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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

3. Development, organisation and management of e-resources including 25
their accessibility over Intranet/Internet, digitization of library resources, e-delivery of
information, etc.
4 User awareness and instruction programmes (Orientation lectures, users’ training in the use 20
of library services as e-resources, OPAC; knowledge resources user promotion programmes
like organizing book exhibitions, other interactive latest learning resources, etc.
5. Additional services such as extending library facilities on holidays, shelf order 10
maintenance, library user manual, building and extending institutional library facilities to
outsiders through external membership norms
Total Score 125
Minimum API score required 75
Category- II – CO-CURRICULAR, EXTENSION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
RELATED ACTIVITIES.
S.No Nature of Activity Maximum Score
1 Student related co-curricular, extension and field based activities (such Cultural 20
exchange and Library service Programmes (various level of extramural and intramural
programmes); extension, library-literary work through different channels,
2 Contribution to Corporate life and management of the library units and institution through 15
participation in library and administrative committees and responsibilities.
3 Professional Development activities (such as participation in seminars, conferences, short 15
term, elibrary training courses, workshops and events, talks, lectures, membership of
associations, dissemination and general articles, not covered in Category III below)
Minimum API Score Required 15

Category – III – Research and academic contributions
SNo. APIs Activity Maximum Point
III A Research Papers published Refereed Journals 15 / publication
in: Non-refereed but recognized and 10 / Publication
reputable journals and periodicals,
having ISBN/ISSN numbers.
Conference proceedings as full papers, 10 / publication
etc. (Abstracts not to be included)
III (B) Research Publications Text or Reference Books 50 /sole author;
(books, chapters in books, Published by International Publishers 10 / chapter in an
other than refereed journal with an established peer review system edited book
articles)

Subjects Books by National level publishers/ 25 /sole author, and 5/
State and Central Govt. Publications with ISBN/ chapter in edited books
ISSN numbers.
Subject Books by Other local publishers with 15 / sole author, and 3 /
ISBN/ISSN numbers. chapter in edited books
Chapters contributed to edited knowledge based 10 /Chapter
volumes published by International Publishers
Chapters in knowledge based volumes by 5 / Chapter
Indian/National level publishers with ISBN/
ISSN numbers and with numbers of national and
international directories

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