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LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 214, Issue 24, Profession @ Crossroads
by ameet joshi 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear sir/Madam,  Attituded of both Government and Private Intuitions towards library professionals are same. They looks down us as if we are not productive, even they don't spare a single chance to mock library professionals. These kind of situations happens because of lack of creativity, knowledge, enthusiasm and communication skills among most of our professionals. When it comes to validate our professional demands majority of the library professionals are not able to defend themselves because they can't speak better English and they are unsophisticated in their approach. So, in my view first we the library professionals should empower ourselves and prosper in our profession.  Ameet Joshi.  Library Department  NMIMS College, B.G Road campus,  Bangalore.   From: <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Sent: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:17:22 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 214, Issue 24 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to    lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit    http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to    lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at    lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Re: Profession @ Crossroads (vijesh p v)   2. Application Deadline for TISS- MLIS Programme Closes   Soon      (Anand Dodamani) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:12:47 +0530 From: vijesh p v <vijeshrcss(a)gmail.com> To: Satish S <srisanayak(a)gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Profession @ Crossroads Message-ID:    <CAC26eP7Dx1OFL=ntXv30CZP3o-aknWLJ+zzjuadGYyoOOPGogg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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(a)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(a)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 > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > -- > SATISH.S > MLISc., M.Phil., KSET, UGC-NET. > LIBRARIAN, SSCE, > TUMAKURU-572102 > MOBILE-9242311848 > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- *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/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:11:42 +0530 From: Anand Dodamani <anand.karuni(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Application Deadline for TISS- MLIS Programme    Closes   Soon Message-ID:    <CANJViucWSJHN0JwKvSJQD1oXG1h1QZpn+tFHyZRq8LLQbid22Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear All, Greetings to you. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has announced Admission to the 2021-23 batch of its regular Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Course offered from its Mumbai Campus. The application deadline (25th Jan 2021) is fast approaching. If you know someone who is planning to pursue the course, kindly pass this information to him/ her. In order to know more about the course and to apply, please visit the following link: https://admissions.tiss.edu/view/10/admissions/ma-admissions/master-of-libr… Regards, Anand Dodamani PhD. Assistant Librarian (Selection Grade) Faculty Member- Centre for Library and Information Management Studies Council Member- Indian Library Association (2019-2022) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) V. N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088 Phone: 022 25525274 Web Profile: https://www.tiss.edu/view/9/employee/anand-dodamani/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum ------------------------------ End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 214, Issue 24 ****************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.  

