Arabi
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
Job Title: Reference Librarian/Research Librarian/Research Assistant/Librarian Job Profile: Research support services:
•Answering queries related to finding suitable journals to publish a paper from ISI journal list, literature search service, assists in editing and formatting paper as per journal's guidelines.
•Sending alerts to the researcher for upcoming conferences and other research-related events (around the world and within KSA).
•Assists users with general information on citation styles, technology, and university research guideline.
•Assists in plagiarism/similarity checking, in-text citations, bibliography, etc.
•Conducts one-on-one sessions to provide specialized services to the researcher or group of researchers to create research profiles on multiple platforms such as ORCID, Researcher ID, Author ID, google scholar, ResearchGate, Linked In, etc.
•Conducts specialized training sessions to use reference management software (Mendeley, EndNote, etc.) and data analysis software (RStudio, IBM SPSS).
•Conducts workshops/training sessions on literature search, searching techniques, strategies, and Skills, Publishing articles from thesis/dissertation, writing structured abstracts for journal articles, writing research proposals, etc.
•Prepare and update guidelines to use a specific database (basic and advanced levels) such as Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed. Reference services:
•Provide short-range and long-range reference and information services to patrons of KFUPM.
•Conducts thorough reference interviews to determine users' questions and the extent of information needed.
•Prepare lists for CAS (Current Awareness Service) and SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information) and send alerts to the researchers.
•Assists individuals and groups in locating and obtaining information and materials from within the library, online, or through interlibrary loans to answer reference questions in person, by telephone, or by e-mail.
•Educate users through information literacy programs, introductory workshops, and research skills development programs in blended mode, including training and online resources.
•Provides circulation, reference, and reader's advisory services
•Prepare instructional aids regarding bibliographic instruction, computers & technology, library materials, and services.
•Deals with user inquiries, which may involve one-on-one advice sessions.
•Maintains statistics of reference questions for self-evaluation and computer use. Virtual reference services:
•Provide professional, accurate, and timely reference assistance by e-mail or live chat to the students and faculty at our client institutions.
•To meet the first response rate of minutes or hours, respond to an inquiry no later than 24 hours.
•To ensure all students or faculty members receive a high standard of online response and assistance Interlibrary loan service:
•Check, process, and transmit Interlibrary Loan requests from university borrowers using the dedicated online ILL system, to ensure that material is supplied promptly.
•Check and process Interlibrary Loan requests from external libraries using the online Library system to ensure that material is supplied promptly.
•Maintain accurate user records on the dedicated online ILL system, including statistics of all transactions and related correspondence, so that management information can be provided effectively and queries answered.
•Requests to appropriate libraries, such as Tudelf library and British library or overseas library, when required, to provide an excellent service to users of libraries.
•Answer inquiries from university staff and students about the progress of their requests (by telephone, e-mail, or face-to-face) so that the service provided is positively regarded. Plagiarism Services:
•Responsible for creating and activating university users' accounts (for both Ithenticate and Turnitin) and troubleshooting the problem related to it by communicating with faculties and services providers.
•Creates similarity report as requested (in exceptional cases). Other on-demand services:
•Specialized literature search (for patents, reports, standards, or documentaries)
•Data collection (or downloads) & organization.
•Design and conduct specialized training for a specific group of researchers.
•Manages operations and services, including employees, collections, and facility
•Prepares statistical reports
•Represents Library at meetings and events
•Advocates and promotes library services
Job Title: Librarian Job Profile:
•Provide information with the help of the latest technology for both the practice of scholarly inquiry and the daily routine of students and faculty.
•Involved in teaching students and developing their information literacy.
•Ensuring library meets every day/upcoming /changing trends / exciting challenges and envisions library as the cornerstone of a leading information center of the college.
•Collected, organized, and managed information in various mediums such as books, newspapers, periodicals, maps, pamphlets, film, DVDs, photographs, microfiche, CDs, cassettes, and online and CD-ROMs.
•Addressed users' queries regarding library materials, literature search, and inter-library requests from other libraries
•Established the library budgets for infrastructure, materials purchases, and other related expenditures.
•Prepared inventories for the purchased and donated items and maintained accession register for the library resources.
•Ordering, receiving, unpacking, cataloging, and identifying tallying the items purchased.
•Checked in and checked out books and other materials at the circulation desk.
Job Title: Librarian Job Profile:
•Trained students and staff on the proper use of the library needed library skills, finding information, and locating materials.
•Encouraged the use of technology within the library, research the Internet, and educated teachers and students on using these resources as they pertain to the library.
•Assisted in selecting quality materials that meet the needs and desires of individual students and teachers that support the curriculum, provide enrichment, and contribute to the growth of social, intellectual, and aesthetic values in line with college mission and book selection policy and research publishers' best prices.
•Administered and developed the library resources according to policies and curriculum through selection, weeding, cataloging, and processing.
•Assisted in developing/updating, and documenting library procedures, standards, and operation policies.
•Maintains circulation records within a library computer system, including preparation of weekly and monthly statistics on the use of Library holdings, overdue lists, lost and damaged items, payment for lost/damaged materials, updating catalogs and indexes, and preparing circulation reports for concerned parties
•Maintain information files & records as requested for correspondence reports, library usage, and other materials.
•Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Job Title: Librarian Job Profile:
•Assisted in maintaining and organizing an up-to-date catalog and circulation system.
•Processes new materials, making them ready for check-out.
•Helps students and faculty locate materials.
•Prepares and disseminates overdue notices.
•Collected the replacement costs for lost and damaged items.
•Shelved library materials and ensured that items were maintained in the correct order.
•Kept the statistical records of usage, circulation, etc.
•Notifies students when reserved books are available.
•Supervises and executes automated inventory.
•Monitored students while using the library.
•Helped to maintain a friendly and helpful atmosphere for students and faculty.
•Kept the library organized (with all my might), clean, neat, and welcoming to visitors.
•Prepared the bulletin boards and displays regularly to update the users.
•Assisted in special projects and programs as directed by the higher authorities.
Job Title: Assistant Librarian Job Profile:
•Worked in the circulation department for check-in and check-out of library resources.
•Maintained accession registers for periodicals.
•Shelving, weeding, and stock verification.
•Other duties as assigned.