TSPSC Librarian Recruitment Notification 2022- Apply Online
Applications are invited Online from qualified applicants through the proforma Application to be made available on Commission’s website (https://www.tspsc.gov.in) to the post of Librarian in Intermediate Education and Technical Education in the State of Telangana.
i) Submission of ONLINE applications starts from Dt. 21/01/2023.
ii) Last date and time for submission of ONLINE applications is upto 5.00 PM on 10/02/2023. The payment of Fee will be accepted upto 5:00 P.M of last date for submission.
The Details of Vacancies are given below: -
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess the requisite qualifications as detailed below, specified in the relevant Service Rules, indented by the Department, as on the date of Notification.
AGE: The candidates should possess the Minimum 18 years & Maximum 44 years. The age
is reckoned as on 01/07/2022 (Rule-12(1)(a)(v) of State and Subordinate Service
Rules). (As per G.O.Ms.No.42, G.A.(Ser.A) Department, Dt. 19/03/2022 the upper age limit
is raised up to 10 years i.e., from 34 years to 44 years)
Minimum Age (18 years): An Applicant should not be born after 01/07/2004
Maximum Age (44 years): An applicant should not be born before 02/07/1978
FEE:
i) Application Processing Fee:- Each applicant must pay Rs. 200/- (Rupees Two Hundred Only) towards Online Application Processing Fee.
ii) Examination Fee:- The applicants have to pay RS. 120/- (Rupees One Hundred and Twenty Only) towards Examination Fee. However,
a) All unemployees are exempted from payment of examination fee, and
b) All Employees of any Government (Central / State / PSUs / Corporations / Other Government Sector) have to pay the prescribed examination fee.
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION :
SYLLABUS
PAPER-I: GENERAL STUDIES AND GENERAL ABILITIES
1. Current affairs – Regional, National and International.
2. International Relations and Events.
3. General Science; India’s Achievements in Science and Technology.
4. Environmental issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies.
5. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana.
6. Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India.
7. Physical, Social and Economic Geography and Demography of Telangana.
8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Modern India with special emphasis on Indian National Movement.
9. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state.
10.Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
11.Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc. and inclusive policies.
12.Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts and Literature of Telangana.
13.Policies of Telangana State.
14.Logical Reasoning; Analytical Ability and Data Interpretation.
15.Basic English. (10th Class Standard)
PAPER-II: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE (M.LI.SC STANDARD)
Unit-1: Foundations of Library and Information Science Five Laws of library Science; Types of Libraries and their functions; Library Movement in Telangana, Important libraries in Telangana; Library legislation in India; Library Extension Services; Library Association in India, UK and USA - ILA, IASLIC, SIS, LA and ALA; National & International organizations promoting Library Development RRRLF, NASSDOC, NISCAIR (CSIR-NIScPR), DESIDOC, IFLA and UNESCO
Unit-2: Information, Communication and Society Data, Information and Knowledge; Information as a Resource / Commodity; Role of Information in Socio-Economic Development; Information Society, Knowledge Society; Knowledge Management; Information Life Cycle - Generation, Collection, Storage and Dissemination; Communication -Channels, Barriers; National Knowledge Commission; ntellectual Property Rights; Copyright; Right to Information Act; Scholarly Communication – Open Access; Open Educational Resources; Creative Commons
Unit-3: Information Sources Source of information-Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; Documentary and Nondocumentary; Reference Sources- Dictionaries; Encyclopaedias; Geographical Sources; Biographical Sources; Year Books / Almanacs, Directories and Handbooks; Statistical sources; Bibliographies, Union Catalogues, Indexing and Abstracting Periodicals; Serial Publications; E-Documents - e-Books; E-Journals; DatabasesBibliographic; Numeric; and Full text
Unit-4: Information Services Information services- Bibliographic services, Indexing and Abstracting services, CAS, SDI, Document Delivery Services, Referral services; Online Services – Virtual Reference etc; User Education and User Studies; Information. Seeking Behaviour and Information Needs; Information Literacy.
Unit-5: Information Processing (Classification and Cataloguing) Organization of knowledge/information; Modes of formation of subjects; Library classification-Canons, Laws and Principles; Notation & Mnemonics; Fundamental categories; Call Number; Common isolates; Library classification Schemes-DDC, UDC, and CC; Library Cataloguing-Canons, Laws and Principles; Library catalogue codesCCC and AACR-II, RDA; FRBR; Bibliographic standards: ISBD,MARC,CCF, and MARC-21; Indexing Systems-Pre-Coordinate , Post-Coordinate; Vocabulary control - Thesaurus, Lists of Subjects Headings; Information Storage & Retrieval (ISAR): Search Strategies; Boolean Operators; Evaluation of ISAR Systems
Unit-6: Library Management Management-Principles, Functions, Schools of Thought; Organizational Structure; Planning ; Decision making; Systems study-Analysis, evaluation and design; Collection Development (Books, Serials, Non-book, Material)- Principles of book selection; acquisition procedures; ISBN, ISSN; DOI; Maintenance; Preservation & Conservation; Human Resources Management; Financial Management-Resources generation, Budgeting, Cost and Cost-Benefit analysis; PERT, CPM; Library Buildings, equipment & furniture; Marketing information products and services; Total Quality Management (TQM); MIS
Unit-7: Fundamentals of Information Technology Information Technology –Software and Hardware; storage devices; Software – Operating Systems ; Application Software; Client-Server Technology; Different types of Servers.; Communication Technology – Telecommunications; Modem; Router; Wi Fi; Transmission Media; Networking Concepts – Topologies- LAN, MAN, WAN; Communication Tools and Techniques – Fax, E-mail, Tele Conferencing, Video Conferencing, Voice Mail. Hyper Text and Hyper Media. Standards; Protocols and Formats; Interoperability; Internet Basics – WWW; Web Browsers; Search Engines; Internet Connectivity; Data Security- Computer Viruses.
Unit-8: Library Automation and Networks Library Automation -Areas of Automation; Hardware and Software selection; OPAC; Resource Sharing and Library Networks-ERNET, NICNET, DELNET, INFLIBNET; OCLC; Library Consortia; Information systems- INIS, AGRIS, PUBMED, INSPEC; Software for Library Automation; Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems; Social Media -Academic Social Networks
Unit-9: Digital Libraries Digital Library Initiatives; Digitization – Software & hardware; Standards; File formats; Metadata; Digital Collection Management – e-books; e-journals; Databases; Electronic Thesis & Dissertations; Resource Discovery – Federated Search; Search engines; search tools & techniques; Digital Rights Management, copyright & plagiarism
Unit-10: Research Methodology Types of Research; Research Process; Research Design; Scientific Method – Spiral of Scientific Method; Hypothesis, Data Collection; Sampling techniques; Methods of ResearchHistorical , Case Study, Survey, experimental method etc.; Data Analysis & Interpretation; Citation Style Guides / Manuals; Reference Management Software- End Note, Zotero, Mendeley etc. Report Writing; Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Webometrics, Altmetrics.
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