RE: [LIS-Forum] Calcutta University Library: Teachers' misuse libraryfacilities
Dear All, This is almost the same case happens everywhere, the librarians' hands are tight to impose any strict rules like fine implementation etc... One policy libraries can implement with the prior permission from the authority ----- send 3-6 reminders on a regular basis having an interval, keep the reminder #along with the reminder in the subject line itself, if the book/s still not returned by the professor/s then send a final mail mentioning that we are force to deduct the amount from the salary to replace the book as we are assuming that the book issued by you is lost , and give copy to accounts department along with the attachment of the reminders. This amount can be accumulated under one head for library and library can purchase the same book/s or the books on high demand utilizing this amount. If the authority is keen to recover the loss then good to implement this policy , prior to implement this policy please put a notice publicly in your premise and try to inform all regarding the change in the policy of possessing books more than 6 months after the due date . I 'm sure this will surely bring back all the books . For rare books charge the price three times of the cost.Try to Convince the authority saying enough time/reminder is given to return, it is charged only after 6 months . Regards Hena S Gupta Infosys Central Library Infosys Technologies Ltd. Hosur Road, Electronics City Phone # 080-51165196, FAX# 080-28520742 Bangalore- 560 100 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:55 AM To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Calcutta University Library: Teachers' misuse libraryfacilities Please read the following news item. Situation must be similar in other institutions of 'Higher' learning. I feel it is high time we concentrate on this menace and take steps to put books to better use than merely allowing monopolisation by a few users. Vyasamoorthy, P =================== http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041212/asp/bengal/story_4118695.asp CU library lists full, not shelves OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Calcutta, Dec. 11: Valuable books and journals have disappeared from Calcutta University's library as the borrowers have "conveniently" forgotten to return them. Flooded by complaints from students and teachers on important books that are off the shelves for years, the university authorities have begun an exercise to trace them. But the effort may have come too late. Many of the missing books were borrowed nearly 30 years ago and the borrowers are either retired or dead. At best, a few of the habitual defaulters may be traced and only a few books recovered. "We cannot deny that there are some teachers and scholars who are in the habit of not returning books after borrowing them from the university's libraries. We are working out measures to stop the practice," said Saumitra Sarkar, the librarian. Bound by rules, the university cannot fine a teacher if he or she returns a book late. "We recently introduced a system of giving repeated reminders to defaulting teachers. We are now working on steps that may be taken if the reminders do not work," said Sarkar. To get books back from research scholars in time, the authorities have introduced fines. Earlier, only students had to pay a fine if they failed to return their books on the stipulated date. Last year, the university increased the rate of fines for students. They are now charged 10 paise for every day's delay in the first week and a rupee a day after that. The scholars are now being fined at the same rate. University sources said the catalogues in its central and departmental libraries show a large number of books, but they are never found on the racks. In all, Calcutta University has nearly 12 lakh text and reference books. In addition, the libraries house maps, journals, theses and commission reports. A student alleged: "Often a rare book issued to a teacher is never returned to the library." "We have also come across teachers who borrowed books at the time of joining and never gave them back." Another student alleged that many of the teachers have in their possession books that are not available anywhere else in the country. At present, a section of teachers of the varsity's geography department are up in arms against the authorities for not taking action against at least three retired teachers who did not allegedly return about a dozen rare maps. =======================sent by ================ Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631 _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum
hello
This phenomenon i commn in any type of instittion. who has to blamed? i
say that the authorities, users and the staff.
basically any and everry organisation insists to have NO DUES from
retiring persons efore hey claim the pension. how is that this is not
followed on CU. when this is being neglectd, why the library staff have
not raised hue and cry? they must be knowing the real situation ( if not
the univ authorities), they should have brought this to the notice of the
authorities and the mas media.
many teachers give theirr cards to the scholars and in turn expect hem to
return. in the process they forget. the teacher knows only whe he / she
retires. in my univesity and many university,we have limited cards like ay
other user, and they have to return and take no dues before their
retirement. they also fine? this is the practice of many univerisities and
colleges in this contry.
let us not blame any one group, but all the concerned including the
library professionals. it is common, if no one skes, people may even take
the tables and chairs? may be bricks ad window too?
now the univ has to make all the attempts both legal and convincing? and
get the book or their value. it is immaterial who i the user. let the CU
library authorities take necessary steps to stop such misuse and knocking
away of the book, by any one
laxman rao
--- HENAG
Dear All,
This is almost the same case happens everywhere, the librarians' hands are tight to impose any strict rules like fine implementation etc...
