---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:21:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Umeshareddy Kacherki Dear Professional friends, I totally agree with the views expressed by Dr.Jeevan. I know Prof. Konnur for more than 15 years now. The level of his contribution to the profession is so high that his academic honesty, integrity and dedication towards the profession is unquestionable. After all what is there to achieve for a senior professionals like him by publishing plagiarised papers?. In case of empirical study, research guide usually focus on analysis and interpretation of results. No guide for that matter would check history of the paper for knowing its authenticity. When results of the study are totally original and statements are reproduced by a research student just to express the original facts, Prof. Konnur need not plead guilty as he has done his duty as a supervisor with academic honesty. Rather than detection, prevention is what we need to work on if we are really intent to eliminate the problem. Prevention of plagiarism is possible only when the research students are made aware of what plagiarism is and its consequences. Because, majority of the instances of plagiarism being caused by research students are due to lack of clear understanding of what constitutes plagiarism. I sincerely hope that the recent discussions on this forum about plagiarism prevention will certainly help in establishing ways to eliminate plagiarism. Best Regards Umeshreddy Kacherki Deputy Librarian  IISER Pune. ________________________________ From: Dr. V K J Jeevan To: nmlis@yahoogroups.com; pvkonnur@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [nmlis] Fwd: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? Dear Colleague, � Nobody will�believe a senior professional like Prof. Konnur shall plagiarise a paper. What for? I think the main problem is the lack of maturity of not all, but�some Ph.D. students. The concerned student's�explanation shows he is not even aware of good publishing habits.�Till MLIS level, we practice spoon feeding and more marks only if you repeat what is in the book or what the teacher taught. And then none can expect a research scholar to acquire innovative thinking and scholarship overnight. May be some of the measures hinted by Prof. Varalakshmi help to improve the situation.�Due to the prevalent rules, a Professor can guide more scholars than a Lecturer and a Professor hardly gets time, due to multiple academic and administrative duties being a senior teacher,�to oversee what each and every student does.�Thus cutting down on the number of students a teacher can guide may help to be more vigilant with such doubtful practices adopted by some students. Permitting retired teachers to continue guiding students and involving qualified and interested librarians to guide students may improve the demand supply crisis we are facing now in LIS research guidance. � As usual, with apologoes for taking your time, V K J Jeevan Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi New Delhi 110 068