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Profession @ Crossroads
by Dr. Pradip Das 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear Professional Friend, I fully agree with Mr. Vijesh, P. V. and Mr. Anand Dodamani. In my personal opinion, I think this is the time we have to think the following: 1. The Associations of Library field should come forward to protest or to place some sort of complaint for this type of discriminant outlook to Library Professionals. 2. The Universities and Schools with Library and Information Science as a course should be much careful to choose candidates(Students) at time of selecting for their course. For I have seen there are quite a bigger number of Universities and Schools (Particularly some Private or Semi aided or Deemed to be) are giving Library and Information Science degrees without thinking about the professionalism and the future of the students. They should teach the modern library management system and current trend of library services. 3. As the universities are not having any future plan for professionalism of the Library and Information Science Course, students passing from universities and schools are trying to accept any kind of job and they are not thinking about the pay scale. The reason is that they have to start a job with their professional qualification. Thus the degradation in the profession is continuing. It is also happening in most of the professional fields in our Country. 4. If we are thinking about Walk - In - Interview. We should not mind over it because now-a-days this is becoming a trend. Candidate with degree of M. Tech, B. Tech., MD, MBBS, MBA are also have to face this type of interviews 5. I am not against females. However, it has been found that in our country most of the Library and Information Science professionals are female. They must have career thinking, but it may be possible that they are cool with this profession without thinking much about their career growth. Please note that here I am not telling about the Teaching professionals in the Library and Information Science field. -- *Regards **……* _______________________________________________ * Dr. Pradip Das* *Ph. D., MBA (HR), M. Phil, M. L. I. Sc., B. L. I. Sc., B. Sc. (Chem)Librarian,* *MIT Art, Design and Technology University,* *Raj Baug, Next to Hadapsar,* *Loni-Kalbhor, Maharashtra – 412201. * *Phone : +91-20-30693604, Cell : 9420836138* *E-mail :pradipbhadreswardas@gmail.com <pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com> Or Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com <Pradip_das_55(a)rediffmail.com>* ****Blogger : http://pradip-dipra.blogspot.com <http://pradip-dipra.blogspot.com>* *Research Gate : http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pradip_Das4 <http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pradip_Das4>* *Skype ID : pradipbhadreswardas* *Twitter : @pradipbdas // https://twitter.com/pradipbdas <https://twitter.com/pradipbdas>* *FaceBook : https://www.facebook.com/pradip.das.142240 <https://www.facebook.com/pradip.das.142240>* *LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-pradip-das-a33b9142/ <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-pradip-das-a33b9142/>* *Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en <https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for SENIOR PROJECT ASSOCIATE (LIS) position at IIT Gandhinagar ( deadline 24th January 2021)
by TS Kumbar 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear Professionals, Applications are invited for a position of Senior Project Assistant (on contract basis) for ‘Scaling up the Digital Repository, Managing and Promoting Research Publications’ created and managed by the Library at IIT Gandhinagar for a period of one year. More details are given at: https://iitgn.ac.in/careers/staff https://drive.google.com/file/d/16r926p_oFN4RI5U-1GvYWS47JF76tmTP/view *Deadline for submitting application: 24th January 2021* Kindly encourage the professionals who meet the requirements and are keen to work for such an interesting project to apply at the earliest. Thanks & Regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in *IITGN: Celebrating 10 years of educational excellence <http://sites.iitgn.ac.in/10/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webinar on "Experimental AI for Social Good" on 30th Jan 2021 & Forthcoming Events of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS
by Mohan Hr 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Webinar on Experimental AI for Social Good =================================== CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai & IEEE CS Madras cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: Experimental AI for Social Good Speaker: Dr. Parag Kulkarni, Professor, AI and ML, Tokyo International University, Japan, CEO and Chief Scientist, iKnowlation Research Labs, Pune Date: Saturday, 30th Jan 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST For presentation details & speaker profile, pl see the PDF invite at https://bit.ly/3mUMfCb Register at https://bit.ly/36U5rKF Note: All registered participants will receive a free copy of Chapter 1 of Dr Parag's best-selling book "Artificial Intelligence: Building Intelligent Systems" (Published by PHI Learning) in pdf after the webinar and a special discount of 30% on print book & 25% on eBook while purchasing this book online at http://www.phindia.com Forthcoming Events 23rd Jan -- Open Data for Sustainable Community. https://bit.ly/39M6Nc8 6th Feb -- Educational Reforms -- Education on Demand -- NEP 2020 and Beyond. http://bit.ly/2Lt775I 13th Feb -- Stitching Experience Design into Agile Methodology http://bit.ly/3bP5nhY 20th Feb -- Value Based IT Solutions Delivery Through Disciplined Agile http://bit.ly/2XexaQp 27th Feb -- Mobile Forensics and Cyber Crime Investigations http://bit.ly/3c051VO For pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in: Jan 2021: https://bit.ly/3h3MJnq Feb 2021: https://bit.ly/3st0rWd For additional events in Jan 2021: https://bit.ly/3p7GS2Z Feb 2021: https://bit.ly/3nNALA1 Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210111: https://bit.ly/2LkgZif

