System Librarian
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Total years of experience :20 years, 9 Months
Planning, coordinating and managing workflows of the library systems and technology unit.
Leading the unit in developing and implementing best practices for resource description and management in the integrated library system.
Developing and administering technical specification contracts for electronic resources with vendors.
Provides monthly statistical and activities reports.
Planning and managing migration form Sierra system to KOHA system.
Providing administrative oversight for the planning, selection, integration and development of future library technologies, systems, applications, and other digital infrastructure.
• Install, implement and configure Library systems and software to meet the customer business requirements.
• Provide product consultancy & training to users.
• Provide post live support to Customers.
• Monitor client training/consultancy requirements throughout implementation to satisfy customer needs.
• Provide hands-on assistance with system set-up.
• Prepares evaluation of library systems based on observations and surveys.
• Library, Digital Archiving and Information Science workshop lecturer.
• Experience of migrating to Open Source Integrated Library Systems.
• Establish and execute a project communication plan.
• Coordinate recruitments or selection of project personnel.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings related to library systems projects.
• Planning and creating lectures, materials and presentations for workshops.
• Staying updated on innovations and changes within their program field.
• Advising trainees on how to be successful in their jobs.
• Evaluating trainee’s performance promptly.
Administer, direct, and review library programs.
Develop library policies and procedures. Plans, organizes, administers and coordinates library services.
Prepares reports for CAO.
Assist the CAO in developing the annual operational plan of the library.
Collaborates with Academic Program Directors, instructional staff and Learning and development academy personnel to develop the library collections and required supporting library resources.
Trains Library Team members to perform duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Supervises teams to ensure excellence in delivery of liaison services, enquiry and lending services, acquisition and cataloguing services, e-library services and bookstore services.
• Administer, direct, and review library programs.
• Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work.
• Provide guidance to management on developing, implementing and revising library programs and policies and resolving issues regarding library operations and staff.
• Plans for responding to needs of a library by participating in the strategic planning process.
• Develop library policies and procedures.
• Teach library literacy classes to students.
• Explain use of library staff, equipment, and services, and provide information about library policies.
• Plans, organizes, administers and coordinates library services.
• Develops concepts, practices, techniques and innovations to improve the quality, productivity and variety of library services.
• Establish and monitor day-to-day systems and workflows in library.
• Document all library processes and procedures.
• Prepares all sittings, system preferences and parameters for Koha library system to Library.
• Maintain the Web Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), including recommend and implement new features as they become available.
• Creating PHP reports for Koha library system.
• Designs all the library fliers, brochures and monthly reports.
• Presents all technical support for
Koha library system.
• Handle automation responsibilities.
• Provides supervision to the library systems Department, trains and coordinates activities of the systems staff.
•Designs digital library interface.
•Designs systems library interface.
•Additional responsibilities may include working on the staff intranet.
•Administers library server, and remote access to library electronic
•Responsible for the inventory of the contents of the Library
•Designs and develops web-based database applications
Reference Librarian
•Responsible for electronic library section
•Prepares reports for supervisor.
•Responsible for presenting information services.
•Presenting all circulation services
•Process resources for placement on shelf.
Reference Librarian
•Performs professional library services in assisting library.
•Patrons in the selection and use of library materials.
•Plan and organize work according to season of year, special events and regular library schedule.
•Responsible for the quality and currency of the reference collection.
•Prepares regular and narrative reports for supervisor
•Attends meetings and participates in professional library organizations.
•Responsible for the patrons membership and circulation
Desk.
Ph.D. Degree in Library and Information Science " Building networks of libraries using open-sources integrated systems" First Class Honours
Master's Degree in Library and Information Science "Public Libraries Services Websites", 2010 “Grade Excellent “- Cairo, Egypt.
حاصل على تمهيدي ماجستير عام 2005