Dear friends, This issue was raised on this forum earlier with a lengthy debate and discussion, but without any outcome at the end. I think there is no point in 'beating the bush' on this matter, unless some concrete steps are taken by us in the right direction. In my opinion, this issue should be addressed to the UGC and AICTE by our library associations, and in particular ILA, because the Government listens only to ILA on such matters. What is ILA doing on this? Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Former Librarian, Univ of Hyderabad

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:32:48 +0530 From: sankpaldattatray@gmail.com To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; ilosc@googlegroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Regarding MRP support by UGC in the subject: Library and Information Science

Dear Librarians, I have some queries to share with you. As an eligibility for MRP Grants from UGC is : "Only the teaching faculty of Library Science, Physical Education, Principals and Vice-Chancellors will also be eligible to participate in the scheme."

This criteria is limiting Librarians doing Projects. 1. May I know the reason behind excluding us? 2. Are librarians not an academic part? 3. Are librarians not eligible to conduct research? 4. Teaching and Research are two different things. Rather research is another dedication, another motivating factor. 5. We Librarians wish to do many experiments in our libraries, therefore UGC support will go a long way. 6. Teachers have very little scope to concentrate on research, if they are teaching the prescribed syllabus sincerely, while librarians have limitless scope to investigate problems, experiment new things and for that your positive decision will prove to be motivating factor. 7. (inevitably comparing)Teachers teach what is prescribed and may be more than what is prescribed and keep learning new things. Librarians do practice, explore, experiment, implement, re-search what is learnt and keep learning new things.

-- Sincerely yours,

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