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Permalink Reply by Pandey,Virendra Kumar on November 25, 2012 at 4:24

Yes I am not agree with certificate and distance mode course in LIS field because they handle overall a Library .and this is our mistake that we have taken very less salary while we are equilibrium to teachers.Now a days if we are attach with Internet we create LIS forum like this site and other .After that why we have not unity about salary.

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Permalink Reply by BIJU.R on November 26, 2012 at 21:52

Yes unity is strength...but in some cases our LIS teaching faculties are responsible for this. They are in back of some political leaders, teachers association's and some other Management association and they are starting certain courses like this, making money yearly after retirement they are continuing this process. Their only aim is to make money out of their LIS knowledge, thats the reason why many of the Indian University LIS departments are not at all reaching the IGNOU standards.. then as many of them are saying that IGNOU is conducting a best standard of LIS courses... but i have one doubt ...are those Librarians doing something outstanding in their career...? do they have anything exceptional in IT knowldege..? therefore an equilibrial standared isneeded for conducting an LIS courses in all universitites in India.. its socio-tech course...so it has its own ethics and style it cannot be thought in 6 month certificate course or through correspondence courses..The result of the present situation is Unemployement and poverty for librarians and lack of prestige and status of the LIS courses
i mean this not the librarians mistake its the mistake of the LIS teachers association and their view of teaching.

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Permalink Reply by VAITHIYANATHAN on November 25, 2012 at 18:44

certificate is not necessary. but correspondence course is must...

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Permalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on November 25, 2012 at 19:24

Dear Sri Biju R;

Thank you for your post and addressing an extremely important and relevant question. I have gone through the two earlier replies by Sri Pande and Sri Jose. I also convey my thanks to them. I fully agree with the later part of Sri Jose's reply. Indeed the syllabus composed by IGNOU is quite good but unfortunately, the quality of teachers& teaching infrastructures and standard of teaching drastically varies from place to place. It would have been excellent if all the universities could have followed the IGNOU module with requisite infrastructure.

However, I am doubtful about closing of certificate course.  The course is quite relevant for junior staffs in the Libraries and recruiting higher qualified staff in lower posts calls for several unpleasant complexities.

For instance, at present I require two junior staff to work in the stacks, with limited knowledge of computer handling to assist in searching the OPAC (we have around 1500 outside members and several other informal users from various walks of life like diplomatic Missions, Legislators, Journalists, freelance researchers etc. etc.) We presently have several Technical Assistants with B. Lib.Sc., M.Lib. Sc. and with Computer background. I am confident that in the present market if we advertise for this post (with Rs.1900/- Grade Pay, the total salary comes up to Rs. 16, 000.00+ P.M) many M.Lib and even persons with M.Phil may also apply. If we recruit a higher qualified person for these petty jobs, it is a known fact that after confirmation, the person will not do their assigned jobs as people lesser qualified to him/her are working in higher posts. and in a govt. Organization, the matter will have far reaching effect as a result, the entire service may be jeopardized. As such, we have to mention precisely in the advertisement itself that the required qualification is Certificate in Library Science and if persons with higher qualifications apply for this post, he/she will have to execute a bond that he/she will do the job specified for this post in addition to other duties allotted to him/her. No post recruitment negotiation will be entertained in this regard.

I hope you will understand that why certificate course in Library Science should exist.

Sincerely,

Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Calcutta

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Permalink Reply by RAMESH PARICHI on November 27, 2012 at 1:47

I do not agree with the statement as that is the basic foundation course for a LIS professional. 

Every professional needs hands on training such as catalogue card writing, numbering etc. such courses will give professional enhancement. 

I agree with the inadequate facilities and no good faculty for training these LIS students.  This is occuring because there is hundred percent placement for a talented student. there are many opportunities. People in other areas are getting even more lesser salaries.  

 the foundation course such as CLISC is very important for a beginner.

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