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LIBRARIES-ROBBED-OF-BOOKS-AT-CALICUT-UNIVERSITY
Calicut University is facing a strange situation - hundreds
of books getting lost from its libraries each year due to
rampant book lifting and borrowers not returning their lot.
As many as 1,261 books were reported missing in the latest
audit report. Taking serious note of the issue, the state
government's local fund audit wing has asked the varsity to
recover the loss incurred from the persons involved. Library
authorities said that the scale of book lifting and
non-return could be bigger if the figures from the varsity's
main CHMK central library, which has around 1.2 lakh books,
are included. The university - which conducted a stock
verification after eight years in 2014 - is in the process
of consolidating the figures.
CHMK library had installed CCTV cameras inside the library
last year as a deterrent. "A major issue in libraries of the
varsity run self- financing institutions is that the most
librarians are employed on temporary basis that make it
difficult to hold them accountable for the loss," said
university librarian Dr Abdul Azeez T A.
The institute of engineering and technology (IET) within the
varsity campus has lost 703 books while the university
teacher education centre (UTEC), Kaniyambetta has lost 236
books. As many as 152 books are missing from the department
of lifelong learning. The reasons were the same as mentioned
above.
"Only the central library has CCTV monitoring and mesh
windows. Other libraries are vulnerable to book lifting.
Even more worrisome is the menace of students tearing away
the pages from reference books. Also, there is the issue of
books issued in the name of teachers which they keep in
custody or some that get misplaced. These are then
transferred to the name of other teachers when they retire,"
an assistant librarian said.
The university librarian said that as per new UGC
regulations, a figure of five (missing) per 1,000
transactions - including issue, consultations and reference
- can be treated as reasonable. "Though there are
technologies like radio frequency identification (RFID) to
protect library assets, it is not cost effective to be
implemented in all libraries," an official said.
As many as 1261 books have been reported to be lost from its
libraries in a latest audit report. Taking a serious note of
the issue, the state government's local fund audit wing has
asked the varsity to fix the responsibility for the issue
and recover the loss incurred from the persons involved.
Library authorities say that the scale of book lifting and
non-return of books could be bigger if the figures from the
varsity's main CHMK Central Library, which has around 1.2
lakh books are included. The university which conducted a
stock verification after eight years in 2014 is in the
process of consolidating the figures of the examination.
THE CHMK library had installed CCTV cameras inside the
library last year to curb the practice of book lifting and
tearing of pages of books.
"A major issue in libraries of the varsity run self-
financing institutions is that the most of the librarians
are employed on temporary basis which make it difficult to
hold them accountable for the losses," Dr. Abdul Azeez T A,
University Librarian said.
The institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the
varsity campus has lost 703 books while University Teacher
Education Centre (UTEC), Kaniyambetta has lost 236 books. As
many as 152 books are missing from the department of
lifelong learning.
Sources at the varsity central library said that book
lifting by students and non- return of books were the main
reasons for the missing of large number of books.
"Only the central library has CCTV monitoring and mesh
windows installed. The other libraries are vulnerable to
book lifting. Even more worrisome is the menace of students
tearing away of pages from reference books. Also there is
the issue of books issued in the name of teachers which they
keep in their custody or gets misplaced and which are then
transferred to the name of other teachers when they retire,"
an assistant librarian said.
University librarian said that as per the new UGC
regulations, missing of five books per 1000 transactions,
including issue, consultations and reference, can be
considered as reasonable missing.
"Though there are technologies like Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) to protect library assets, it is not
cost effective to be implemented in al libraries due to the
expense involved," an official said.
REFLINK: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Libraries-robbed-of-books-...
Best Regards,
Raghvendra R
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