated; in the1990s we talked about library networks, but I cannot list a single credible network expect DELNET; now are talking about digital libraries but that is not the answer. We must become user friendly by offering high quality services. We must also target non users. Traditional methods are fine but computers have to come in, whether or not public libraries like it�. Another challenge, the expert said, was from new age media like TV, Internet, choices of news channels, upmarket book shops, distribution centres that bring you any book you want. �In such a scenario, we need to change our curriculum, impart library skills to ensure that we churn out fine talent and not mass graduates,� he said adding that the profile of a librarian must be improved by honouring the profession in the first place. President Abdul Kalam a great library user --------------------------------- Eminent librarian Mr P. Jayarajan took the occasion to tell the audience about President Abdul Kalam�s love for libraries. He recalled, �When the President was working at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, he was a frequent library user. So much so that he would not leave the library even after everyone had gone. The library management had to give him a duplicate key for easy access�. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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hi all
by xahoor sofi 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Fellow Professionals Our profession has contributed tremendously to almost every educational endeavour. However, our school libraries have not recieved the treatment that they deserved. Our union govt. is launching various mass education programmes like Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan/ Rashtriya Saksharta Mission/ TLC etc. However, least consideration is given to the libraries in institutions who carry forward these programmes. I request all of you to advocate a programme for libraries which i suggest should be named Sarva Pustakalia Abhiyan. Hope you all start you efforts from today onwards. Zahoo Ahmad Research Scholar University of Kashmir Dept. of Lib. & Information Science. zahoor_sofi(a)yahoo.co.uk xahoor_61(a)hotmail.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! Fellow Professionals Our profession has contributed tremendously to almost every educational endeavour. However, our school libraries have not recieved the treatment that they deserved. Our union govt. is launching various mass education programmes like Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan/ Rashtriya Saksharta Mission/ TLC etc. However, least consideration is given to the libraries in institutions who carry forward these programmes. I request all of you to advocate a programme for libraries which i suggest should be named Sarva Pustakalia Abhiyan. Hope you all start you efforts from today onwards. Zahoo Ahmad Research Scholar University of Kashmir Dept. of Lib. & Information Science. mailto:zahoor_sofi@yahoo.co.uk zahoor_sofi(a)yahoo.co.uk mailto:xahoor_61@hotmail.com xahoor_61(a)hotmail.com http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messenger… ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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career opportunities after M.Phil.
by Achar 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Dear Mrs.Vaishnav, After M.Phil., /NET, you can apply Ph.D. in IGNOU in March every year. Also, you can try with universities for teaching profession. You can write articles and apply for fellowships with foreign universities. This will take you to world of opportunities. You can take up small time consultance for library set up or teaching with open universities, correspondance courses,refresher courses etc. Hope this will help you in continuing education. All the best. Achar Librarian Ohio-manipal School of Business Bangalore Dear Mrs.Vaishnav, After M.Phil., /NET, you can apply Ph.D. in IGNOU in March every year. Also, you can try with universities for teaching profession. You can write articles and apply for fellowships with foreign universities. This will take you to world of opportunities. You can take up small time consultance for library set up or teaching with open universities, correspondance courses,refresher courses etc. Hope this will help you in continuing education. All the best. Achar Librarian Ohio-manipal School of Business Bangalore

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Libraries affected by the Tsunami
by vasanth raj 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

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FW: [LIS-Forum] Popular Science Books
by Benny 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

<<ATT25085.txt>> Dear Nagarathna Please visit the following URL for some excellent books on Popular Science http://www.scholastic.ca/education/library/encyclopedias/popscience.html These books are published by the Grolier International Inc. Best wishes Benny M.D. -----Original Message----- From: Casius C Issac To: NCSI LIS forum Sent: 1/13/05 12:34 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Popular Science Books Dear Nagarathna The following publishers have lot of popular science books National Book Trust Delhi Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishad (Malayalam ) Trichur, Kerala Centre for science and environment Delhi Regards Casius <<ATT25085.txt>>

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