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GCLA is born
In the year 2016, on 10th of Jayaprakash, Mrs. Manasi of Goa Assembly Late Mr. Vish-
April, some of the senior librari- Rege, Mr. Bala Mandrekar, nu Surya Wagh.
ans, the visionaries decided that Mrs. Shobha Karekar, Mr.
it was high time, something had Sudhir Halvegar, Mrs. The same day saw the launching
to be done about the status of Padmavati Tubacchi, Dr. Ma- of the GCLA website, http://
librarianship in Goa. They felt ya Rodrigues, Mr. Sharad www.goacla.org
that an association was required Chikodi, Dr. Keshav Dhuri,
to be formed if the librarian Mr. Nitesh Naik and Mr. The inaugural function was at-
fraternity have to get any bene- Munesh Kumar. tended by professionals and re-
fits in the long run. nowed personalities from all
The Goa College Librarians walks of life.
Hence, it was time for the Goa Association was registered on
College librarian‘s Association the 17th of May 2016 bearing —- Novelty Volvaikar e Morjekar
to be born under the able leader- registration number 183/ College Librarian, AITD,
ship of Mrs. Nirmala Parab, the GOA/2016 and was inaugu-
torch bearer with her army of rated on the 9th of July 2016 Editor (Print& Web)
senior librarians, namely; Dr. at the hands of Ex– Speaker
Vision
The most
GCLA aims to To promote fellow feeling, social interaction between the librarians, self-help, self- reliance
important asset and self-respect among librarians working in the academic institutions.
of any library Objectives
To unite all librarians in Goa by holding conferences and meetings for the discussion of questions
goes home at affecting the library profession and matters affecting libraries or their regulation or management or
night – the otherwise. To work for improvement in the conditions of service, social status and prospects of the
librarians working in the academic institutions; Scope of the association is restricted to Goa state.
library staff. To protect and safeguard the rights of the librarians working in the academic institutions by constitu-
tional methods; to take all lawful action, including legal action, in order to protect professional and
those areas of public interest affecting, or related to, the profession. To do all such other lawful
–Timothy Healy things as are necessary and as advisable for the advancement of its interests.
To initiate, sponsor, undertake, encourage and promote scholarly study, research and consultancy
work in the fields of library science and services. The Association shall constantly strive to relate its
academic work to social needs of the community, and shall focus its research and consultancy work
to socially relevant themes.
To provide consultancy service to private / corporate and other educational institutions in the field
of library and information Science.
To provide opportunities for self-education and self-improvement among librarians working in the
academic institutions;
To celebrate Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Birth Anniversary by conducting book exhibitions, lectures, semi-
nars, workshops and other instructional programmes to further the aforementioned objectives of the
Association.
To publish (print and online) books, newsletters, journals, bulletins, etc., on topics of interest to
professionals as well as public relating to library and information services.
To suggest ways and means to improve the conditions of the libraries on behalf of the library commu-
nity in Goa and to make an appropriate recommendations to Government and other higher authori-
ties and organizations for protection of the profession.
To co-operate with other state, national, international and other organizations with similar objectives.
To do all such other things as incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above mentioned objec-
tives.
