CURRICULUM VITA- SHORT

Address: Birzeit University Main Library

P.O. BOX ”  14 “ Birzeit- Palestine

Tel . : + 972-2-2982006

Fax   : + 972-2- 2982901

Email : [email protected] – [email protected]

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1983       : Master of Library and Information Science (MLS) / Indiana University-

                   Indiana- U.S.A.             

1976-1980 : Bachelor of Arts, Major: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

1980       : Teaching Diploma / Birzeit University- Birzeit- Palestine.

1975         : High School Certificate ( Tawjihi ) / St. Joseph School- Jerusalem- Palestine      

WORK EXPERIENCE

1998-         : Library Director – Birzeit University Main Library

1995-1998 : Head Librarian – To establish the Law Institute Library – BZU

1983-1995 : Head of Cataloging Department – BZU Main Library

1975-1976 : School Teacher / St. Joseph School – Jerusalem – Palestine

1980-1997 : Teaching Library Skills Course to Freshman Students, BZU

1990-1997 : Head of Administrative Board , Voluntarily / Birzeit Public Library /

                    and a member of the Board of Trustees.

1995-1996 : Faculty member/ “Diploma Program for Librarians”/ Palestine Technical

      College – Ministry of Education - Ramallah.

1996-2002 : Participating in the Teaching Program for the Master students / Law  

                   Institute / BZU in the course “ Information Technology “ on: The Use of

                   The Library and Its Computer System, Minisis.

2002-2004 : Participating in the teaching program for the Diploma for lawyers, and

                    judges offered by the Institute of Law/ BZU.

RESEARCH

I have written several papers presented at conferences, symposiums and workshops locally, regionally and internationally.

TRAINING COURSES, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS:

Participated in tens of training courses and workshops related to the profession, locally, regionally and internationally.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES

• INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS “ IFLA “ member, 1990-
• PUBLIC LIBRARY – Birzeit , Member of Board of Trustees & Head of Administrative Board, 1990-1997.
• PALESTINIAN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ASSOCIATION “ PLIA “ , MEMBER of the Administrative Board, 1995- 1997and a regular member, 1998-
• Vice President of PLIA 1997-2000.
• TRAINING COMMITTEE – PLIA : HEAD 1995- June 1998.
• NATIONAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE, Ministry of Culture / Member, 1996 .
• COMMITTEE on CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT / Library Programs, Ministry of Education / Member , 1996 .
• ARAB FEDERATION FOR LIBRARIES & INFORMATION “ AFLI “ , 1996-   MEMBER and a COORDINATOR for Palestine from 1996-1998 .
• ACADEMIC LIBRARIES COMMITTEE – Ministry of Higher Education – Member, 1998-    
• COMMITTEE ON STUDYING THE NEEDS FOR A LIBRARY SCHOOL OR A LIBRARY PROGRAM IN PALESTINE . A joint project between the British Council and the Ministry of Higher Education / Member, 1999-2001.
• ACRL ( ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ) , member, 1999-
• THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY PROJECT. A joint project among the EU, The UNESCO and the Center of the Book in Arles-France / Coordinator, 2002-2004.
• MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE / International Conference on libraries from a human rights perspective " This conference –organized by RCHRS (Ramallah Center For Human Rights Studies) in cooperation with IFLA" , from 31-3-2008 till 2-4-2008.

ADVISORY BOARDS:

• Serve as Country Coordinator to Eifl (Electronic Information For Libraries) to help create a national consortium since June 2005.
• PALICO (Palestinian Library and Information Consortium) / General and Licensing Coordinator since June 2005.
• Serve as a member on eIFL Advisory Board for the period from 2008-2010 and 2014-2016.
• Serve as member on the LAP (Librarians and Archivists with Palestine) Adivisory Board since June 2014.

COMMUNITY WORK

• Establishing Birzeit Public Library with a group of Birzeiti Academics in 1990.
• A member of the Advisory Committee- Ministry of Culture to run a survey on the status of libraries and librarians in Palestine, March 1995.
• A member of the administrative Board- Birzeit Society- and served on the steering Committee- Birzeit Society Conference- July 1998.
• Establsing the Children’s library at the Women’s Charitable Society- Birzeit in summer 2016.
• A member of Birzeit Women’s Charitable Society, Rozana, and other social organizations.

CONSULTANCY

• Participating in training librarians in courses held by different associations, such as British Council, Ma’an Center, Ministry of Education, Tamer Institute… etc.
• Assisting different types of libraries in technical and technological services upon request.
• Participating in training teachers from private and governmental schools in cataloging and classification of library materials/ Ministry of Education- Ramallah/ February and August 1996.
• Teaching on a Library skills course to trainees from different public and children libraries held at Tamer Institute in cooperation with the British Council in Ramallah, between the 27^th and 29^th of August 2005.
• Consultancy work with UNDP and AFD (Academy of French Development) to help establish the Mental Health Library/ Ministry of Health- Palestine, from January 2009 till June 2011. I was the project manager.
• On demand for any consultancy Projects related to Libraries and librarians.

AWARDS:

• Awarded a fabulous prize through eIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) for suggesting the best title and plan for the Online course: "Copyright Laws for Librarians: a Distance Learning Course" This was announced in the eIFL Newsletter of January-February 2008.
• UNESCO Award for the success story of Birzeit University using open source system to run old computers. This was announced by eIFL in June 2008.

LANGUAGES

n  ARABIC

n  ENGLISH

n  FRENCH