Assistant Librarian vacancy at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)

Ref: IIMB/HR/RECT/2022/62                                                                                                                                                               Date: 5 December 2022

 

About IIMB	The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is a leading graduate school of management in Asia. Under the IIM Act of 2017, IIMB is an Institute of National Importance.
Industry/Service	Higher Education
Post/Job Title	Assistant Librarian
Job Purpose	Library professional work and overall supervision of sections / departments of the library.
Job Type	Contractual – Non-Teaching
Will closely work with	Internal:   Students, Faculty, Staff
No. of positions & Job Location	One Position; in IIMB, Bannerghatta Road
Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities	Overall supervision of allocated section’s that may include Print Resources and Acquisition section / e-Resource acquisition section / Circulation section / Reference Section / IT section/ General Administration. Overall management, monitoring and supervision of respective sections including technology, staff and materials. Library is open till 10:00pm every day. Hence it is expected that Assistant Librarians will have to attend to shift duties and weekly holidays will be on a rotation basis. To interact with the academic community of the Institute to determine their requirements of reading/learning materials and facilitate access to the same Orientating library users about library resources and services. Guiding and helping the section team in performing their allotted tasks. Assisting in preparing the annual budget/revised budget of the section. Communication with external stakeholders like suppliers/vendors/publishers and internal stakeholders like library staff, and other departments (of the Institute), regarding their section’s work. Implementing the latest tools and techniques (including Information Technology) and new services in the section. Preparation and updating of section manual (library procedures, rules and regulations, processes and services of their section). Coordinating and organizing section meetings regularly and preparing the minutes of meetings and follow-up the decisions. Management and development of staff in their section. Involvement in stock-taking work and circulation desk duties of the library. Guidance and training to the trainees when he/she joins the section. Preparation and documentation of all relevant statistics of the section. Monitoring the maintenance and upkeep work of the library. Any other work assigned by the Librarian/Dy Librarian.
Key Skills and Abilities Required	Knowledge in Open-source software’s: Data verse/CKAN, Coral, Koha, OjS, Dspace Copyright Restrictions and Fair Use LibGuides and Springhare Products / similar products/apps Emerging Licensing practices in Streaming media, Data and Datasets
Qualification and Personal Profile	Candidate should have done Ph.D. or NET or SLET/SET qualified. First Class (60% or above) in MLISc or equivalent qualification. Overall, 8 years of experience with 5 years or more in an academic library of repute.
Compensation	Based on the experience and qualifications, compensation for selected candidates is likely to be in the range of Level 10 as mapped to 7th CPC pay scales plus other standard entitlements as per IIMB Contract Appointment Rules

 For More Info: https://www.iimb.ac.in/node/10242

Interested candidates may fill the application using the link: here

Closing date for applications is 20 December 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be intimated