DIRECTOR GENERAL (CHIEF LIBRARIAN) (BS-20)

Max Marks: 200 Qualifying Standard: 50% (Note: Negative marking of 0.25 per wrong answer) Part-I: 100 Marks (MCQ) (For all categories) I. English (40 Marks) • Comprehension • Grammar Usage • Vocabulary • Sentence Structuring • Sentence Correction • Grouping of Words • Pairs of Words • Idiomatic Phrases • Synonyms/ Antonyms • Translation II. Constitution/Rules (60 Marks) • Constitution of Pakistan • Rules of Business • Civil Servants Act & rules made thereunder • General Financial Rules, 2025 • Financial Management and Powers of Principal Accounting Officers Regulations, 2021 Part-II (Professional): 100 Marks (MCQ) I. Use of Emerging Technologies in Library Information and other Library Technologies. Hardware. Software. Operating System. Telecommunications and Networks. Internet and the www, Barcode Technology, Wireless Technology and Virtual Private Network (VPN). Social Networking. Email. Word Processing. Spreadsheets. Presentation Software. Desktop Publishing. Databases. Library Security Systems. Tele-lifts. Digitization Hardware and Software. Reprographic Technology. II. Organization of Information Systems for Organization of Information: Environments, Storage and Retrieval Tools, Encoding Standards, Cataloguing Codes, Current Systems. The Information Organization Process: Surrogate/ Metadata Records: Description, Access; Authority Control. Subject Access: Analysis, Verbal Subject Approaches, Classification. Organization and Administration: Arrangement, Management Issues. Problems of Information Organization in Pakistan. III. Basic Reference Sources Definition. Evaluation Criteria. Bibliographies-- General Bibliographies, Basic Guides To Reference Materials, Library Catalogues; Serials Guides; Indexes and Abstracts; HEC NDL; Dictionaries and Thesauri; Almanacs And Fact Books; Encyclopaedias; Directories; Biographical Sources; Geographical Sources-- Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers; Reference Websites. IV. Management of Library and Information Services Basic Theories and Principles of Administration for Effective Management of Public, Academic, and Special Libraries and Information Centres with emphasis on Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting. Administrative Aspects of Public and Technical Services, Facilities, Rules and Regulations, Evaluation, Public Relations, Inter-Agency Cooperation, and Change Management. Library Space Management. V. Governance & Public Administration: Principles of Public Administration, Bureaucratic System & Reforms, E-governance and digital transformation, Policy formulation and implementation, Ethics, Accountability and Transparency, Nature and Scope of Public Administration, Role of Public Administration in Welfare State; VI. Human Resource and Financial Management Definition, Significance and Scope of Human Resource Management; Organization-Types of Organization, Theory of Organization, Principles of Organization, Organization of the Federal and Provincial Governments, Public Sector Enterprises; Approaches to Human Resource Management. Personnel Administration-Tools of Personnel Management: Selection, Training, Promotion, Compensation, Discipline; Communication, Communication Channels and Principles of Public Relations; Human Behaviour and Organizations Administration.-Elements of Financial Administration, Performance Programmed Budgeting, Capital Budget, Principles of Budgeting, Auditing and Accounting. VII. Secretariat Instructions and Office Procedures Case No.