downtrend in LIS education
my only question to all those who are so concerned about the down trend in LIS education is - what is it that they have done to their institutions as alumni after completing their degrees to improve the quality. Have they spent any time with younger generation in their departments to share their experiences and have they contributed to the improvement in infrastructure in any respect? Instead of using it as a topic of discussion to show their proficiency in language, it is better to do some introspection. Dr. N. Parvathamma Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Dear Dr. Parvathamma and list members,
If I have to answer the question about have I spent time with the younger
generation .....my answer is YES. I have. Whenever my Department invites me
to give a lecture I do it with happiness. I try and inspire the students as
much as I can. In fact I took the initiative or requesting the HOD to invite
me to share experiences and talk to the students. I also take interns for
the one-week program that they have to do. I have also offered jobs in our
not-for-profit Foundation. But I have had to be tough about the intake.
I am one of the persons very deeply concerned about the downtrend in the
profession. Do note that I am NOT saying downtrend in "LIS education".
My personal feeling is that updating the LIS curriculum alone is not enough.
Every year the caliber of students coming into the profession is sliding.
Everyone tends to go only for high paying professions like Management, IT,
Engg, Finance, and at the next level Medicine
The basic careers like Teaching, Librarianship, Research and Pure Sciences
and Social Sciences attract less number of students of calibre.
Unless something is done to:
a) Promote all these options at a big level again
b) Make the salaries much better, and in addition drastically increase
accountability
we are always in danger of not getting good people for all these careers.
I am hoping that the recommendations of the NKC make a difference.
Much more importantly, the time has come when EACH one of us, should talk a
lot about the profession and what we can do in any discipline. Of course it
is important to "Walk the talk" and show what we can do.
Vasumathi Sriganesh
QMed Knowledge Foundation
A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road
Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099
Tel: 91-22-40054474 / 75 Fax: 91-22-40054358
Web: www.qmedkf.org.in Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in
Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vasumathi /
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From: "parvathi n"
my only question to all those who are so concerned about the down trend in LIS education is - what is it that they have done to their institutions as alumni after completing their degrees to improve the quality. Have they spent any time with younger generation in their departments to share their experiences and have they contributed to the improvement in infrastructure in any respect?
Instead of using it as a topic of discussion to show their proficiency in language, it is better to do some introspection.
Dr. N. Parvathamma
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Dear Dr. Parvathamma,
As I said in my previous email to you that there is need to bring
radical changes in the way universe of LIS in India is handled today,
academically. The problem does exist, we cannot deny this, and LIS
forum is a good medium to express professional views.
There is no need to feel hurt. There is also no need to infer (a
conclusion) that by such discussions, our academia is belittled. No,
certainly not. We do realize the significance of our institutions (the
existence of which has made our lives) and teachers (without whose
guidance and training, such a discussion would not have been
possible).
I am sure each one of us has made some professional contributions to
his / her credit. It will be far too self-aggrandizing to start
mentioning them. All of us have varied experience in diverse work
environments. There is no harm looking at the larger picture, and
learn from each other.
I would only expect that our institutions and teacher give a serious
hearing to LIS professionals working in various industries (other than
academics), and see if any changes are required, or may be existing
set up can be tweaked to meet modern challenges.
Thanks.
RAFEEQUE ANSARI
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2009/10/11 parvathi n
my only question to all those who are so concerned about the down trend in LIS education is - what is it that they have done to their institutions as alumni after completing their degrees to improve the quality. Have they spent any time with younger generation in their departments to share their experiences and have they contributed to the improvement in infrastructure in any respect?
Instead of using it as a topic of discussion to show their proficiency in language, it is better to do some introspection.
Dr. N. Parvathamma
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