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Minimum Qualifications for Appointment on Teaching and other Academic Posts:

D. Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for Librarians
Note:
i) The following provisions apply only to those persons who are
not involved in the teaching of Library Science. Teachers in
institutions where Library Science is a teaching department
shall be covered by the provisions given under sections 6.4 (B)
and 6.4 (C), of these Regulations for Colleges/Institutions and
for Universities, respectively.
ii) The Deputy Librarian in Universities shall have two levels i.e.
Academic Level 13A and Academic Level 14 while College
Librarians shall have five levels i.e. Academic Level 10,
Academic Level 11, Academic Level 12, Academic Level 13A
and Academic Level 14.
I. From University Assistant Librarian (Academic level 10)/College
Librarian (Academic level 10) to University Assistant Librarian
(Senior Scale/Academic level 11)/ College Librarian (Senior Scale/
Academic level 11):
Eligibility:
An Assistant Librarian/ College Librarian who is in Academic Level 10
and has completed four years of service having a Ph.D. degree in Library
Science/ Information Science/ Documentation Science or an equivalent
degree or five years’ of experience, having at least a M.Phil.degree, or six
years of service for those without a M.Phil or a Ph.D. degree.
(i) He/she has attended at least one Orientation course of 21 days’
duration; and
(ii) Training, Seminar or Workshop on automation and digitalisation,
maintenance and related activities, of at least 5 days, as per Appendix
II, Table 4.
CAS Promotion Criteria:
An Assistant Librarian/College Librarian may be promoted if:
i) He/she gets a ‘satisfactory‘ or ‘good‘ grade in the annual performance
assessment reports of at least three/four/five out of the last four/five/
six years of the assessment period as the case may be as specified in
Appendix II, Table 4, and
ii) The promotion is recommended by a screening-cum-evaluation
committee.
II. From University Assistant Librarian (Senior Scale/Academic level
11)/College Librarian (Senior
Scale/Academic level 11) to University Assistant Librarian (Selection
Grade/ Academic level 12/ College Librarian (Selection Grade/
Academic level 12)
Eligibility:
1) He/she has completed five years of service in that grade.
2) He/she has done any two of the following in the last five years:
(i) Training/Seminar/Workshop/Course on automation and
digitalisation, (ii) Maintenance and other activities as per Appendix
II,Table 4 of at least two weeks (ten days) duration (or completed
two courses of at least one week (five days) duration in lieu of every
single course/programme of at least two weeks (ten days) duration),

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