Amal Shurair, Researcher

Amal Shurair

Researcher

Community College Of Qatar

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
Experience
14 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months

Researcher at Community College Of Qatar
  • Qatar
  • My current job since September 2012

* Requirements management and communication (Eliciting, organizing, translating
and simplifying requirements)
* Developing project management documents such as proposals and charters
* Assist in researching new developments in computerized systems and new
information technology solution
* Assist in the maintenance of and troubleshoots problems related to the Enterprise
* Act as liaison between the department and campus ITS department
* Analyzing various topics as requested, obtaining new data to interpret
* Other duties as assigned

NPRP Project at Doh
  • Qatar
  • My current job since April 2012

About the Project :
Project Name : Digital Library
Description of the Project:
The project aim to research and build the digital library community in Qatar,
supporting digital library use, services, collection development, tailored systems, and
advancing toward the Knowledge Society in Qatar.
Project Duration : 2012-2015
Duties :
* Provide Arabic-English support across communities for more effective services
with the digital library project
* Assist in organizing workshops and seminars related to the project
* Responsible for managing and updating project website
* Manage local budget activities
* Any other relevant activities related to the project as appropriate
* Other duties as assigned

System Specialist at Doh
  • Qatar
  • February 2010 to June 2010

* Assist in researching new developments in computerized library systems and
information technology.
* Assist in the selection and installation of all enterprise applications in QU Library.
* Assist in the maintenance of and troubleshoots problems related to the Enterprise
applications deployed in QU Library.
* Assist in analyzing QU Library application requirements, individual user
requirements and industry trends to advise on enhancements to available
applications/acquisition of new applications
* Assist in Implementation, upgradate and customization of Millennium system.
* Coordinate with the selected vendor and respective Department Heads for
implementation of Enterprise applications.
* Maintain cordial relations with Enterprise application development vendors to
ensure timely delivery of services as per agreed timelines and quality.
* Coordinate and facilitate training programs to ensure users are adequately
trained on new applications
* Provide staff training sessions related to relevant new technologies, including ILS
updates
* Respond to staff and patron ILS inquiries
* Maintain campus proxy server and URL link resolver
* Act as liaison between the library and campus ITS department
* Provide computer hardware and software support
* Generate ILS and website usage statistics
* Maintain library website with updates, enhancements, and functionality
* Participate in library planning and policy development
* Other duties as assigned

System Administrator at Doh
  • Qatar
  • November 2008 to February 2010

Member Of Technical Team) -
RAWAFED Project.
About the Project:
Project Name: RAWAFED Project
Description of the Project:
The project aimed to implement Millennium, Library Information Management
System, which includes four main modules in addition to a number of sub-modules
and tools. The latter include: WebPac; Electronic Resource Management; Output
Accounting System; WebBridge LR; Pathfinder Pro; Media Management; Web Access
Management. This implementation is expected to provide significant improvement in
the services provided by QU library to its stakeholders; most services will be
available on-line. Moreover, QU library records will be converted into the widely used
MARC21 format to promote higher level of efficiency in acquiring and maintaining
library holdings. Part of the implementation will handle integration between
Millennium and QU academic, financial and HR systems. QU will make the maximum
effort to realign current library policy and procedures with international standards
paving the way for the minimum level of any required customization

at Millennium
  • January 2008 to January 2010

* Assist in data Migration to move required data from the existing system into

Education

Master's degree, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
  • at Qatar University
  • December 2015
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Engineering
  • at Qatar University
  • June 2008
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Wade Al-Seel Secondary School
  • June 2003

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Specialties & Skills

ACADEMIC
ACCOUNTANCY
BUDGETING
DATA CONVERSION
DATA MIGRATION
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NETSCAPE ENTERPRISE SERVER
RESEARCH
WEB SITE PRODUCTION

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert