Information Technology and Public Services Librarian
University of Calgary in Qatar
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
Provide all technical and IT support to Library
Develop a new library and collection
Assist students and faculties in information search
Assist academic with textbooks and other teaching resources
Information literacy instruction and support
Offers instructional support to both undergraduate and postgraduate students
Offer research support to UG and PG students
Collection and acquisition of library materials including books and PDAs.
Catalog, and process library collection materials.
Handling of RFID devices, security activation and required labeling of Learning Commons resources.
Create and Manage reports in LMS.
Maintaining the statistics for learning commons resource usage through data representation softwares.
Help with inter library loans services, deal with software technical problems, and train staff.
Provide technical and practical support in areas affecting daily operations.
Create displays, posters, general and library-related notices, and organize events.
Write copy and oversee updates for operations manuals and instructional documents.
Member on various work-related committees.
Taking initiatives and oversee various library outreach and promotional events.
Respond to learning commons users in a courteous, friendly and helpful manner.
Assist users in finding out articles from various databases, reliable web resources required for their research.
Assist users with formatting their documents in APA style.
Monitor the appropriate use of the facilities and equipment in the Computer Lab and the Learning Commons, ensuring compliance with regulations.
Provide assistance to users of the Computer Lab and the Learning Commons, including troubleshooting routine computer, printer, software, and access problems;
Circulate Learning Commons materials (books, laptops, audiovisual) following UCQ procedures.
Handling Ipad, PDAs and Laptops of Learning Commons and its day to day maintenance to meet the students/faculty needs.
Lead iPad management with the set up and installation using centralized management system.
Provide faculty support on learning management system.
Assist faculties and students with their technical issues and learning management information requirements.
Respond to learning commons users in a courteous, friendly and helpful manner.
Assist users in finding out the material they are looking for.
Monitor the appropriate use of the facilities and equipment in the Computer Lab and the Learning Commons, ensuring compliance with regulations.
Provide assistance to users of the Computer Lab and the Learning Commons, including troubleshooting routine computer, printer, software, and access problems;
Circulate Learning Commons materials (books, laptops, audiovisual) following UCQ procedures.
Handling Ipad, PDAs and Laptops of Learning Commons and its day to day maintenance to meet the students/faculty needs.
Handling Learning commons materials, including security activation, shelving and keeping track of material as and when required
Set up, assist, and troubleshoot video-conference calls
Provide classroom technical support for evening and weekend classes
Complete special projects within set timelines, as assigned by IT and Learning Commons.
Provide soft skill training to school students through volunteer service by being part of a Nonprofit organization (Injaz Qatar).
Provide assistance to university students for the completion of academic projects and its hard coding.
Development and implementation of small scale projects to small firms for their internal operations.
Provide assistance to various students for Computer science and mathematics.
Training the students and enhancing them to handle computer programs and projects alone on various programming languages.
Training the students on various problems solving methodologies and enable them for programming, web designing and web development.
Helps them to keep pace with the modern technologies.
Assist students in homework assignments, skills development, and career counseling
Present learning materials in various medium like books, audio, visual presentations, internet references etc.
Developed and implemented daily and unit lesson plans for preparatory and
secondary grade, administered tests and evaluations, and analyzed student
performance.
Conducted group/individual reading, math, ICT and science activities.
Handled ICT enabled teaching and learning activity, projector based lessons.
Fostered a classroom environment conducive to learning and promoting excellent
student/teacher interaction.
Participated in faculty and parent conferences.
Provide training in MS Office packages through advanced and challenging activities
Provide training in Sharepoint, and Advanced Excel in addition to the specific syllabus
Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Maintenance of company
website (www.shaklan.com).
Managed the complete website development and implementation independently
and hosted successfully.
Managing company internal emails, configurations and associated system level
trouble shooting.
Preparing documents like contracts, demand letter and other correspondence
with suppliers, subcontractors and clients on behalf of Managing Director.
Data and document controlling of various employee and work details and
other administrative duties. Working alone with no supervision, and
meeting the monthly deadlines.
Answer problematic phone calls from clients, suppliers and other associates.
Prepare monthly and weekly Reports for both projects and for employee details.
Working as the software developer(Java) for the company. And the job description is :
Functionality enhancement and code maintenance for Banking and Insurance product DCM (Distribution Channel Management).
Code maintenance and enhancement to DCM customization for Insurance giants like Well mark, MetLife, Pacific life insurance, United Health Care (UHC) etc.
Technologies used:
Languages: Java and XML, Python
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
Agile Techniques: Unit testing, refactoring, stand-ups
Development Environments: Eclipse
Source Control: SVN, CVS
Database: ORACLE, 10g, Postgres 8.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, DB2
GUI Environments: Java Swing,
Development of a new web portal which focus on diseases and its first level diagnosis. Effective communication mechanism is connected with portal so as to communicate with efficient doctors to make a final prediction.
Technologies used:
Languages: Core Java, JSP, Servlets and XML
Operating Systems: Windows
Agile Techniques: Unit testing, refactoring, stand-ups
Development Environments: Eclipse
Database: SQL Server 2005
GUI Environments: Java Swing
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