35 Assistant Librarian Vacancies at University of Delhi

Assistant Librarian (Post Code: ND1002)

No. of Post: 35 (14 UR, 05 SC, 02 ST, 09 OBC, 03 EWS, 02 PwBD (01-VI - LV& 01 -HI - HH) 

Pay Level- 10 

1. A Master’s degree in Library Science, Information Science or Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree, with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point –scale, wherever the grading system is followed) 

2. A consistently good academic record, with knowledge of computerization of a Library. 

3. Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the National Eligibility Test (NET) shall be the minimum eligibility for appointment of Assistant Librarian. 

Provided that candidates who have been awarded a Ph.D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulation, 2009, or the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil/Ph.D. Degree) Regulation, 2016, and their subsequent amendments from time to time, as the case may be, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor in the University.

Provided further that the award of degree to candidates registered for the M.Phil/Ph.D. programme prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances / Bye-laws / Regulations of the Institutions awarding the degree. All such Ph.D. candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in the University subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions:

a) The Ph.D. degree of the candidate has been awarded in regular mode only; 

b) The Ph.D. thesis has been awarded by at least two external examiners; 

c) An open Ph.D. viva voce of the candidate has been conducted; 

d) The candidate has published two research papers from her/his Ph.D. work out of which at least one is in a refereed journal; 

e) The candidate has presented at least two papers, based on her/his Ph.D. work in conferences/seminars sponsored/ funded/supported by the UGC/ ICSSR/CSIR or any similar agency. The fulfillment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned. 

Age Limit: Not applicable 

Application fees and forms are to be submitted as per details given below: 

General/Unreserved Category Rs. 1000/- 

OBC(NCL)/ EWS and Women Category Rs. 800/- 

SC/ST and PwBD Category Rs. 600/-

Last Date: 30.08.2023

A. Scheme of the Examination:

Written Test
Paper MCQ Type	Time: 2 hours*	Max. marks: 400 marks (100 questions)
Total Marks		400 marks

 

B. Test components:

TEST COMPONENTS			Time: 2 hours
			NO. OF QUESTIONS	Marks
i)	Concepts, Practices, Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Universities, Other Higher Educational Institutions and Regulatory Authorities	Part I	30	120
ii)	Domain Knowledge and Knowledge about Management of Digital Libraries, E-resources, Institutional Repository, Research Data and Research Metrics like h-index and impact factor, Research and Publication Ethics	Part II	70	280
	TOTAL		100	400

 

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