One policy libraries can implement with the prior permission from the authority ----- send 3-6 reminders on a regular basis having an interval, keep the reminder #along with the reminder in the subject line itself, if the book/s still not returned by the professor/s then send a final mail mentioning that we are force to deduct the amount from the salary to replace the book as we are assuming that the book issued by you is lost , and give copy to accounts department along with the attachment of the reminders.
This amount can be accumulated under one head for library and library can purchase the same book/s or the books on high demand utilizing this amount.
If the authority is keen to recover the loss then good to implement this policy , prior to implement this policy please put a notice publicly in your premise and try to inform all regarding the change in the policy of possessing books more than 6 months after the due date .
I 'm sure this will surely bring back all the books . For rare books charge the price three times of the cost.Try to Convince the authority saying enough time/reminder is given to return, it is charged only after 6 months .
Regards
Hena S Gupta Infosys Central Library Infosys Technologies Ltd. Hosur Road, Electronics City Phone # 080-51165196, FAX# 080-28520742 Bangalore- 560 100
-----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:55 AM To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Calcutta University Library: Teachers' misuse libraryfacilities
Please read the following news item. Situation must be similar in other institutions of 'Higher' learning. I feel it is high time we concentrate on this menace and take steps to put books to better use than merely allowing monopolisation by a few users.
Vyasamoorthy, P ===================
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041212/asp/bengal/story_4118695.asp CU library lists full, not shelves OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Calcutta, Dec. 11: Valuable books and journals have disappeared from Calcutta University's library as the borrowers have "conveniently" forgotten to return them.
Flooded by complaints from students and teachers on important books that are off the shelves for years, the university authorities have begun an exercise to trace them.
But the effort may have come too late. Many of the missing books were borrowed nearly 30 years ago and the borrowers are either retired or dead. At best, a few of the habitual defaulters may be traced and only a few books recovered.
"We cannot deny that there are some teachers and scholars who are in the habit of not returning books after borrowing them from the university's libraries. We are working out measures to stop the practice," said Saumitra Sarkar, the librarian.
Bound by rules, the university cannot fine a teacher if he or she returns a book late. "We recently introduced a system of giving repeated reminders to defaulting teachers. We are now working on steps that may be taken if the reminders do not work," said Sarkar.
To get books back from research scholars in time, the authorities have introduced fines. Earlier, only students had to pay a fine if they failed to return their books on the stipulated date.
Last year, the university increased the rate of fines for students. They are now charged 10 paise for every day's delay in the first week and a rupee a day after that. The scholars are now being fined at the same rate.
University sources said the catalogues in its central and departmental libraries show a large number of books, but they are never found on the racks.
In all, Calcutta University has nearly 12 lakh text and reference books. In addition, the libraries house maps, journals, theses and commission reports.
A student alleged: "Often a rare book issued to a teacher is never returned to the library."
"We have also come across teachers who borrowed books at the time of joining and never gave them back."
Another student alleged that many of the teachers have in their possession books that are not available anywhere else in the country.
At present, a section of teachers of the varsity's geography department are up in arms against the authorities for not taking action against at least three retired teachers who did not allegedly return about a dozen rare maps.
=======================sent by ================ Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631
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Dear Friends,
I think ...
We should work like banks: they lend money we lend books!
Books are LOANED ... they have to be returned without fail.
While giving the membership only it should be specified that what action would be taken for any overdues/misuse/mutilation etc.
And, these specifications/terms and conditions of 'LOANS' (with the approval of authorities or committees) should carefully/clearly be drafted, and duly signed by the users.
Taking NOC should be made compulsary, if any user has to leave the institution.
There should be proper "Understanding-Cooperation-Communication" between "Library-Academic Section-Accounts".
...
if any other others are also welcome to share ... thank you all.
Puttaraj.
If the
"Prof. N. Laxman Rao."
Dear All,
This is almost the same case happens everywhere, the librarians' hands are tight to impose any strict rules like fine implementation etc...
