Vacancy of Library Clerk at National Library, Kolkata

CATEGORY NO. OF POST: ER-02

Name of Post : LIBRARY CLERK (LABORATORY)

Classification : Group ‘C Non-Technical, Non-Ministerial

Vacancy : 01 (UR-01)

Department : National Library, Ministry of Culture, Kolkata.

AGE : 18-25 years (Age relaxation is admissible as per Instructions).

PSL : Rs.5200 –20200/-, Grade Pay Rs.1900/-, (PB-1)

E.Q. : (i) Matriculation or equivalent from a recognised institution, and

(ii) A certificate in Library Science from a recognised institution.

D.Q. : Two years working experience in handling laboratory  equipments in a standard laboratory.

I.P. : Kolkata with AISL

J.R. : De-acidification of all the books & records required for lamination in the Division with calcium hydroxide and bicarbonate solution. Preparation of saturated solution of various chemical treatments viz.

(i) Leather preservative Mixture (ii) Fungicide colution. Preparation of dummies of books received for fumigation. Maintaining a record of books fumigated with paradichlorabonozone. De-acidification of

highly fragile books by non-aqusous de-acidification process.

Preparation of unstable barium Hydrooxide tetrahydrate solution for non-aqueous de-acidification in Methyl alcohol. Collation and arrangement of the sheets required to be treated and after being treated. Assisting in checking of books in stacks for treatment.

Instruction for PH candidates : This post is identified suitable for OH (OA & OL) candidates

CATEGORY NO. OF POST: ER-07

Name of Post : LIBRARY CLERK (GENERAL)

Classification : General Central Service, Group ‘C’, Non-ministerial

Vacancy : 02 (OBC-02)

Department : National Library, Kolkata.

AGE : 18 to 25 years. (Age relaxation is admissible as per Instructions).

PSL : Rs. 5200 – 20200/-, Grade Pay Rs.1900/-, (PB-1)

E.Q. : i. Matriculation or equivalent from a recognized institution; and

ii. A certificate in Library Science from a recognised institution

D.Q. : NIL

I.P. : Kolkata with AISL.
J.R. : 1. Reference service to readers and borrowers of books of the Library.
2. Accessioning of books and magazines.
3. Assist the Library and Information Assistant and Sectional heads in
their works.
4. Supply books to the Readers
Instruction for PH candidates : This post is identified suitable for OH (OA, OL & OH) candidates

CLOSING DATE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION is 11.02.2013 (5.00 P.M) .



The applications should be addressed to: -
“REGIONAL DIRECTOR, STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (ER), 234/4, A.J.C. 

BOSE ROAD, NIZAM PALACE, 1ST MSO BUILDING, 8TH FLOOR, KOLKATA-

700020”.

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National Library, Kolkata,

The National Library has been promising easier and wider access to electronic journals and on-line databases once the ICT infrastructure was in place. We are happy to report that the library has now acquired databases such as Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Bibliographies On-line and ProQuest Dissertations (Full Texts). We are switching to the electronic version of the latter from the current financial year. It will provide access to 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day, together with 1.5 million full-text dissertations and theses. Every year more than 70,000 graduate dissertations are added to the PQDT FT, the majority of which are full-text. The library has also acquired, on a perpetual-access basis, Early English Books On-line. It would enable users to access full texts of nearly 1,25,000 English titles printed between 1475 and 1700 in the British Isles, i.e. the entire lists in A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave�sShort Title Catalogue, and Donald Wing�s Short-Title Catalogue. It also includes the Thomason Collection of the Early English Tracts Supplement.

The Web-OPAC now has around 8,50,000 records, including books in foreign languages, bound journals, and maps. We have plans of digitizing select rare and brittle documents starting in the second quarter of the financial year.� Stock-taking, a recommendation in the last Performance Audit, has started in the financial year 2011-12 after a gap of many years.

The last semester saw a number of important events, including major exhibitions and conferences. These are reported in the following pages. The Library Administration had also promised programmes relating to staff training and development. These are reported in the ensuing pages, including a major six-day workshop on security and fire prevention held for the first time in the National Library. In July, we shall be conducting a gender sensitization programme for the staff with the assistance of the organization Swayam. This year marks 175 years of the founding of Calcutta Public Library, the institution with which the National Library started life.