---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." Date: Fri, March 31, 2017 10:17 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear friends We all know the status and image of librarians in this country. The image and reputation comes with the work and service we provide to users. It also gets enhanced when we publicise, mix with people, lobby and show our skills in making library a unique place in the academic institution. Unfortunately , and in spite of having skills most of us could not build the image which resulted in deterioration of the image. One of thr former DPL in Andhra Pradesh was commenting that the librarians simply give books and take back. do we need such high degree and salary for them. He further commented that his attender can do better job than librarians? It was a disgusting statement. sometime we were worried that the library management goes to ICT people. Due to several reasons and ineffective impression we created, more than 60% of univ librarians posts are vacant in the country. Most of the academic administrators feel there is no need of librarian with such high scale. we may feel bad to accept truth and blame on any one whether senior or junior, but such situations are truthful of the profession. who has to be blamed, ?LIS Educationnon maintenance of quality and lack of good teaching?Almost distribution of degrees by few univs as they want money?Lack updating the technologyLack of practical experienceTreating this profession on par with a BA holder?Lack of commitment and work Consciousness among professionals?No Capacity to work as the knowledge is minimal?Lack of Environment support? MANY MORE???? THERE IS A NEED FOR INTROSPECTION AND RECTIFY OUR LAPSES? i KNOW THE Vijayawada institution selection process , and internally what happend ( I am  not expert). Candidates who attended the interview could not do interview well. The comment was the present Dy Librarian ( whom they recruited by that time) is many times better than the librarian candidates? Just having qualification does not give the job and status. One has to learn continuously, do hard work accept the new changes, commitment is necessary, and we must be able to impress with service rather than mere presence. What an expert out of six members of the selection committee can do. It was shameful situation to expert as the candidates could not do anything for such higher position and high salary/  I KNOW MY FRANK SITUATION MAY CREATE FLUTTERS IN MANY MINDS. THERE ARE PLENTY NUMBER OF PROFESSIONALS, WHO MADE the profession  a great profession. It has to emulated by one and all.  We all quote late Ranganathan every where, who brought the recognition to the profession and the subject at international level. He made India as one of the top countries in LIS. many people claim Late Ranganathan as father of library science and quote stories of his association. But in reality most of them used his name  and made positions and money too. Did any one work for revision of his theories after him? Now we are forced to shelve his concepts on attick.  Should not we feel shame of this scene. Before we celebrate Librarian's Day, is it not necessary to do something to follow and accept his ideals, thoughts, commitment and work culture? I know few cases where the senior professionals played mischief but dont think every candidate applies is  competent and let us not blame the senior experts. BEFORE BLAMING ME, PLEASE REVIEW, RETHINK, CHANGE AND STRIVE TO GET PAST GLORY WHICH NEVER COMES WITH DEGREES AND DISTINCTIONS? GOOD LUCK TO EVERY ONEGOD BLESS THIS PROFESSION Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, NAGUBANDI President, Telangana Library Association;Member, Advisory Board, National Library, Kolkata;UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11); Member, Library Advisory Committee, Dr BR Ambedkar University, Hyderabad; Program Advisory Committee for Kalanidhi ReferenceLibrary and Cultural Archives, IGNCA, NewDelhi; Member, Technical Advisory Panel, Indian Public library Movement, under the NASSCOM FOUNDATION; Funded by Bill Gates & Milinda Foundation;Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super annuated);formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8);formerly President, Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter) and Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science On Friday, 31 March 2017, 19:59, Anil Singh wrote: This is pertinent question raised by Mr. Jena and it is very serious issue for deliberation in LIS community. Since last few years, the pay scales and designations of library professionals are downgraded by authorities in various organisation arbitrarily. This not only the case of SPA, Vijaywada, but also happened in many organisations like Election Commission in India, IIT Mumbai, IIT Indore etc. Here we are blaming to the authorities, but why not for senior LIS professional who went in SPA Vijaywada for taking interview as an Expert. Why they made this interview NFS? They should have pressurised the Director, SPA for not abolishing this post. In govt. institutions creating a post is very cumbersome job and once the post is created these Experts never raised the voice against abolition. Besides this there are so many important issues in LIS Profession which I have highlighted in my latest article in entitled “Is all well in LIS Profession in India?” published in IASLIC Bulletin Vol. 61(4), December 2016. The link of this paper is given below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzaDCDNkA90eUEpfMFYwM2dkdkk/view?usp=sharin... Please read this article and give your valuable comments and feedback. -- with regards, Anil Singh Library & Documentation Division, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110016 E-mail: dr.anilsingh5@gmail.com