According to the Report of the Committee to Review the Pay Scales and Service
Conditions of University and College Teachers, 2008
Policy regards Librarians and D.P.E.s
Most representatives of Librarians and D.P.E.s expressed satisfaction over the
fact that parity had been maintained between their scales of pay and those of
teachers at various levels and urged the present Pay Review Committee to
continue to maintain this. However, they made the following observations about
their service and working conditions and wanted the Committee to make suitable
recommendations in this regard:
4.18.1 Promotion under CAS for Deputy Librarians/Deputy D.P.Es
While any number of Readers or Associate Professors could become Professors
through the process of promotion under CAS, similar privileges were not
available to Deputy Librarians or Deputy D.P.Es in universities since there is only
one Librarian/D.P.E in the university. Therefore, some promotion facilities to
Deputy Librarians and Deputy D.P.Es should be made available.
4.18.2 Research Projects, Sabbatical/Study Leave and Vacation facilities
Librarians/D.P.E.s
While the Librarians/D.P.Es have been recognized as teachers, many privileges
like eligibility for applying for major and minor research projects, various kinds of
leaves like the study and sabbatical leave, end of the session vacations were not
available to them. These should be extended to them as well.
4.18.3 Upgradation of skill Librarians/D.P.E.s
The situation of libraries and sports facilities, according to most library/sports staff
representatives present in various meetings, was very pathetic since in most
places the positions of librarians/D.P.Es were lying vacant and there was hardly
any professional staff to manage them. There were also no opportunities for
them to improve their professional skills through Refresher Courses or
Orientation Programmes although the management of libraries as well as sports
had become quite challenging thanks to the introduction of computers, and many
other technical inputs.
4.18.4 Other professional staff of libraries and sports as academic staff
It was also brought to the notice of the Committee that other professional staff
like Professional Assistants, Cataloguers in libraries and Coaches etc., had been
kept out of the purview of the Pay Review Committee since they had not been
recognized as academic staff. The participants wanted them to be also
recognized as academic staff and given appropriate scales of pay and other
privileges.
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Ajay M. Kamble
Librarian
Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College,
Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202
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