Dear Professional Colleagues, I am happy to inform all the Academic Librarians that, IALA has submitted its memorandum to MHRD, UGC and anomaly committee appointed by UGC to rectify the anomalies caused in the MHRD orders in spite of the clear cut recommendations made by the UGC-PRC to treat Librarians and Physical Education Directors equivalent to teachers for matters of pay and allowances and for promotions in universities and colleges. The full text of the memorandum may be downloaded from the following link of IALA website: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/news/MHRDUGC.pdf Further, it is learnt that, the UGC on receipt of MHRD orders has constituted a committee to draft the UGC guidelines as per the directions of the MHRD orders. Hence, IALA felt is appropriate to represent the issues to the MHRD as well as UGC in order to get them addressed before the UGC-Guidelines are finalized and issued. All the professionals are requested to study the MHRD orders and the IALA Memorandum and inform us if you find any more anomalies in the MHRD order. However, IALA will be visiting Delhi to meet the Secretary, MHRD and the Chairman, UGC on 29th to 31st January 2009, during that time it is desired to carry a revised memorandum and submit. Hence, all are requested to seriously respond to this call. Thanking You, Yours Sincerely, -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.