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Director General (Chief Librarian)

BS-20 · National Library of Pakistan, National Heritage & Culture Division · F.4-128/2026-R

The Director General (Chief Librarian) test is a 200-mark MCQ paper of 200 minutes, with negative marking of 0.25 per wrong answer. The pass rule for this post is 50% in each individual part. The paper structure, part by part, is below.

At a glance

Total marks
200
Duration (minutes)
200
Negative marking
0.25
per wrong answer
Sections
3
Pass mark: 50% in each individual part.

Paper structure

Part-I

100 marks · 50% of the paper

English

40 marks

  • Comprehension
  • Grammar Usage
  • Vocabulary
  • Sentence Structuring
  • Sentence Correction
  • Grouping of Words
  • Pairs of Words
  • Idiomatic Phrases
  • Synonyms/Antonyms
  • Translation

Constitution/Rules

60 marks

  • Constitution of Pakistan
  • Rules of Business
  • Civil Servants Act, 1973 and Rules made thereunder
  • General Financial Rules, 2025
  • Financial Management and Powers of Principal Accounting Officers Regulations, 2021

Part-II

100 marks · 50% of the paper

Professional Test

100 marks

  • Use of Emerging Technologies in LibraryInformation 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
  • Organization of InformationSystems 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
  • Basic Reference SourcesDefinition; 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
  • Management of Library and Information ServicesBasic 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
  • Governance & Public AdministrationPrinciples 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
  • Human Resource and Financial ManagementDefinition, 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
  • Secretariat Instructions and Office Procedures

About the post

Case number
F.4-128/2026-R
Vacancies
1
Employment
Permanent
Age limit
37-45 years plus five (5) years general relaxation in upper age limit.
Domicile quota
Merit
Place of posting
Islamabad.
Qualifications
i. Second class or Grade 'C' Master's degree in Library Science or Library and Information Science or equivalent qualification from a University recognized by HEC. ii. Seventeen (17) years post qualification experience in the relevant field.

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