There is nothing wrong. The Father of Library and Information Sciences,
Padmashri Prof. SR Ranganthan was a mathematician. As read in Wikipedia,
in 1923, the University of Madras created the post of University Librarian
to oversee their poorly organized collection. Among the 900 applicants for
the position, none had any formal training in librarianship, and
Ranganathan's' handful of papers satisfied the search committee's
requirement that the candidate should have a research background. His sole
knowledge of librarianship came from an Encyclopædia Britannica article he
read days before the interview. In 2008, Prof. V. G. Tableware, Professor,
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, for
his appointment as Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysore, everyone
welcomed on his appointment. So, please welcome our new director same as
other professionals welcome us. Congratulate him, so that he can contribute
his expertise for library professionals. We know that some of our library
associations propagate the things.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 22:11, Kailash Garg
Dear Sir, Few professionals have raised the issue of appointment of a non professional person as Director of INFLIBNET. Recently Dr. Sharmila Ghosh has written that Berkeley Labs are appointing students from social sciences for their research work I want to give an example from India. Professor Vishwatathan of IISc was appointed Director of INSDOC (now NISCAIR). I understand he was also a non professional like the present director of INFLIBNET. I don't understand why this hue and cry. Judge the individual by his works he does as director. Dr Kailash C Garg, Ex-Chief Scientist, CSIR-NISTADS Member Editorial Board COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics, Annals of Lib Inf Studies, Journal of Scientometric Research, Life Member Int.Soc.Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), Academic Counsellor IGNOU
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