Section - A: General Name of The Applicant Post Applied For Advertisement No. and Date
Section - A: General Name of The Applicant Post Applied For Advertisement No. and Date
Section - A: General Name of The Applicant Post Applied For Advertisement No. and Date
KOLKATA- 700032
SECTION – A : GENERAL
Name of the Applicant
Post Applied for
Advertisement No. and date
SECTION – B :
CATEGORY – I : Procurement, organization and delivery of knowledge and information
through Library services.
Sl. Chief Librarian Librarian
No. Nature of Activity Max. Actual Max. Actual
Score Score Score Score
1. Library resources organization and maintenance of books, Actual Actual
journals, reports; Provision of library reader-services, literature hours hours
retrieval services to researchers and analysis of reports; Provision spent per spent per
of assistance to the departments of University / College with the 60 academic 55 academic
required inputs for preparing reports, manuals and related
year year
documents; Assistant towards updating institutional website with
activity related information and for bringing out institutional
÷ ÷
Newsletters, etc. (40 Points) 20 20
Based on the librarian Cadre’s self-assessment, category II API score are proposed for co-curricular and
extension activities; and Professional development related contribution. The minimum API required for
eligibility for promotion is 15. A list of items and scores is given below. The self-assessment score should
be based on objectively verifiable criteria and shall be finalized by the screening cum evaluation
committee for the promotion of Assistant Librarian / College Librarian to higher grades and selection
committee for promotion of Assistant Librarian to Deputy to Librarian and for direct recruitment of
Deputy Librarian and Librarian.
The model table below gives groups of activates and API scores. Universities may detail the activities or,
in case institutional specificities require, adjust the weightages without changing the minimum total API
score required under this category.
Based on the self-assessment, API scores are proposed for research and library contributions. The minimum API
scores required from this category are different for different levels of promotion in universities / colleges. The self-
assessment score shall be based on verifiable records and shall be finalized by the screening cum evaluation
committee for the promotion of Assistant Librarian / College Librarian to higher grades and Selection Committee
for the promotion of Assistant Librarian to Deputy Librarian and Deputy Librarian to Librarian and for direct
recruitment of Deputy Librarian and Librarian.
III (C) Sponsored Projects Major Projects with grants above Rs. 5.0 20 per Projects
(i) lakhs
Major Projects with grants above Rs. 3.0 15 per Project
lakhs up to Rs. 5.0 lakhs.
Minor Projects with grants above Rs. 1 10 per Project
lakh up to Rs. 3 lakhs.
III (C) Consultancy Projects Amount mobilized with a minimum of 10 for every
(ii) Rs. 2 lakhs Rs. 2 lakhs
III (C) Projects Outcome / Major Policy document prepared for Major policy document
(iii) Outputs international bodies like WHO / UNO / of International bodies -
UNESCO / UNICEF etc. Central / State 30
Govt. / Local Bodies prepared. Central Government - 20
III (D) (ii) Ph. D. Degree awarded / Theses submitted 15 / 10 per candidate
III (E) Awards / Fellowships / Invited lectures delivered / Papers presented in conferences / seminars
* Wherever relevant, the API score for paper in refereed journal would be augmented as follows : (i) paper with
impact factor less than 1 – by 5 points; (ii) papers with impact factor between 1 and 2 by 10 points; (iii) papers with
impact factor between 2 and 5 by 15 points; (iv) papers with impact factor between 5 and 10 by 20 points; (v) papers
with impact factor above 10 by 25 points. The API for joint publications / books shall be calculated in the following
manner of the total score for the relevant category of publication by the concerned teacher, the First and Principal /
corresponding author / supervisor / mentor of the teacher would share equally 70% of the total points and the
remaining 30% would be shared equally by all other authors.