One policy libraries can implement with the prior permission from the authority ----- send 3-6 reminders on a regular basis having an interval, keep the reminder #along with the reminder in the subject line itself, if the book/s still not returned by the professor/s then send a final mail mentioning that we are force to deduct the amount from the salary to replace the book as we are assuming that the book issued by you is lost , and give copy to accounts department along with the attachment of the reminders.
This amount can be accumulated under one head for library and library can purchase the same book/s or the books on high demand utilizing this amount.
If the authority is keen to recover the loss then good to implement this policy , prior to implement this policy please put a notice publicly in your premise and try to inform all regarding the change in the policy of possessing books more than 6 months after the due date .
I 'm sure this will surely bring back all the books . For rare books charge the price three times of the cost.Try to Convince the authority saying enough time/reminder is given to return, it is charged only after 6 months .
Regards
Hena S Gupta Infosys Central Library Infosys Technologies Ltd. Hosur Road, Electronics City Phone # 080-51165196, FAX# 080-28520742 Bangalore- 560 100
-----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:55 AM To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Calcutta University Library: Teachers' misuse libraryfacilities
Please read the following news item. Situation must be similar in other institutions of 'Higher' learning. I feel it is high time we concentrate on this menace and take steps to put books to better use than merely allowing monopolisation by a few users.
Vyasamoorthy, P ===================
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041212/asp/bengal/story_4118695.asp CU library lists full, not shelves OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Calcutta, Dec. 11: Valuable books and journals have disappeared from Calcutta University's library as the borrowers have "conveniently" forgotten to return them.
Flooded by complaints from students and teachers on important books that are off the shelves for years, the university authorities have begun an exercise to trace them.
But the effort may have come too late. Many of the missing books were borrowed nearly 30 years ago and the borrowers are either retired or dead. At best, a few of the habitual defaulters may be traced and only a few books recovered.
"We cannot deny that there are some teachers and scholars who are in the habit of not returning books after borrowing them from the university's libraries. We are working out measures to stop the practice," said Saumitra Sarkar, the librarian.
Bound by rules, the university cannot fine a teacher if he or she returns a book late. "We recently introduced a system of giving repeated reminders to defaulting teachers. We are now working on steps that may be taken if the reminders do not work," said Sarkar.
To get books back from research scholars in time, the authorities have introduced fines. Earlier, only students had to pay a fine if they failed to return their books on the stipulated date.
Last year, the university increased the rate of fines for students. They are now charged 10 paise for every day's delay in the first week and a rupee a day after that. The scholars are now being fined at the same rate.
University sources said the catalogues in its central and departmental libraries show a large number of books, but they are never found on the racks.
In all, Calcutta University has nearly 12 lakh text and reference books. In addition, the libraries house maps, journals, theses and commission reports.
A student alleged: "Often a rare book issued to a teacher is never returned to the library."
"We have also come across teachers who borrowed books at the time of joining and never gave them back."
Another student alleged that many of the teachers have in their possession books that are not available anywhere else in the country.
At present, a section of teachers of the varsity's geography department are up in arms against the authorities for not taking action against at least three retired teachers who did not allegedly return about a dozen rare maps.
=======================sent by ================ Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631
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Dear Friends,
�
I think ...
We should work like banks: they lend money we lend books!
�
Books are LOANED ... they have to be returned without fail.
�
While giving the membership only it should be specified that what action would be taken for any overdues/misuse/mutilation etc.
�
And, these specifications/terms and conditions of 'LOANS' (with the approval of authorities or committees) should�carefully/clearly be drafted, �and duly signed by the users.
�
Taking NOC should be made compulsary, if any user has to leave the institution.
�
There should be proper "Understanding-Cooperation-Communication" between "Library-Academic Section-Accounts".
�
...
�
if any other others are also welcome to share ... thank you all.
�
Puttaraj.
�
If the
"Prof. N. Laxman Rao."
Dear All,
This is almost the same case happens everywhere, the librarians' hands are tight to impose any strict rules like fine implementation etc...
One policy libraries can implement with the prior permission from the authority ----- send 3-6 reminders on a regular basis having an interval, keep the reminder #along with the reminder in the subject line itself, if the book/s still not returned by the professor/s then send a final mail mentioning that we are force to deduct the amount from the salary to replace the book as we are assuming that the book issued by you is lost , and give copy to accounts department along with the attachment of the reminders.
This amount can be accumulated under one head for library and library can purchase the same book/s or the books on high demand utilizing this amount.
