Ahmed Eladham, Librarian

Ahmed Eladham

Librarian

Ministry of Education

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Library Information Science
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Librarian at Ministry of Education
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2017

Participate in planning learning experiences by providing group and individual instruction, assessing student progress, and evaluating activities
Join teachers and other internal and external stakeholders to plan and implement meaningful experiences that will promote a love of reading and learning
Plan and provide professional development opportunities within the school and district for all staff
Provide leadership and expertise in the selection, acquisition, evaluation, and organization of information resources and technologies in all formats
Provide expertise in the ethical use of information
Cooperate and network with other libraries, librarians, agencies and stakeholders to facilitate access to resources outside the school
Establish processes and procedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, resource sharing resources among-st schools, staff / students

Librarian at Roads & Transportation Authority
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2013 to December 2016

•Ordering new materials
•Processing new library materials
•Copy cataloging of library materials
•Staffing the reference desk & answering reference inquiries
•Staffing the circulation desk
•Providing library instruction as required
•Faculty materials processing and documentation
•Ensuring an atmosphere conducive to study is maintained
•Explaining and enforcing library rules and policies
•Providing technical and clerical support for serials and faculty materials
•Recording statistics and preparing statistical reports
•Responsible for opening and closing the library as required
•Other tasks as may be required

Librarian at Emirates Collegeof Technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2010 to February 2013

Emirates College of Technology (Abu Dhabi )
Feb 2010 - Feb 2013
Librarian
•Technical processing of the library’s informational material including skills such as cataloging, classification according to Library of Congress Scheme.
•Classification according to the latest edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme and Library of Congress.
•Providing Current awareness and Reference Services to the users.
•Providing Circulation Services to the Users.
•Monitoring, tracking and recording the use of library equipment including books, periodicals, computers, audio-visual equipment and others.
•Taking full responsibility of the shelving process of all library materials.
•Develop and implements reading initiative to motivate and engage each student independent reading.
•Providing Professional development to teachers to investigate how technology and information skills can support curriculum and instruction.
•Establishes, maintains and updates an automated Cataloger
•Develops Library vision, mission, and goals with input from administrators, teachers, students, and all other stakeholders
•Documents and maintains records on all aspects of the Library Program
•Effectively communicates the vision for the college library to the faculty, staff, and community
•Communicates regularly with staff, students about library resources and programs in various forms (e.g. Staff meetings, newsletters, student newspaper, displays, Web page).
•Provide technical expertise, support, and training for digital library planning and development.
•Browsing, multilingual support, access management and support for multiple document types and formats at all levels from collection to categorization to concept forming.
• Plan and coordinate training of library staff and others in the use of internal and external information technologies and collect and coordinate appropriate statistics.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Library Information Science
  • at Tanta University
  • May 2001

cataloging - classification - indexing - archiving several topics of library information science

Specialties & Skills

Classification
Library
Materials
Newsletters
Newspaper
using electronic sources of information
• Experience in operating WINISIS 1.3 (Computerize Documentation System for Integrated set of Inform
Leadership
Team Work
Computer skills

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
Dutch
Beginner

Memberships

Arabic Union Catalog
  • Member
  • March 2006
منتدي اخصائي المكتبات والمعلومات العرب
  • Member
  • September 2002
الاتحاد العربي للمعلومات -اعلم
  • Member
  • November 2010

Training and Certifications

ILEST 4.5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009
LRC Profesional services (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Valid Until:
August 2009

Hobbies

  • Reading - Fooball