Experience

Oman Medical Journal

• Oman
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• E library and resource Manager

  • Apr 2010 - Present

  I successfully involved in: 1.The collection development: a.Electronic Library: - Evaluating current resources, suggesting new resources, negotiation for the new and old licenses and reviewing licenses agreements. - Improved the current collection by adding emphasize on the Journals collection development. - Communication and follow up with publishers and providers with regards to the renewals, new subscriptions, access problems, and training programmes. - Work on solving access problems and suggesting the new solutions to overcome such problems. - Conducting trials on new resources and evaluating these resources through communicating with the scientific committees and collecting their feedback. b. Physical Collection: - Communicating with the scientific committees and collecting their feedback for their needs of books. - Purchased about 700 medical textbooks and references to be distributed to residents and training centers. - Suggest improvement in the yearly physical collection purchase to create a standard collection for OMSB user’s references. 2.OMSB Website evaluation and review. a.Evaluation of OMSB website using Nielsen's heuristic evaluation and suggestions of improvements. b.Meeting with IT team to build new OMSB website templates and reviewing theses templates with H.E.Dr. Abdullah. c.Working with the IT team on building micro e-library website which will provide easy and fast access to users through their hand held devices and it expected to be launched by 2012. 3.A proposal for an OMSB physical medical information center finalized and submitted to be included in the OMSB head quarter. 4.Organized and conducted full training program for all the residents on all the e-library resources where the training was carried out by international trainers.



International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

• Netherlands
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Standing Committee Member of IFLA SER section

  • Mar 2009 - Present

  Serving on a Section Standing Committee is one of the best ways of contributing to the work of IFLA. Standing Committees are at the heart of the Federation. They help develop policies, carry out surveys and other projects, prepare guidelines, and organise open sessions and workshops at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress. Serving on a Standing Committee provides opportunities for professional development, networking with colleagues from many different countries and helps to advance the profession.



Springer Nature Group

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Springer Library Advisory Board Member (Middle East & North Africa)

  • Apr 2008 - Present

  As LAB member my role can be summarized as: provide direct input into Springer’s business models, pricing, product development, and policy strategies to make certain that Springer is market driven. They assess the potential of new products and offer feedback to help Springer develop a comprehensive strategy for product development. As LAB member my role can be summarized as: provide direct input into Springer’s business models, pricing, product development, and policy strategies to make certain that Springer is market driven. They assess the potential of new products and offer feedback to help Springer develop a comprehensive strategy for product development.



Royal Hospital- MoH

• Head, Medical Library

  • Jul 2005 - Present

  * preparing a strategic plan for the library and hospital’s information resources; * Developing the library’s collection; * Building relationships with other medical institutions in the country and abroad; * Increase awareness of the effects of biomedical information on medical research/education and healthcare provision. * Introduced new services such as CMEIS (Continuous Medical Education Information Service) and EBMRS (Evidence-Based Medicine Reference Service); * Organizes regular workshops, seminars and lectures on computer & internet skills, evaluation of information on the Web, including medical resources and search tools; * Organizes an annual conference/exhibition for medical librarians and healthcare professionals; * Designed the library Web portal (www.rhcml.com); * Expands the Library’s electronic resources and support remote access to them; * Edits the library’s newsletter. * Library day to day management *Staff Development-Human Resources Management *Working on building the Omani Medical Libraries Resource Sharing consortia * Member of the Library and Learning Resources Training Committee (LLRTC) *Board member of the Omani Library Association and president of its Medical Library Chapter



University of Sheffield.

• Student representative of the MSc Information Management

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2010

  As Student Representative my role was to: • Represent the views of students in the Information Management MSc programme to other programmes, the faculty and wider society. • Improve communication between the students in the programme and the faculty in departments. • Raise awareness about department campaigns and carry out research. • Seek the student view point on various academic issues • Develop knowledge of students’ issues of concern within the programme and the department. • Encourage the department to meet the Code of Good Practice for Students in Departments and Faculties • Managing conflict s between students or between students and faculty , to solve problems and control situation when quarrels occur.



SLA

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Member on Board and professional development Chair

  • 2008 - 2010

  I am involved in the Annual conference organization and I am responsible of all the professional development activities all over the region throughout the year. I am involved in the Annual conference organization and I am responsible of all the professional development activities all over the region throughout the year.



Oman Library Association

• President of the Medical Library Chapter in Oman Library Association and The Coordinator of Continuo

  • 2008 - 2010

  Conducting professional development events through out the year discussing problems and issues facing medical librarian in Oman and try to help make plans to improve medical library practices and creating new rules Conducting professional development events through out the year discussing problems and issues facing medical librarian in Oman and try to help make plans to improve medical library practices and creating new rules