Ibrahim Hamdallah, Library Assistant

Ibrahim Hamdallah

Library Assistant

Sharjah Investment Authority-Shurooq

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Environmental science and management
Experience
22 years, 0 months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 0 months

Library Assistant at Sharjah Investment Authority-Shurooq
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since May 2021

Provide general and reference assistance to House of Wisdom visitors and users. Escort visiting groups and VIP visitors and give tours about House of Wisdom and with all facility and programs provided to guest and users. Responsible for supporting library collection using existing acquisition procedures and tools (PACT); Perform book orders through vendor system; Receive and check shipments from vendors against invoices; Perform follow ups with vendors, finance departments, shipping companies and UAE customs for related concerns; Process invoices and payments; Facilitate payments to vendors by preparing necessary paperwork; Augment library collection by performing purchases at UAE book fairs; Receive, organized and weed book donations before they are catalogued as part of library collection; Give relevant feedback to the library regarding policies.

Acquisition Library officer at Khalifa University
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2017 to July 2019

Ordering Books through vendor system
- Receiving suggested lists and orders from staff and faculties
- Organizing the orders in folders in Vendor website
- Checking orders and cleaning orders from previously orders or owned by library books
- Preparing price check lists in excel
- Send files to Finance for budget checking
- Placing books orders in vendor system
- Download Marc record for Order from to load it to OPAC system (KOHA).
- Making contact with vendor for emerging issues and reply for their emails (such as out of print books, different available copies…etc)

Receiving shipments from Vendor
- Preparing document for shipment to release it from custom (Ministry paper and online form)
- Organizing with security car access
- Checking carton and receiving the total number of carton matched the airway bill
- Receiving books against invoices
- Send the books to technical services
- Inform faculties in case order received by email.

Processing Invoices and payment
- Receive invoices in Symphony item by item
- Preparing GRN report
- Sending report to finance for payment
- Approving VIV for payment

Book fairs purchases
- Receiving lists from vendors.
- Receiving orders from faculties.
- Sending emails to vendors and faculties to acknowledge receiving list and orders.
- Buying book during book fair and asking for book donations from Government entities.
- Checking item purchased with invoices
- Preparing list of book fair purchases and report.

Donation
- Receiving donation
- check availability in collection
- Add brief record in Symphony
- Move excessive copies to compact shelves
- Prepare excessive copies to be sent as donation to other institution or entity
- Reviewing the old donations we received previously in the last years.

Policy and procedure
- Prepare procedure for work duties and give feedback in library policies for TS.

Public services Support
- Giving general and reference assistance to students and other library users at Circulation.
- Collection maintenance and inventory as part of public service support duties.

Acquisition Library Officer at The Petroleum Institute
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2015 to December 2016

Ordering Books through vendor system
- Receiving suggested lists and orders from staff and faculties
- Organizing the orders in folders in Vendor website
- Checking orders and cleaning orders from previously orders or owned by library books
- Preparing price check lists in excel
- Send files to Finance for budget checking
- Placing books orders in vendor system
- Download Marc record for Order from to load it to OPAC system (KOHA).
- Making contact with vendor for emerging issues and reply for their emails (such as out of print books, different available copies…etc)

Receiving shipments from Vendor
- Preparing document for shipment to release it from custom (Ministry paper and online form)
- Organizing with security car access
- Checking carton and receiving the total number of carton matched the airway bill
- Receiving books against invoices
- Send the books to technical services
- Inform faculties in case order received by email.

Processing Invoices and payment
- Receive invoices item by item
- Preparing GRN report
- Sending report to finance for payment
- Approving VIV for payment

Book fairs purchases
- Receiving lists from vendors.
- Receiving orders from faculties.
- Sending emails to vendors and faculties to acknowledge receiving list and orders.
- Buying book during book fair and asking for book donations from Government entities.
- Checking item purchased with invoices
- Preparing list of book fair purchases and report.

Donation
- Receiving donation
- check availability in collection
- Add brief record in Symphony
- Move excessive copies to compact shelves
- Prepare excessive copies to be sent as donation to other institution or entity
- Reviewing the old donations we received previously in the last years.

Policy and procedure
- Prepare procedure for work duties and give feedback in library policies for TS.

Public services Support
- Giving general and reference assistance to students and other library users at Circulation.
- Collection maintenance and inventory as part of public service support duties.

Web System Library Officer at Petroleum Institute
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2011 to August 2015

Performs duties to manage and support the library’s electronic resources with strong proactive customer support orientation; Tracks, monitors staff and public /student Library PCs, peripherals and software; request support and serves as “go-to” persons for library staff on computer hardware and software issues; Works as core members of the library web- team to maintain and enhance the Library’s webpages and other electronic resources; Serves as the primary system-admin support for the Library’s integrated library system; Assist with trouble-shooting and assist System Librarians and IT Department with technology concerns and updates; Support the work of the Discovery Systems software by providing a range of operational services to ensure the associated metadata is optimized for resources discovery by library clients.; Assist with management of electronic resources, particularly off-campus access to library resources; Keep current inventory listing of all Library computer equipment and peripherals as well as disposal list.; Manages and follows up on routine equipment maintenance or repair requests; Responsible for giving general and reference assistance to students and other library users at Circulation; Processes new library materials (books, serials and the like) in preparation for cataloging and give support in cataloging; Maintained library website and databases with updated content; Responsible for library Help Desk service and responding for user request and assign other library staff with related duties; Assisted the library in improving the collection through searching and preparing lists of books related to engineering for submission to technical services.

