Library Manager
HAMDAN BIN MOHAMED SMART UNIVERSITY
Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months
Responsible for all library functions, which include staff and user training and supervision, annual budget, report writing, and collection development.
- Maintain the annual resources budget.
- Teach one course per semester in information literacy and references.
- Create literature guides to assist users in locating specific materials.
- Collaborate with faculty to incorporate print and electronic resources into their curriculum.
- Promote library services and resources to faculty and students, coordinate campus-wide tutoring services through the library-based Learning Enrichment Center.
- Plan and deliver information literacy classroom instruction to each incoming student.
- Design revision of targeted search aids and training tools.
- Perform collection development and acquisitions with a strong emphasis on health and medical resources.
- Provide daily reference and research assistance.
Achievements:
- Launch and operate HBMSU smart library.
- Launch the smart reference service using AI technologies (ChatBot).
- Launch HBMSU academic repositories.
- Teach academic courses.
Responsible for day-to-day operations, supervision of professional and paraprofessional staff.
- Provide information and recommendations to the Board of Deans.
- Respond to reference inquiries.
- Resolve operational needs and pursue opportunities for growth of library services,
collections, and programs.
Achievements:
- Establish and set up the university libraries (Male & Female).
- Write full university libraries policy and procedures.
- Teach academic courses.
Responsible for day-to-day library operations and reference services.
- Check in, check out, and renew library materials using automated system.
- Train staff and users to use and access library systems.
- Guide users on research techniques and on using information technologies.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual library statistics.
Achievements:
- Take part in automating the library and services.
- Establish university archives (photo & documents).
Part of a team of reference librarians available to provide exceptional research services to an active and vibrant community in a research center.
- Review and select new books and other resources for collection development.
- Perform administrative functions, including check-ins, coding of new materials, order processing, and managing interlibrary loans.
- Generate and distribute different administrative reports.
- Manage ready-reference and reserve materials, including pamphlets and selected serials.
Provide reference services from a central reference desk to students, faculty, and other patrons.
- Serve as liaison librarian to the central university library.
- Conduct bibliographic instruction and orientation classes.
- Guide students on how to access electronic databases.
- Assist students and faculty in research and document retrieval.
- Participate in collection development of reference resources in the areas of natural science and education.
- Prepare handouts on bibliographic instruction, reference sources and bibliographies (both APA and MLA style.)
- Assist the circulation and reserve desk.
- Edit library's newsletter.
Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science – Library. Thesis: "The Role of Academic Libraries in the Arab World in Managing and Measuring Intellectual Capital"
Master's degree in Library and Information Science – Library. Thesis: "Change Management in Academic Libraries: Case Study"
Bachelor's degree in Library and Information Science – Library.
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