The closure of NCSI is an internal affair of IISc. LIS-Forum has a huge membership and I am sure someone outside of IISc can come forward to manage it. We should all be grateful to Dr Francis Jayakanth and colleagues for making the Forum such an interesting place for all of us for all these years. I requested a couple of senior professionals to take over from Dr Francis Jayakanth. Either their hands are full already or they have some constraints. There are many younger members of the Forum who can moderate the Forum well. Please come forward. Let this not be Dr Harinarayana's last intervention on the LIS-Forum. We will keep the Forum alive. It has been very useful to all of us.
Subbiah Arunachalam
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From: N.S. Harinarayana
To: lisforum
Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 4:59
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Closure of NCSI
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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N.S. Harinarayana
Department of Library and Information Science
University of Mysore, Manasagangotri
Mysore 570 006
Off. Ph: (0821) 2419788
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