Thursday 2 October 2014

Project Officer at IIT, Kharagpur

IIT, Kharagpur

National Digital Library

http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/sric_job.php


Project Title Development of National Digital Library (NDL) of India - Towards Building a National Asset
Reference Number IIT/SRIC/LIB/BNA/2014-15/155 dated 16-Sep-14
Temporary Position(s) Project Officer (Library)
Number of vacancies 1
Consolidated Compensation Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 30,000/- p.m. (depending upon qualification & experience)
Coordinator / PI Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti & Prof. Partha Pratim Das, CSE
Department / Centre / School Central Library  
Qualifications & Experience MLIS/ADIS/M Sc in Digital Library with first class or equivalent in related field andat least 2 years’ experience in similar projects. Further relevant experience is desirable.
Relevant Experience At least 2 years’ experience in digital library projects having skills in:
1. Metadata standards and schemas (Generic and Domain-specific)
2. DDC Classification Scheme/Subject Headings/MARC Record
3. Integrated thesaurus handling and use of Ontology tools
4. Integration of Citation tools
5. Knowledge of Unices, LAMP architecture, RDBMS and Scripting language
6. Software handling for Digital Archiving System, Institutional Repository, E-learning system;
7. Metadata harvesting technology
8. Text Retrieval Engine integration;
9. Automated and Digital Library System Management
10. Multilingual Document Processing  
More Information Responsibilities for the position include:
1. Supervising the job of Junior Project Officers (Library)
2. Assisting the technical support to the Junior Project Officers (Library) for document classification, reviewing and editing metadata of the different types of e-contents
3. Corresponding with academic institutions for metadata harvesting
4. Segregating the copyright and non-copyright e-contents
5. Categorizing the various e-contents
Interested eligible persons may apply on plain paper, giving full bio-data along with attested copies of testimonials to the undersigned on or before 23rdOct 2014.  
Sponsor NME-ICT, MHRD 
Last Date 23 Oct 2014
Application Fee Demand Draft for Rs.50/- (Not for female candidates) drawn in favour of IIT Kharagpur payable at Kharagpur     

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