Like sankaran I too don’t advocate
for another fresh association for LIS. It creates confusion and becomes one
more addition to the existing number of LIS associations.
Already Indian Library Association (ILA)
has become popular and generic in nature for all categories of library
professionals. Let us strengthen ILA by making it as an apex body to include
all library professionals as its members. The membership to ILA should be
mandatory for all professionals irrespective of type of library and it should
function from gross-root level. The local chapters should identify all the
professionals in that region and motivate them to get inducted to ILA (they may
approach the parent institutions for membership).
Let us burry our past bitter experiences
and individual differences with associations/officers, and come forward to have
a healthy and very powerful in policy making and at the same time more academic
in its functions. Like AMA and INFORMS, the transformed ILA can start publishing
many reputed journals in the field. I am sure our professionals will welcome
the re-charged ILA and support its academic activities too.
The other specialized LIS associations like
iaslic, MANLIBNET, IALA, KLA, SIS etc can become associate Organs of ILA and
focus on specific categories of professionals … The membership for associate
bodies could be optional.
Manjunath
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Dr. Manjunatha K
Chief Librarian
T.A. Pai Management Institute
Manipal - 576 104
Udupi Dist.
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From:
Engg-Lib-Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Engg-Lib-Forum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sankaran arumugam
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 3:22
PM
To: Sukhdev Singh; K.R. Mulla
Cc: NMLIS;
Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum]
[Engg-Lib-Forum] Let us have apex body of Library Association to fight for our
profession.
Dear All,
I agree to some points pointed out by our friends Mr. Sukhdev Singh,
Mr.Mulla, Dr. Manjunath, Dr. Thimmappa, Dr. Konnur and others. But, I differ in
one point. i.e. starting new associations or organisations to fight for LIS
cause.
We have too many associations, societies at both national and state
levels like ILA, IASLIC, IALA, SALIS, SIS, TN LA, Kerala LA,
Karnataka LA, MAdras LA, etc., etc., etc.,
This leads to a position, we cannot present our case in a united single
strong voice to be heard by Govt. /university/ authorities. Instead of starting
new assns., we can give more representation to young professionals (age below
40) in electing/selecting office bearers.
We quote
About members:
How an association will become strong, if there is no active
participation of members in the association activities.
When I invited my friend to attend an association Meet/Talk, he
said "Oh! You organised it in a working day, how can I come after
attending office", When I invited him for a Meet/Talk organised on a
holiday, he said " Oh! that is a holiday, how can I come all the way from
my residence to the venue". People always give some excuses.
If this is the attitude of members towards associations, how our
friends blame the office-bearers.
I request the office-bearers of LIS associations to throw more light on
this.
Thanks & Regards
sankaran
----- Original Message ----
From: Sukhdev Singh <
To: K.R. Mulla <krmulla@gmail.
Cc: NMLIS <nmlis@yahoogroups.
Sent: Sunday, 15 June, 2008 8:15:41 AM
Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [Engg-Lib-Forum] Let us have apex body of Library
Association to fight for our profession.
Dear Friends,
I fully endorse the view points expressed in emails on the issue of
better activism for Library Associations. I propose a coordination
forum or joint committee of all national / state associations. Such a
forum should have online presence and should engage in online
discussions.
Let me update you all on my own fight to get membership of Medical
Library Association of
But I am fighting because matter is of principles and my rights. I am
professionally qualified with master degree and a Life Member of ILA.
I applied for membership for "Medical Library Association of India"
(MLAI) on the suggestion of one of my colleague. To my great surprise
my Cheque came back in an envelop without any covering letter. Don
jump to conclusion that there might be some administrative mistake (as
latter on it became clear that there was a method in their madness).
I wrote number of emails to the office bearers of MLAI, but could not
get a single reply. My colleagues (including one EC member of MLAI
and their "Best Medical Librarian of the Year" awardee) also wrote to
them to seek a reply as what is happening. At last the president of
the association wrote back that she will investigate the matter and
respond back shortly. That "SHORTLY" is now THREE YEARS OLD. I am
still waiting for an official reply from MLAI about my membership. I
just want to know why my membership was not accepted. I know the
plight of that rubber stamp president while power flow from
Now tell me, Can such an association have guts to write a memorandum
to any authority? They don
membership status of an individual. Should not I believe that other
associations are also like that?
