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Chief Officer - Learning Centre vacancy at IIM Indore! Apply by June 9, 2025.
- Chief Officer Learning Centre (Position Code: COLC):
Number of positions: 01 (01-UR)
Chief Officer Learning Centre (COLC) reports to the Director and is responsible for managing the smooth operations of the Learning Centre (LC) and publishing of the Institute’s Annual Report.
Chief Officer Learning Centre (COLC) would also be responsible, among other things, for:
- Managing day-to-day affairs of the LC.
- Proactively engaging with faculty, research scholars, programme participants, staff and other stakeholders on matters related to LC.
- Proactively streamlining systems and processes and adopting automation for reducing the lead time.
- Timely finalizing the agreements with vendors for electronic resources and processing the invoices.
- Motivating and leading a team of competent library professionals.
- Ensure timely publishing of the Institute’s Annual Report which involves collecting required data from various departments.
- To plan and implement the administrative and budgetary functions of LC.
- Managing the Indian languages section and the international languages section in the LC.
- To organize electronic resources, software, and assist the faculty research scholars, programme participants, staff and other stakeholders to secure books, e resources, articles and other teaching and research materials.
- Liaising with departmental academic staff, external organizations and book suppliers.
- To ensure seamless conduct of physical verification of LC resources as per rules.
- Any other assignment as may be entrusted upon by the competent authority from time to time.
Qualification:
Master degree in Library and Information/Documentation science with at least 50 percent marks or its equivalent grade and a consistently good academic record. Ph.D. in the above discipline is desirable.
Work Experience:
The applicant should have at least thirteen years of experience as Deputy Librarian in a University Library or eighteen years of experience as a college Librarian or equivalent professional experience.
The applicant should show evidence of innovative library services and organization of published works. It is desirable to have experience in integrating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in a library /experience with ICT in a library.
The candidate must have drawn the latest salary at Pay level 12 (as per 7th CPC pay matrix) or equivalent.
Important Note:
Experience Means: “Must have handled Head/Chief Librarian Position in an advanced/ computerized Library of international standards with evidence in implementation of ICT based library systems, innovative policies and procedures, library budget administration, library security, international cataloging standards, web technologies, library software, preferably in an academic institute of National or State importance or Autonomous Institutions/reputed Knowledge Centres of private firms. Experience in related media, technology, and information services aligned to knowledge management is also desirable.
Desirable: Exposure to Library systems integrated to ERP System-Student Centered Learning Management Modules, Repository management /service, digital lib software applications, knowledge-based bibliographic search system, METADATA standards, and implementation. Publications in peer-reviewed journals/reputed journals on current trends. Membership in ALA/SLA/SIS/ILA, MANLIBNET, etc.
Salary & Allowances:
Remuneration will not be a constraint for the deserving candidate, and monthly consolidated emoluments will be decided only after the successful interview.
Nature of Appointment:
The position would be on a contractual basis, initially for two years based on annual performance appraisal and extendable by one year at a time for an overall maximum period of five years, based on performance.
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Source:
https://iimidr.ac.in/careers/recruitment-notification-no-01-2025-a/
