Education

#2011-1140Decree on the Specialized Library Assistant Status

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The law establishes a new status for specialized library assistants in France. It defines their roles, recruitment processes, and professional grades, affecting those working primarily in higher education library environments. Specialists are divided into three ranks, each with specific responsibilities and recruitment pathways.

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Key Changes

  • Creation of a specialized library assistants corps
  • Introduction of three professional grades
  • Specific recruitment criteria and pathways

Obligations

What this law requires

high

The Minister in charge of higher education must recruit, appoint, and manage specialized library assistants according to the recruitment pathways defined in Articles 5 and 9

French Ministry of Higher Education
operational
high

External and internal competitive examinations for normal class positions must maintain a minimum of 40% of total available positions allocated to one pathway

French Ministry of Higher Education (recruitment authorities)
operational
high

Internal competitive examination positions for higher class cannot exceed 50% of total positions offered for both external and internal competitions combined

French Ministry of Higher Education (recruitment authorities)
operational
medium

Unfilled positions from one competitive exam pathway may be reallocated to the other pathway, with the limitation that internal exam positions cannot receive more than 20% of total combined positions available

French Ministry of Higher Education (recruitment authorities)
operational
high

All newly recruited specialized library assistants must be appointed as trainees by ministerial order and complete a mandatory one-year training period

French Ministry of Higher Education
operational

Affected Parties

Library assistants in higher educationHigher education institutions

Tags

library,higher education,public service