Some of you might be wondering on my stupidity of belittling myself
while narrating this incidence. But that is what I am. I will continue
to belittle myself till I get an answer from MLAI.
--Sukhdev Singh.
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM, K.R. Mulla <krmulla@gmail.
> Dear LIS Professionals,
>
> I am completely agree with Dr. K. Manjunath
> issues. in this direction we should not blame any others we should think
> positively.
>
> I am requesting all our elder library professionals they may in teacher or
> librarian should come forward join hands to gather and strengthen the
Local
> Library Association such as ILA chapter of Karnatak,
> TN, Andra, MP, Rajastan, Gujarat, UP, Bihar, HP, J&K,
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Manjunath K <manjunath@mail.
> wrote:
>>
>> Dear LIS members,
>>
>> I feel the weakness of our associations lies in the absence of a
strong
>> LIS body at National, regional, state and local levels.
>>
>> I had suggested earlier on this forum (when lot of comments on ILA
>> elections/etc) to make ILA as an APEX body at national level and make
it
>> mandatory that all LIS professionals should become member of ILA.
>>
>> The national ILA body should be based in
>> influential office bearers who can have strong links with Govt and
other
>> bodies.
>>
>> The national body needs to function through its regional associations
>> (four or more), State Units (one for each state), District bodies and
Local
>> chapters. The local chapters should induct all LIS professions in that
>> region as its members. Once they become members of local chapters,
they
>> become members of ILA by default.
>>
>> The local bodies nominate/elect members for District/state unit- who
>> intern select/elect members for regional centres. The regional centres
will
>> elect the office bearers for national body.
>>
>> All the other professional LIS Associations should have affiliations
to
>> ILA. This makes ILA powerful and this body can honestly strive for
>> upliftment and justice to the profession.
>>
>> I invite and request all LIS professionals to think constructively and
>> offer their valuable thoughts in this direction. I used the term
>> represent the nation. Let us not attach any importance to the
Terminology
>>
>> issues revolving around the current Indian library association.
>>
>> Let us have discussions at all levels and constitute a body with
>> comprehensive coverage of our professions goals and objectives.
>>
>> It is good to note that Mr. Thimmappa, Dr. PV Konnur and Mr. Sukhdev
Singh
>> have already initiated the discussions. Let us have a strong
representative
>> body to address our problems in the country and move boldly along
>> legal/policy journey. If need be, I am ready to join the movement.
>>
>> Manjunath
>> ------------
>> Dr. Manjunatha K
>> Chief Librarian
>> T.A. Pai Management Institute
>> Manipal - 576 104
>> Udupi Dist.
>> Ph: +91-0820-2573551(
>> email: manjunath@mail.
>> web: http://www.tapmi.
>> ------------
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: digilib_india@
>> On Behalf Of thimma naik
>> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:52 AM
>> To: NMLIS; DIGILIB INDIA; IATLIS; ncsi lis forum
>> Subject: [digilib_india] Role of Library Associations
>>
>> Library Associations having major role in influencing the formation
and
>> implementation of government
>> policy concerning libraries and information. They can act as effective
>> Pressure
>> Groups for political action. But in
>> Library associations are not in the right place. In my personal view
>> Library
>> Associations are conducting some seminars, workshops in a year, and
>> elections
>> for the committee. No professionals questioning the activity of the
>> associations. Why we canąt discuss the role of Library Associations in
>>
>> on this forum. So it will help to us to make unity between Library
>> professionals and to know the activities of these Associations.
>>
>> Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL
>> Bengaluru
>> +91 94488 69387
>> thimmappa03@
>> Read an eBook, Save a Tree; Buy an eBook Reader, Save a Forest
>> Wanted a job, where there is no print, only E
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>>
>> ------------
>>
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>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks with regards
>
> K. R. Mulla,
> Librarian,
>
>
> Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152
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