I too agree with what’s being said – however, I believe that’s a basic requirement which we all MUST have – the beginning as Smita says.

 

Added to these requirements – is the need to keep on formally learning. After our Masters degree – do we in our profession, have any further structured learning – say like along the lines of MBA? We are all under the microscope! Everyone agrees libraries are necessary, but librarians? How necessary will librarians be if they do not have any more learning opportunities! Learning that is formal and structured and along the lines of our market requirements?

 

How many of us even know how to align our libraries along our organizational goals and requirements? What is our plan of action – (for this week, this month, this year, and 10 yrs from now), what is our career goal? Where do we see ourselves, and with what knowledge and skills, say 5yrs from today?

 

Not everyone can opt for an MPhil or a PhD – sure that’s one more learning stage – but how much of the research done in library science has actually been used? Can we not actually apply the research conducted and do something?

 

Just some food for thought….

 

Regards,

Parinita

Exec Librarian

HTL Mumbai

 

 

I fully support views of Ms Smita.
Regards, - Tapaswi

-- Original Message --
From: Smita Chandra <smitac_in@yahoo.com>
To: "lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>,<br>    S K DEsale <skdesale@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 03:16:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] How we can improve status of Librarian<br>    professionals?

By working better, improving our communication skills, our marketing abilities, adopting change as IT progresses, by reaching outto the students and installing 'reading habits', by making our librariesneater andthe booksmore ordered. These are some thing just to begin with... there is no other way !
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>Smita C.
>Librarian
>IIG
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>--- On Wed, 12/3/08, S K DEsale <skdesale@gmail.com> wrote:
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>From: S K DEsale <skdesale@gmail.com>
>Subject: [LIS-Forum] How we can improve status of Librarian professionals?
>To: "lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>
>Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 10:25 AM
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>Dear all,
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>Many of you will agree on the fact that Librarians are not getting the same status as lecturers and other professionals in society. Since we all pusses same qualifications, same working conditions, pay scales etc. we deserve the same status which these other professionals enjoying. If we just take the example of our LIS teaching faculty, they are also treated differently than librarians. I think this is not fair.
>Librarians should be considered as a faculty and should be given the same rights given to the teachers. Librarian should have right to represent in board of studied of LIS, he should be given a right to vote and choose his representatives in the board. Since librarian is a person who is actually working in the library he knows what knowledge one should pusses to be successful in LIS profession & what should be taught to new entrants.
>Library professionals also should demand separate faculty like other professions e.g. Law, architect, Management, Medical etc. LIS should have its own dean who will represent us at higher level so that we can able to take our profession forward.
>These are few things if we able achieve then I am sure it will make lot of difference in our status in the society. We are planing to start one movement to achive this, I want to know your opinion and views on that.
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>With regard
>
>Mr. S. K. Desale
>Asst. Librarian
>Jayakar Library
>University of Pune
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