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Permalink Reply by Dr. Vinod Kumar on September 6, 2013 at 17:08

The proforma of API category III,  which is applicable to librarian also, in its clause class III (C) (i) to III (C) (iv) states about the carried out/ ongoing or completed sponsored research projects. It is contrary to the decision because when librarian are not eligible to carry out research projects then from where they will complete their API score. No one is in UGC who know the working of librarians and only clerical staff and teachers interpret the things.  

Permalink Reply by Saudagar Khan on September 6, 2013 at 17:18

If we are in Non teaching Staff than a Libraian's qualification should be only 'Deploma' not Ph.D. or NET, like other non teaching sataff.........................................why should spend huge Money for a Non Teaching Post Because Sab se Hard study sirf Library Science ki hoti hai or courses k sirf 5 subjects hote hain or hamare 8 hote hai. Fir v ye UGC wale ham logo ki koi kadar nahi karte

Permalink Reply by Pawan Agrawal on September 8, 2013 at 3:40

Dear friends,

I have drafted a formal letter to sent to ugc as a begining. Please review it and correct/add/remove anything to make it more impressive. As soon as we complete it we may send it to ugc chaireman and other official from our side.

Dear sir,

With reference to the subject I want to bring the following points in your attention.

1. Librarians in universities and colleges are given similar position in sixth pay commission in terms of pay and cadre.

2. Librarians are treated as Academic staff in the rules of UGC's pay commission.

3. Librarians also fulfils all requirements to be appointed as an assistant librarian/deputy librarian/librarian in Universities and colleges such as NET, PHD, API reports etc. This API report has also allocated points for getting research projects.

4. In recently published instruction on major and minor research projects, it was very disgraceful to see that librarians are excluded from the eligibility to get the research projects.

5.Libraries are very important part of an educational institute and the people working in it are not just caretaker of books but provides information literacy and teach them to get their information from authentic source. Various committees has also cited the importance of libraries and library professionals.

6. But this exclusion is highly demotivating the library professionals. If is well informed that projects were available for librarians even in 11th Plan. But why it is excluded for librarians in 12th plan, is could not be understood by the professionals working in libraries.

7. As, librarian is also included into teaching staff, use of term "only teaching faculty of library and information science" is creating confusion. Whether it includes librarian/assistant librarians and deputy librarians working in University and college libraries.

8. If, it does not it again raise the question on academic status of library professionals, where it is already informed that the librarian is equivalent to teacher and put under teaching faculty.

9. The name of the post 'assistant librarian'/'deputy librarian'/'librarian' has already created huge dissatisfaction and already proposed that the name of the post for librarian should be 'assistant professor in library and information services/associate profession in LIS/and professor in LIS. If this could be implemented all confusion may be avoided.

10. Hence, it is requested that please look into the case for the betterment of the Librarianship in the Country. While the whole world is appreciating the librarianship and their libraries, not only academic but also public, are moving ahead in comparison of our country. However, the library professionals of our country are consistently proving themselves and good teachers in libraries. This step to exclude the library professionals from the eligibility to apply for major and minor research project is demotivating a number of professionals like me in the country. Please do the needful in this respect to remove this disparity between teachers and library professionals. At the same time I, on the behalf of thousands of library professionals propose to rename the posts of librarian/assistant librarian/deputy librarian to Professor in Library and Information Services/ Associate Professor in Library and Information Services/Assistant Professor in Library and Information Services.

With expectation of positive reply and action............

Permalink Reply by sutapa chatterjee on September 8, 2013 at 20:22

To,

Pawan Agrawal

My suggestion is that- it would be better if you get it signed by number of library professionals and then submit it to UGC.

Permalink Reply by Dr. Badan Barman on September 8, 2013 at 21:25

Dear Pawan,

Thanks for taking time to write this draft formal letter. Kindly re-post it over LIS Links site as individual forum post. We will finalize this at that post. This forum post is now closed for new comments. Will meet you soon over the new forum post.

Permalink Reply by Dr. Badan Barman on September 9, 2013 at 18:31

Continuation of this forum post at

http://lislinks.com/forum/topics/letter-to-ugc-to-include-librarian...

Kindly help us to draft a letter to the UGC.

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