Don’t Tender Librarianship: Outsourcing of Library Staff Degrades the Profession

Main Author: Mohapatra, Niranjan
Other Authors: Satpathy, Sunil
Format: Journal NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: lisforum_orissa , 2022
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Online Access: http://eprints.rclis.org/43641/1/Don%27t%20Tender%20Librarianship%20by%20niranjanmohapatra.PDF
http://eprints.rclis.org/43641/
Daftar Isi:
  • Librarian is a position and Librarianship is a profession, it is not a material which will be called on tender. From outsourcing of library services to outsourcing of library staff, the concepts slowly misunderstood and misguided by some non-professional administrators. Library Associations and professional’s welfare societies are not working properly as expectation. Some people have given face to the administration for tender call notice to supply of Librarians. Why Librarianship is on tender? Advantages, disadvantages of outsourcing along with the problems, solutions and recommendations has been described in this article.