Dear Colleagues, Continuing with the ongoing discussion about measures to be taken to improvise the quality of librarianship... LIS schools are equally, if not more concerned about improvising the quality of Librarianship. This was evident at a past students' meet organized by SHPT School of Library Science [SNDT Women's University, Mumbai] recently where one of the faculty members of Mumbai University was also present. It would benefit if we could go back and discuss it with our Alma Mater and extend help wherever required. Seniors like Mr. Manjunath from IGIDR & Ms. Vasumathi,QMed Services not only recruit trainees & provide extensive training, they also ensure that they are well placed. As for school libraries, we return to the root cause of the issue. Unless we have the best of librarians serving in school libraries where reading habits are inculcated and students are trained to use library resources and services, where adequate resources are made available, where the school librarians are encouraged to keep updated with the latest developments in the field, where a student learns to respect the library and the librarian, it would be difficult to expect the same students to behave differently & start favoring libraries during later years. I sincerely hope and wish that the comment on the school libraries is an exception. Imagine to be in a situation where you are not only being paid less with limited growth opportunities, are expected to work with limited resource with very few professional enhacement opportunities but are also looked down upon by your fellow colleagues in the profession!!! Three cheers to Ananda and all the librarians whether they are in academic or corporates who strive to make a difference!!! Regards, Lata Nair Librarian Mumbai Message: 5
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:44:41 +0530 From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Training in LIS To: "Vasumathi Sriganesh" <vasu@qmedin.com> Cc: ananda thakur <anandathakur@yahoo.co.in>, lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID:
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