I am sorry to reply this message after such a long gap.
Vasanth has raised an important issue. He states that Librarians are
better suited to work as Information Officers and that they are
neglected. I would like to ask a few questions and elicit views of LIS
personnel on these:
How many librarians know what is this monster RTI all about? What is
the role of RTI officer in a govt institution? What type of
information is the scope of RTI Officer? How is the librarian better
suited? What do we librarians learn or know about Govt way of files (&
records) organization - numbering, generation, storing, retrieving,
archiving, rules governing files & documents & records preservation
and conservation etc? How about confidentiality coding and providing
restricted access? How about documents relating to public -- say birth
certificates. With absolutely no theoretical or practical knowledge of
any of these things how do librarians claim that they are better
suited? The RTI was talked about for a number of years before becoming
law. Why did not LIS schools provide changes in the curriculam to
mould librarians into RTI officers?
Well I have a lot of doubts. Any comments?
On Tue, Nov 8, 2005 at 11:12 AM, vasanth raj
Dear Sir/Madam,
The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Infor! mat! ion professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well.
Your Sincerely
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