Assistant Professor Recruitment Notification, WBCSC Application For The Post of Librarian

Assistant Professor Recruitment: Applications are invited from Indian Citizens (and such other nationals as are declared eligible by Govt. of India) for recruitment to the following post: 

1. Post: Librarian in the State-aided General Degree Colleges in West Bengal. 

2. Vacancy: The vacancy calculation shall be done in accordance with the terms laid down in the West Bengal College Service Commission (Manner of Selection of Persons for Appointment to the posts of Assistant Professors, Principals and Librarians and Re-recommendation of Assistant Professor) Regulations, 2012. The vacancy cut-off date and the exact number of vacancies (Category-wise and College-wise) will be notified before publication of the merit panel. The Commission will not be responsible for absence of vacancy under any category for non-receipt of requisition from any Govt.-aided college. 

Eligibility: The minimum eligibility conditions contained in this advertisement are governed by the provisions of the West Bengal Government Notification No. 315-Edn(CS)/8R-1/2010 dated the 17th of May, 2023 notified in The Kolkata Gazette on 22nd May, 2023.  The Commission, however, can introduce additional parameters in order to select candidates of higher merit. Therefore, mere possession of eligibility does not confer any right to an applicant to be selected or empanelled. 

Selection & Recommendation: The eligible candidates will be called for interview for selection. However, the Commission may, at its discretion, call for interview of short-listed applicants. The overall selection procedure shall incorporate a transparent, objective and credible methodology of analysis of the merits and credentials of the applicants based on weightages given to the performance of the candidate in different relevant dimensions. Recommendation shall be done on the basis of a merit-cum-preference system of counselling, (please refer to point number 2 in the Information and Instruction section). For the purpose of counselling, merit refers to the rank in the provisional merit panel. Empanelment will not confer any right to a candidate to be recommended. 

3. Pay scale: Entry Pay at Academic Level 10 of Rs. 57,700/-

Qualifications and experience 

i) 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 grading system is followed);  

ii) a consistently good academic record, with knowledge of computerization of library;      iiii) besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National        Eligibility Test (NET) in relevant subject conducted by the UGC or CSIR or similar test accredited by UGC like SLET/SET or who are or 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) Regulations, 2009 or 2016 along with their amendment from time to time as the case may be:             

Provided that - 

(i) (a) a relaxation of 5% of marks shall be allowed at the Master’s Level for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBC) (non-creamy Layer)/Differently-abled [(a) Blindness and low vision, 

(b) Deaf and hard of Hearing, 

(c) Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy, 

(d) Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness & Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under (a) to (d) including deaf blindness] for the purpose of eligibility and assessing good academic records;   

(ii) a relaxation of 5% shall be provided (from 55% to 50% of the marks) at the Master’s Level to the Ph.D. degree holders who have obtained their Master’s Degree prior to September 19, 1991;   

(iii) the eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above is permissible based on only the qualifying marks, without including any grace mark procedures e.g. 49.1% or 54.1% should not be rounded off to 50% or 55% respectively.  

(iv) all the essential qualifications must have been obtained from a recognized University/ Institute.

Commencement of On-line Application  12th March, 2024  

Last date of On-line Application  20th April, 2024 (12 Midnight)

APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF LIBRARIAN(ADVT NO 1/2024)