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From: "Koteswara Rao Mamidi"
Date: Sat May 19 11:39:01 IST 2018
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Dear Dr Mishra,
What you have said is absolutely true and right. Recently even IIT Bombay
had diluted the Librarian's post in terms of designation, scale / grade
pay, etc.
Previously, on this same forum I had put my observations on the issue of
flouting rules for recruiting librarians. I would like to add two more
points here:- 1). Many times we see LIS faculty sitting as experts in the
selection of librarians which is not right; 2). There is no response or
action from the National and other state-level Library associations
whenever such irregularities are noticed.
It is high time that every LIS professional irrespective of their roles
should protest and write to the concerned departments like the UGC,
AICTE, MHRD, CSIR, etc to put an end to such irregularities.
Dr. M. Koteswara Rao
Retd. Librarian, UoH
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Subject: [LIS-Forum] Time to protect the libraries not the librarian?
Dear all,
Recent few advertisements is an alarm for Not library professionals but
existence of Libraries itself in future. IIIT Allahabad and IIT Kanpur
appointing Assistant Registrar
http://www.iitk.ac.in/new/data/recruitment/Advt_No_1_2018/Advt-No-1-2018-Fin...
and Dy. Registrar
https://www.iiita.ac.in/downloads/announcements/uploads/Rec295.pdf in
libraries and made library science related qualifications under essential
or desirable.
Seems the perception of libraries and librarians has been changed
drastically in academic community/society the reasons may be as follows:
1. Some of the LIS professionals could not serve the community better.
2. Some of the LIS professionals attitude/behavior was totally against the
ethics and irritable to users of library?
3. Some of the professionals enjoyed highly paid salary without doing
nothing and exploited their subordinates/resources/facility given to them.
4. Many could not upgrade their libraries and themselves as per the current
trend and information seeking behavior of users.
5. Top leaders/experts could not appoint suitable candidates for the post
and many cases where they might have appointed their incapable near and
dears.
6. Rise of electronic media/resources which crossed the four walls of the
libraries and reached in the hands of users without any assistance from LIS
professionals/Libraries.
Apart from other their may be many wrong/correct perception about the
libraries because of which i can see peoples are now discussing the
relevance of libraries itself rather than librarians. This is not an alarm
for non-teaching library professionals but for teaching LIS professionals
(Professors) too because if their is no library than their is no
department of libraries too?
You may read the story at here too:
http://mishravk.com/2018/05/existence-library/
Thanks and have a nice library ahead !