If the authority is keen to recover the loss then good to implement this policy , prior to implement this policy please put a notice publicly in your premise and try to inform all regarding the change in the policy of possessing books more than 6 months after the due date .
I 'm sure this will surely bring back all the books . For rare books charge the price three times of the cost.Try to Convince the authority saying enough time/reminder is given to return, it is charged only after 6 months .
Regards
Hena S Gupta Infosys Central Library Infosys Technologies Ltd. Hosur Road, Electronics City Phone # 080-51165196, FAX# 080-28520742 Bangalore- 560 100
-----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:55 AM To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Calcutta University Library: Teachers' misuse libraryfacilities
Please read the following news item. Situation must be similar in other institutions of 'Higher' learning. I feel it is high time we concentrate on this menace and take steps to put books to better use than merely allowing monopolisation by a few users.
Vyasamoorthy, P ===================
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041212/asp/bengal/story_4118695.asp CU library lists full, not shelves OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Calcutta, Dec. 11: Valuable books and journals have disappeared from Calcutta University's library as the borrowers have "conveniently" forgotten to return them.
Flooded by complaints from students and teachers on important books that are off the shelves for years, the university authorities have begun an exercise to trace them.
But the effort may have come too late. Many of the missing books were borrowed nearly 30 years ago and the borrowers are either retired or dead. At best, a few of the habitual defaulters may be traced and only a few books recovered.
"We cannot deny that there are some teachers and scholars who are in the habit of not returning books after borrowing them from the university's libraries. We are working out measures to stop the practice," said Saumitra Sarkar, the librarian.
Bound by rules, the university cannot fine a teacher if he or she returns a book late. "We recently introduced a system of giving repeated reminders to defaulting teachers. We are now working on steps that may be taken if the reminders do not work," said Sarkar.
To get books back from research scholars in time, the authorities have introduced fines. Earlier, only students had to pay a fine if they failed to return their books on the stipulated date.
Last year, the university increased the rate of fines for students. They are now charged 10 paise for every day's delay in the first week and a rupee a day after that. The scholars are now being fined at the same rate.
University sources said the catalogues in its central and departmental libraries show a large number of books, but they are never found on the racks.
In all, Calcutta University has nearly 12 lakh text and reference books. In addition, the libraries house maps, journals, theses and commission reports.
A student alleged: "Often a rare book issued to a teacher is never returned to the library."
"We have also come across teachers who borrowed books at the time of joining and never gave them back."
Another student alleged that many of the teachers have in their possession books that are not available anywhere else in the country.
At present, a section of teachers of the varsity's geography department are up in arms against the authorities for not taking action against at least three retired teachers who did not allegedly return about a dozen rare maps.
=======================sent by ================ Dr.P.Vyasamoorthy, Advisor, Virtual Information Centre, ICICI Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Turkapally, Shameerpet Mandal, RR District, Hyderabad 500078 INDIA Email: vyasamoorthy@icicikp.com Phone - Office: +91(40)23480053 Fax: +91(40)23480007 Phone Residence: +91(40)27846631
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===== Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman@yahoo.com OR naglaxman@indiatimes.com ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � http://my.yahoo.com Try My Yahoo!
Even banks fail to recover loans. Inspite of all strict rules and regulations, most of the banks have a very high Non-peforming assets ( NPA ) and even big industrialists are defaulters!! The Non Performing Assets(NPA) of 27 public sectorbanks shot up to Rs.56,608 crore in september 2001 ( source http://eastindiavyapaar.com/trade/bank/bank_non_perf_assets.htm ) It does not mean that we have to follow this wrong example. We have plenty of rules and regulations. Most of us fail at implementation level. G.K.Manjunath IGIDR, MUMBAI On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Puttaraj Choukimath wrote:
Dear Friends,
I think ... We should work like banks: they lend money we lend books!
Books are LOANED ... they have to be returned without fail.
While giving the membership only it should be specified that what action would be taken for any overdues/misuse/mutilation etc. And, these specifications/terms and conditions of 'LOANS' (with the approval of authorities or committees) should carefully/clearly be drafted, and duly signed by the users. Taking NOC should be made compulsary, if any user has to leave the institution.
There should be proper "Understanding-Cooperation-Communication" between "Library-Academic Section-Accounts".
...
if any other others are also welcome to share ... thank you all.
Puttaraj.
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