Library Professional Assistant

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About the Organization

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, is an Indian business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. As one of India's premier Indian Institutes of Management, the school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by the Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India in 2017.

Job Description

Vikram Sarabhai Library at IIMA requires Library Professional Assistant to work in any of the following domains.

• Procurement of Learning materials (print and electronic)
• Having knowledge of Library Management System (LMS)
• Procuring library resources (duplicate checking, selection of vendor/platform, negotiation, ordering, invoicing, etc.)
• Cataloguing, classification, and other technical process of library materials
• Having knowledge of online procurement, copyright, open access, access rights & management, license agreements, etc.
• Maintenance of the inventory, register & statistics.

User orientation and User Awareness

• Assisting individual users in accessing library resources and services
• Arranging training session on awareness of library resources and services
• Display arrangement and management
• Preparing promotional materials (electronic and print format)
• Arrangement of library materials
• Making New Arrivals (books, journals, and news)
• Preparing guidelines on “How to use library facilities, services, and equipment”
• Taking user’s feedback and suggestions
• Good communication skill to answering queries
• Preparing reading lists and bibliographies

Reference and circulation service

• Handling and managing the circulation counter (membership, circulation, sending reminders, overdue charges, clearance, etc.)
• Handling and managing the reference queries (online & offline)
• Keeping records of all the transactions and queries
• Knowledge of online and offline databases/e-resources to answer research queries
• Knowledge of statistical, citation and reference management software, tools & techniques.
• Preparing and updating subject guide/resource guide/database guide/user’s guide/manuals.
• Managing photocopy facility

Library Technology

• Having knowledge of technology (software and hardware) related to library
• Managing and handling IT based Services (Remote Access, Website, IR, ERMS, Discovery, A-Z, Mobile App, VR App, RFID, etc.)
• Managing IT equipment (RFID, Assistive technologies, display screens, videowalls, computers, printers, 3D printer, etc.)

Other Duties

• Other duties allotted by the reporting officer.
• Vikram Sarabhai Library is open round the clock and throughout the year. Hence it is expected that library professionals will have to attend to shift duties, and weekly holidays will be on a rotation basis.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• A master’s degree in library & information science (MLISc) (60% or above) with minimum two years’ relevant experience.

Salary

Selected candidate will be offered an appointment on a Tenure Based Scaled Contract for a fixed term of three years, which may be extended for a further period as required. Based on the experience and qualification, the selected candidate will be placed in Pay Level 05 under the pay matrix of 7th Central Pay Commission. Besides the salary as per the 7 th CPC, the Institute offers other benefits which are at par with the permanent employees.

 

Interested candidates are advised to APPLY ONLINE ONLY latest by December 04, 2024.

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