Please put this message in lis-forum for all the practicing librarians. The practicing Academic librarian is a teacher because of the following reasons 1. He involves in the teaching activity . Teaching is the act of imparting knowledge, skills, providing activities,materials, direction and guidance by way of lecture, demonstration, seminar or any other approriate method that facilitate learning of students in an educational Institution. 2. The Andhra Pradesh Universities Act,1991given the definition of the expression of Teacher as Teacher means, Professor, Reader, Lecturer in a college and such other persons giving instruction in a college as may be declared by the stutues to be Teacher. 3. The expression Teacher of the University is also defined under section 2(23) of Andhra Pradesh Universities Act, 1991 which reads " Teachers of the University means Teachers appointed by the University to give instruction or guide reasearch in the University and Constituent Colleges" Dr. M.Satyanrayana Librarian, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.