Dear Sir/Madam, Plagiarism has become widespread in Indian academic environment like never before. Because of the technological advancement we are in a position to track the act of plagiarism easily but the administrative wing of the academic institutions in universities have failed to take action when there is ample evidence of act of plagiarism. In the recent past, many of the professors in institutes of higher learning who have found guilty of plagiarism have promoted to the highest position of the office of higher learning. There is no punishment for plagiarism in India. One can easily escape without any punishment for the act of copying others work. This is the precise reason why there is lot of incidents of plagiarism in Indian academic environment. LIS profession is no different to this trend. Let me mention one such incident of plagiarism in LIS domain. The only reason for taking this example is, because this particular paper is available in public domain. Plagiarized version Title of the article : Use and awareness of Internet at education colleges of Gadag City, Karnataka: A case study Journal : SRELS Journal of Information Management Volume and Issue: 49 (3) Year: 2012 Pages: 325-330 Abstract of the 2012 version of the article: This study is aimed at the Internet use and its impact among the education colleges of Gadag city. Structured questionnaire was designed to collect data. Out of 100 questionnaires, 90 filled in questionnaires were received back. The survey found out that, 98.89% of the total respondents use Internet only for e-mail facility, 94.44% respondents are using Google as the favorite search engine for accessing information, and 52.22% were not satisfied with the printing facilities available in their respective colleges. The study also highlights the suggestions made by the faculty and the students Title of the article from which the above authors have copied the article Title of the article : Use of Internet in engineering colleges of three districts of Karnataka State: A study Journal : ILA Bulletin Volume and Issue: 43 (1) Year: 2007 Pages: 13-19 Abstract of the 2007 version of the article: This study is aimed at the Internet use and its impact among the engineering colleges of Mysore, Hassan and Mandya districts. Structured questionnaire were designed to collect the data. Out of 100 questionnaires 90 filled in questionnaires were received back The survey found out that, 92.22% of the total respondents use Internet only for e-mail, 86.66% respondents are using Google as the favorite search engine for accessing information and 53.33% were not satisfied with the printing and down loading facilities available in their respective colleges. The study also highlights the suggestions made by the faculty and the students of the respective engineering colleges. It was surprised that the authors have copied even the references as it is without any changes. Content is completely identical. Only changes they made to the article was the user response rate wherever it is needed. There is no reward for hard work in today's society especially in India. Those who have the power and money move up to the ladder no matter what their academic credentials are. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.