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Fwd: Choice ebook study
by Shamprasad Pujar 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear All, It may be of interest to some of you. Regards, S M Pujar Chief Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai =========== ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: LIBLICENSE <liblicense(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 10:19 AM Subject: Choice ebook study To: <LIBLICENSE-L(a)listserv.crl.edu> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <asokerson(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:32:04 -0500 CLEVELAND – January 21, 2021 – As digital books become more essential in colleges and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, academic librarians are adopting the ebook format at a vastly accelerated rate. To better understand ebook collection development in academic libraries, Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), conducted a research study to shine a much-needed light on the ways academic libraries are responding to the increased demand for digital content. Highlights include data showing that ebooks are an established part of academic library collections, many academic librarians’ overarching acquisition model favors ebooks over print and both libraries and patrons have fully integrated ebooks into their workflows and practices. [SNIP] To view the full report, visit https://static.od-cdn.com/Choice-Incorporating_Ebooks_into_Collection_Devel… https://company.overdrive.com/2021/01/21/new-choice-report-studies-academic…

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LIS profession at Crossroads?
by Koteswara Rao Mamidi 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear Dr Anand, Yes, the so-called ‘degradation’ of librarian’s post in elite institutions is happening since a long time and as you said there is no response or action either from our national associations or from the high-profile LIS experts occupying high positions across the country. I had earlier posted some comments on this issue based on my personal experience on a couple of incidents in this very forum but nothing had happened so far. I personally feel that there are three reasons for this degradation. First, lack of a national accreditation body or an agency to regulate LIS education and employment has created this disparity among similar jobs in different institutions. In the absence of any standard or guidelines there is no control over the uniformity of pay scales and qualifications for top library posts in libraries under different departments/ministries such as UGC, AICTE, MHRD (IITs & IIMs), Indian Medical Council, CSIR, ICAR, Ministry of Culture (public libraries), etc., Second, the proliferation of LIS schools producing too many ‘substandard products’ is leading to surplus manpower unable to get employment. It is an irony that despite a large number of top library posts in many academic and other libraries are lying vacant for years, our LIS professionals are not getting jobs? I think that the 'supply is more than the expected demand' and hence, the employers are trying to dominate while the job seekers are ready to join these posts with lower pay; can we stop them? Third, non-availability of adequately trained & qualified library professionals with ICT skills and managerial capabilities to head these fully-automated libraries; which is again due to poor and substandard LIS education including getting a PhD. I don’t want to name but there were a few instances where some of the librarians in such HE institutions have failed to perform or remained passive and retired without any contribution; leaving a bad impression among the employers. We have more than hundred library associations all over the country plus the national association - ILA which is expected to promote and maintain LIS professional standards, and one of its objectives is “Improvement of the status of librarians”. Perhaps it is time for all us to think differently and do something seriously such as boycotting selection panel invitations or a nation-wide strike? Dr M Koteswara Rao Retd. Librarian, Univ of Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application Deadline for TISS- MLIS Programme Closes Soon
by Anand Dodamani 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

Dear All, Greetings to you. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has announced Admission to the 2021-23 batch of its regular Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Course offered from its Mumbai Campus. The application deadline (25th Jan 2021) is fast approaching. If you know someone who is planning to pursue the course, kindly pass this information to him/ her. In order to know more about the course and to apply, please visit the following link: https://admissions.tiss.edu/view/10/admissions/ma-admissions/master-of-libr… Regards, Anand Dodamani PhD. Assistant Librarian (Selection Grade) Faculty Member- Centre for Library and Information Management Studies Council Member- Indian Library Association (2019-2022) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) V. N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088 Phone: 022 25525274 Web Profile: https://www.tiss.edu/view/9/employee/anand-dodamani/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Profession @ Crossroads
by Anand Dodamani 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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requesting to know about weeding out policy
by Nellore Harilakshmi 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

Dear Professionals, I am totally confused about weeding out the policy, in our University library some unconditional books, old syllabus books are to need the weed out. but I don't know which policy suitable to convey higher authorities, please appropriately guide me. thanking you. -- N.Harilakshmi, Professional Assistant, SPMVV, Tirupati -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by R G 20 Jan '21

20 Jan '21

Dear Professionals, Kindly help me to get the following article. Using a Hybrid Approach to Data Management in Relational Database and Blockchain: a Case Study on The E-health Domain https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9095697 Regards Aditi Gaikwad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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