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Dear friends,
I am just pointing out your attention towards comments which are told to several interviewees during the interview for the post of Assistant Librarian in a reputed central university. All these comments are flashed by interviewers (eminent librarians / LIS academicians) to the interviewees (most of them are working in Universities) after knowing his present working section.
Whether a cataloguer is merely a data entry operator, or a circulation section staff is just like a salesman using barcode scanner for issue / return or the staffs of acquisition and periodical section are merely clerks who maintain file, record, letters and financial data or the JNU/ KVS librarians are merely chowkidar / security guard who secure the holdings of the storehouse.
If so, then why LIS education?
If not then why these superfluous comments done by our professional seniors?
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In Delhi Admin schools also following same pattern,,,infact since 2005, delhi govt school librarians are working on online module meant for this purpose and involved in digitisation of library collection. rest are as same as Dr. Pachauri has already said in his comment..........
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i also agree wih pachauri sir,i think in KVS no librarian is treated as choukidaar, but they are allotted some other important work also. if u see the nature of work other than the field of library also, u can find what they are giving to the institution and they are proving themselves better than others.The dignity of KVS librarians cant be challenged .
such questions which make you angry so that they can know you behavior / attitude in hostile conditions. It will help them to know about your behavior in real life communication with your library users
My view!
The Interviewers are asking this in Laymens point of view and yes this is a very challenging question to library professionals and we should have an answer to it. The Interviewee should make the interviewers understand that librarian are way more than what they say. For e.g. Q. cataloguer is merely a data entry operator? Ans in my opinion, no they are not they catalogue in such a way that user save time and all bibliographic details are in a small piece of paper/OPAC and yes Data entry is just the last part.... etc.
I usually get this sorts of question in my every day to day real life from friends(educated), seniors (educated) etc....
My view!
The Interviewers are asking this in Laymens point of view and yes this is a very challenging question to library professionals and we should have an answer to it. The Interviewee should make the interviewers understand that librarian are way more than what they say. For e.g. Q. cataloguer is merely a data entry operator? Ans in my opinion, no they are not they catalogue in such a way that user save time and all bibliographic details are in a small piece of paper/OPAC and yes Data entry is just the last part.... etc.
I usually get this sorts of question in my every day to day real life from friends(educated), seniors (educated) etc....
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