---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Wajih Alvi" Date: Fri, November 14, 2014 10:05 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is a pity that library professionals are suffering from inferiority complex. This, instead of striving to move forward with the changing times, prompts them to indulge in frivolous issues. I wish they come out of it and justify to be regarded as professors of professors. Regarding whether LIS be introduced at UG level I would like to share with my younger generation of professionals that it is not an issue at all. AMU has been running the program at the UG level over the years. this is not going to refurbish the image of the profession.Non-professionals are made IC of libraries demonstrates that we are lacking the professional fervor.Otherwise how come a person with no  licence( professional degree)  can run the show of a library.Then, we do not have a firm professional stage to protect our interests.We need a solid,vocal professional association that can plead our case as and when needed. In my considered opinion we do not have any.Again, we must be able to pro! ve in practical terms  that we are useful, unavoidable and demanded in the society.Remember a profession gives to its practitioner only as much as she/he is able and ready to give to it.Our professional image and public relations have been at a very low ebb  most of the time. Naturally the profession cannot bloom in the society. It is unfortunate that we have not been able to introduce a real perception of the library in the minds of the community.It will be injustice to spare LIS school education and the schools that impart it  from these maladies. I wish I could share a little more, but I am out of station ans shall be able to do so only once I am back to my hometown Prof. Wajih A. Alvi Islamic University of Science & Technology Awantipora, Pulwama-192 122, Kashmir (J&K) Mobile: 09596250038, 09419014482