Library Assistant at Petroleum Institute
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2006 to November 2011

Responsible for giving general and reference assistance to students and other library users at Circulation; Processes new library materials (books, serials and the like) in preparation for cataloging; Assisted students search for books, articles and information resources through the help of the online catalogue, databases and online journals. Maintained library blog and researches for interesting updates to the blog. Assisted the library in improving the collection through searching and preparing lists of books related to engineering for submission to Acquisition. Maintained library website and intranet pages with changes required. Assisted in Library digitization project using Opsigate website.

Admin Assistant at SAA Group of Establishment
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • October 2005 to July 2006

Admin Assistant in the Library in Petroleum Institute through contract.
Responsible for giving general and reference assistance to students and other library users at Circulation; Processes new library materials (books, serials and the like) in preparation for cataloging; Assisted students search for books, articles and information resources through the help of the online catalogue, databases and online journals.

Data Entry / Part time at Union National Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • September 2005 to October 2005

Data Entry
Recieving
Filing

Manager Assisstant at TimeLine Internet Cafe
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2004 to April 2005

Cafe management.. problem solution.. maintenance....

Research Assistant at Jordan University/ Water and Environment research center
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2003 to March 2004

Responsible for following up field experiment located at the waste water treatment plant and collecting samples for Soil, water, and plant from sites. Conducted laboratory analysis for different nutrients, heavy elements, and doing microbiological tests for soil, water, and plant samples. Performed measurements of quality and nutrient contents for water and soil using different instrumentation such as atomic absorption, spectrophotometer, and other analytical methods. Prepared final reports after data entry and analysis.

Manager Assisstant at Sabra Internet Cafe
  • Jordan
  • September 2002 to March 2003

Cafe management.. problem solution.. maintenance....

Teacher Assistant at Jordan university, College of agriculture
  • Jordan
  • February 2002 to June 2002

Assisted the professor in supervising class activities in the computer laboratory. Assisted students in the use of computer programs used in class (e.g. Excel, Word). Assisted in preparation and distribution of educational materials and other class paraphernalia. Assisted in correcting exams sheets and quizzes. Performed other class related tasks as assigned.

Agriculture Engineer at Akawi agribuseniss and sons
  • Jordan - Amman
  • February 2001 to July 2001

Responsible for implementing garden design and landscaping plans of private and business customers. Supervised workers with garden maintenance work involving turf grass maintenance, pest control, and pruning to make sure company standards and customer demands are complied with. Addressed customer queries and problems as they arise.

Agriculture Engineer at Thimar agricultural company
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 1999 to January 2001

Responsible for implementing garden design and landscaping plans of private and business customers. Supervised workers with garden maintenance work involving turf grass maintenance, pest control, and pruning to make sure company standards and customer demands are complied with. Addressed customer queries and problems as they arise.

Teacher Assistant at Jordan university, college of agriculture
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 1999 to June 2000

Assisted the professor in supervising experiments and activities in the plant propagation laboratory. Assisted in preparation and distribution of educational materials and other class paraphernalia. Assisted in correcting exams sheets and quizzes. Performed other class related tasks as assigned.

Teacher Assistant at Jordan university, college of agriculture
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 1999 to January 2000

Assisted the professor in supervising experiments and activities in the plant propagation laboratory. Assisted in preparation and distribution of educational materials and other class paraphernalia. Assisted in correcting exams sheets and quizzes. Performed other class related tasks as assigned.

Education

Master's degree, Environmental science and management
  • at Jordan University
  • June 2005

Thesis: Distribution of Macronutrients in Soil and in Tomato Crop Irrigated with Wastewater Effluent of Different Qualities.* Jordan University, Amman, Jordan *This research was part of the cooperation project called “Development of cost-effective reclamation technologies for domestic wastewater and the appropriate agricultural use of the treated effluent under (semi) arid climate conditions (CORETECH)”, between the Jordan University and Wageningen Agricultural University in Netherlands (WAU). Duties: -Follow up field experiment in green house and water treatment plant . - Laboratory analysis (soil, water ,plant) -Data analysis and reporting the results

Master's degree, Horticultural science
  • at Jordan University
  • January 2001

Un-graduate, i had 18 credit hour in M.Sc. of horticultural science. i was master in the period from September 1999-January 2001. and for personal reason i couldn't finish my master

Bachelor's degree, plant production
  • at Jordan University
  • June 1999

Plant production which include : Horticultural science Floriculture Plant propagation Forage Forestry Range management

High school or equivalent, science
  • at Al-mutanabi secondary school
  • June 1995

tawjihi or high school

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Teaching Skills
Agriculture
Research Experience
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert
MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point
Tissue Culture
Adobe Photoshop
Symphony LMS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Agricultural Engineers Assosiation
  • member
  • September 1999

Training and Certifications

NEBOSH IGC (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2019

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Photography
  • Writing kids stories