Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, TNPSC
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- Post Code 3003
- Post College Librarian in Government Law Colleges
- No of posts 08 posts
- Scale of Pay Rs.57,700- 2,11,500 /- (Level-24)
- Max. Age limit 59 years (as on 01.07.2023)
Educational Qualification
(i) A Master’s Degree in Library Science or Information Science or Documentation Science or an equivalent professional degree, with not less than fifty five percentage of marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale, wherever grading system is followed):
Provided that a relaxation of five percentage shall be allowed at the Bachelor’s as well as at the Master level for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Castes (Arunthathiyar)/ Scheduled Tribes/ Backward Classes/ Backward Class Muslims/ Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities and Differently –abled for the purpose of eligibility and assessing good academic record for direct recruitment. The eligibility marks of fifty five percentage of marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever the grading system is followed) and the relaxation of five percentage to the categories mentioned above are permissible, only based on the qualifying marks without including any grace mark procedure: Provided further that the holders of Ph.D Degree in Library Science, who have passed their Master’s degree in Library Science or Information Science or Documentation Science or equivalent professional degree prior to 19th September 1991, shall possess not less than fifty percentage of marks in the Master’s Degree; and
(ii) One year Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking or Experience for a period of not less than one year as a Librarian or Assistant Librarian or Library Assistant or Cataloger in a Library, wherein Library automation software is used; and
(iii) A Consistently good academic record; and
(iv) Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the 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 and their amendments from time to time as the case may be: Provided that the candidates registered for the Ph.D. Degree prior to July 11, 2009, shall be governed by the provisions of the then existing Ordinances/ Bye-laws/ Regulations of the Institution awarding the degree, and such Ph.D candidates shall be exempted from the requirement of NET/ SLET/ SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/ Colleges/ Institutions subject to fulfilment of the following conditions:-
(a) The Ph.D. Degree of the candidate has been awarded in the regular mode;
(b) The Ph.D thesis has been evaluated by at least two external examiners;
(c) Open Ph.D viva voce of the candidate has been conducted;
(d) The candidate has published two research papers from his Ph.D work out of which at least one is in a referred journal;
(e) The candidate has presented not less than two papers based on his Ph.D work in conferences/ seminars sponsored/ funded/ supported by the UGC/ ICSSR/ CSIR or any similar agency. Explanation:-
(i) The fulfilment of these conditions is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.
(ii) NET/ SLET/SET shall also not be required for candidates in such Master’s programmers for which NET/ SLET/ SET is not conducted by the UGC, CSIR or similar test accredited by the UGC like SLET/ SET.
(iii) The term “consistently good academic record” means candidates must have obtained not less than fifty percentage of marks in Higher Secondary Examination and in Bachelor’s Degree Examination.”
Scheme of Examination
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Subject EXAMINATION in OMR/COMPUTER BASED TEST |
Duration |
Maximum Marks |
Minimum qualifying |
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SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBC5/ DCs, BC(OBCM)s & BCMs |
Others |
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(i) Paper-I (Subject Paper) (200 Questions) Library and Information Science (P.G Degree Standard) (Code No. 267) |
3 Hours |
300 |
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204 |
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(ii) Paper II (Objective Type) |
1 1/2 Hours |
Note: · Minimum qualifying marks-60 marks (40% of 150) · Marks secured in Part-A of Paper II will not be taken into account for |
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Part-A |
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Tamil Eligibility Test (SSLC Std) (100 questions/ 150 marks) |
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Part-B |
1 1/2 Hours |
150 |
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(General Studies)(Code No.003) (100 questions/ 150 marks) General Studies (Degree Std) - 75 questions and Aptitude & Mental Ability Test (SSLC Std.) -25 questions |
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(iii) Interview and Records |
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60 |
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Total |
510 |
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Important dates (tentative)
- Last date for submission of online application 01.03.2023
- Application Correction Window Period From 06.03.2023 12.01 A.M To 08.03.2023. 11.59 P.M
- Last date upto which the applicants are permitted to re-upload the documents 01.05.2023
- Publication of Examination Results July 2023
- Certificate Verification/ Oral Test August 2023
- Counselling August 2023
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