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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:21:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Umeshareddy Kacherki
Dear Professional friends,
I totally agree with the views expressed by Dr.Jeevan.
I know Prof. Konnur for more than 15 years now. The level of his
contribution to the profession is so high that his academic honesty,
integrity and dedication towards the profession is unquestionable. After
all what is there to achieve for a senior professionals like him by
publishing plagiarised papers?. In case of empirical study, research guide
usually focus on analysis and interpretation of results. No guide for that
matter would check history of the paper for knowing its authenticity. When
results of the study are totally original and statements are reproduced by
a research student just to express the original facts, Prof. Konnur need
not plead guilty as he has done his duty as a supervisor with academic
honesty.
Rather than detection, prevention is what we need to work on if we are
really intent to eliminate the problem. Prevention of plagiarism is
possible only when the research students are made aware of what plagiarism
is and its consequences. Because, majority of the instances of plagiarism
being caused by research students are due to lack of clear understanding
of what constitutes plagiarism. I sincerely hope that the recent
discussions on this forum about plagiarism prevention will certainly help
in establishing ways to eliminate plagiarism.
Best Regards
Umeshreddy Kacherki
Deputy Librarian
IISER Pune.
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From: Dr. V K J Jeevan
To: nmlis@yahoogroups.com; pvkonnur@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [nmlis] Fwd: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
Dear Colleague, � Nobody will�believe a senior professional like Prof.
Konnur shall plagiarise a paper. What for? I think the main problem is
the lack of maturity of not all, but�some Ph.D. students. The concerned
student's�explanation shows he is not even aware of good publishing
habits.�Till MLIS level, we practice spoon feeding and more marks only if
you repeat what is in the book or what the teacher taught. And then none
can expect a research scholar to acquire innovative thinking and
scholarship overnight. May be some of the measures hinted by Prof.
Varalakshmi help to improve the situation.�Due to the prevalent rules, a
Professor can guide more scholars than a Lecturer and a Professor hardly
gets time, due to multiple academic and administrative duties being a
senior teacher,�to oversee what each and every student does.�Thus
cutting down on the number of students a teacher can guide may help to be
more vigilant with such doubtful practices adopted by some
students. Permitting retired teachers to continue guiding students and involving qualified and interested librarians to guide students may improve the demand supply crisis we are facing now in LIS research guidance.
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As usual, with apologoes for taking your time,
V K J Jeevan
Deputy Librarian
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi 110 068
