Dear Friends If we always think that we would require OFFICIAL resources, I don't think we can do much towards better-ment of our profession. Should not we take it like our religion...?, Is it too costly today to have personal computer at home with Internet..? I am sure, most of you are either having it or have planned to have it (IF NOT FOR YOU, FOR ATLEAST YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN). Can we spare some time for the profession at home..? Can we spend something for the profession like we do for our other daily life...? If we look our profession as a mission, I think we would stop blaming availability of resources. Regards Sukhdev

From: "j sharma" To: "Mailing List Manager" , lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] concrete steps Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:11:38 +0530

Dear All

Infact after receiving Prafulla mail, I was also thinking almost on the same lines as expressed by Vyasamoorthy. In almost every conference/seminar now a days these issues are raised and well enlightened papers are presented, resolutions are passed and after that it is again the routine. Nothing change. The main thing is who will bell the cat. Except a few big institutions and probably universities where are the resources and manpower to handle such projects. I have seen the institutions working with even one single library staff. How can he provide the reference or information services.

Thus any initiative taken is a welcome step but be sure it will remain confined to only the ones who already have access to such facilities.

These are my personal views and must not be taken as any offence to any one.

Jitender Sharma Librarian NIILM UNIVERSITY B-II/66, MCIE, Sher Shah Suri Marg Badarpur, New Delhi - 110044 Tel: 91-011-26941529/39, 26973143 (Dir.) Fax: 91-011-26948212 E-mail: jsharma@niilm.com, jitendersharma@hotmail.com

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:16:41 +0530 From: VYASAMOORTHY /IKP/HYD

Dear Friends:

Prafulla's Suggestions have profound intent. However the question is always "who will bell the cat?" (Who will pay for the expenses involved?) I have some suggestions in this respect.

To have a good database of Indian librarians, why not use the existing librarians directory in www.infolibrarian.com ? OR you may try Inflibnets Experts Database as well. The latter is academic librarians oriented; Inflibnet database's Data Entry Form is far too detailed and this might deter many from adding their own data. Infolibrarian is for ALL librarians. Every librarian, big or small, may be persuaded to enter his details here. It so happens that only Juniors enter their data in such databases. Seniors are too proud to lend their names to be included. To obviate this problem each institute/library may request one of the colleagues to enter all library professionals names into this infolibrarian directory.

We have a number of sources for details of librarians like INFLIBNET, INFOLIBRARIAN. ILA, IASLIC, SIS, ALSD, BONET, CALIBNET etc Let us not proliferate more directories that are difficult to keep updated. Let us strengthen just one (ANY ONE) and make it a BIG success.

Library Science Schools can ask their students to take up projects of 'mass population' of such databases. For instance some student in SNDT or Mysore University can say collect details of all librarians in Mumbai or Mysore and enter say a substantial part of it into infolibrarian database. Here teamwork mught help large scale data entry. SHe will get project credit from the library school. And the directory would serve him later on in his/her professional life as well.

Incidentally the SNDT had (has?) website with a directory of suppliers of Library Requisites -- If this is up and updated our friends like Usha Kumari of Bangalore need not ask FORUM members for sources regarding Electronic display Boards (and hoping for some answer!).

Are some Library Schools listening?

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