Mohamed Anwar

Male Campus Head Librarian at Jumeira University
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(386) 825-5501
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AE
Languages
  • Arabic Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Dr. Kamal ElGazzar

Mr. Mohamed Anwar is a well-known expert in libraries industry. Mr. Anwar offers to the topic both academic knowledge and real-world experience, which distinguishes his work. Mr. Anwar has always impressed me with his extraordinary work ethic, politeness, and reliability. Always willing to assist others, works well alone and in team environment, by balancing his own expertise with those of the team members. He has never denied assistance when asked. I wish him well in both his professional and personal endeavors.

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Credentials

  • B A of Arts for Libraries & information Science
    Helwan University Cairo
    Jun, 2001
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Jumeira University
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Male Campus Head Librarian
      • Feb 2023 - Present

      • Act as the first line of communication in receiving and resolving concerns regarding library resources and services for the Male campus library. • Develop targeted outreach and marketing of Library resources and services formalizing support programs for student organizations and alumni. • Develop targeted outreach programs to facilitate faculty and student use of the Library and University Libraries' academic technologies. • Provide reference services to the University and affiliated communities. • Participate in activities related to Library governance, scholarly research, and professional service. • Provide information literacy instruction designed to support self-directed, self-sufficient learning in a variety of settings and in a variety of instructional modalities. • Design and provide contextualized information literacy instruction. • Support faculty research. • Promote library resources and services to students, faculty and staff through orientations, training, workshops, and networking.

  • GLG Ltd. Project & Own Projects
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Library Services & digital Transformation Consultant
      • Jan 2022 - Present

      Provides specialized technology consultations for establishing, developing and automating libraries, using information technologies through visits, state of the art studies, requirements determination and improvement of strategic development operation to carry organizational goals. * Create, develop and approve projects charter and document features, projects deliverables functions, existing processes, projects strategic linkages, indicators and risks. * Preparing projects implementation and management plans, including defining the various resources, duration, and dates, and defining project milestones and outputs. * Preparing the communication plan between the project team members, Follow up the preparation of documents and contracts related to projects, Holding a meetings to hand over and finish the project after taking approvals, Preparing and documenting the knowledge resulting from the projects and disseminating them to those concerned to benefit from them in preparing future projects. Main Responsibilities include:  Providing technical services for installation, data conversion & migration, maintenance & upgrade  Software development, customization & testing and quality assurance  Ensure equitable access to information resources, services, facilities and systems, in physical or virtual environments.  Be innovative and proactive in the implementation of new technologies and library services.  Assure adequate library and research resources are available to meet Users needs, within assigned budget. Plan for collection growth and technological change.  Research, conclude and manage all required and/or beneficial license, copyright and consortia agreements.  Manage Library budget.  Hire and train staff and conduct performance reviews to ensure a high level of professional service.  Conducting technical Presentations, Demonstrations, Consultations & Training

  • ALZAD for Digital Archiving LLC
    • Cairo, Egypt
    • Library Systems Consultant
      • Dec 2018 - Dec 2021

       Provides specialized technology consultations for establishing, developing and digital archiving, using information technologies through visits, state of the art studies, requirements determination and improvement of strategic development operation to carry organizational goals.  Software development, customization & testing and quality assurance.  Providing advice on a wide range of digital systems issues including strategy, policy, management and service delivery.  Provide clear understanding of best practices for library digitization.  Identify the demand for this archival information—audience identification, potential partnerships with scholars, universities, etc.  Create a full, scheduled Work Plan for Digitization of library projects.  Create clear, binding documents for intellectual control; reassess protocols for archive donations and permissions for scholars using the libraries online.  Provide clear understanding of licensing and permissions for digital libraries.  Training of staff and interns on proper digitization methods.  Recommend guidelines to create digital finding aids for archival materials.  Recommend guidelines for prioritizing material to be digitized.  Provide clear understanding of best practices for archival digitization.  Supervising the handling of archives according to international standards  Implementation and development of libraries and Records management systems.  Record and monitor all aspects of communication with clients and review against the sales plan

  • Qatar Ministry of Interior - Police Academy
    • Doha, Qatar
    • Systems Librarian
      • Nov 2008 - Sep 2018

      Main Responsibilities include: • Provides specialized technology consultations for establishing, developing and automating libraries, using information technologies through visits, state of the art studies, requirements determination and improvement of strategic development operation to carry organizational goals. • Providing technical services for installation, data conversion & migration, maintenance & upgrade • Software development, customization & testing and quality assurance • Conducting technical Presentations, Demonstrations, Consultations & Training • Being a very positive team member and proved to be extremely helpful to the achievement of overall team targets • Providing consultations on a wide range of library information systems issues including strategy, policy, management and service delivery. • Maintain up to date knowledge and skills in Symphony, Horizon and ADLIB from a professional prospective, including but not limited to: • Assuming product manager responsibility in the office for Symphony, Horizon and ADLIB. • 3M RFID Library management and security solutions. • Project implementation planning and fulfilment. • Auditing on the quality control for library Catalogues.

  • Moza Bent Mohamed independent School
    • Doha, Qatar
    • Library Manager
      • Oct 2005 - Oct 2008

       Establish and maintain effective working relationship with employees, Library Committees, Friends of the Library, and other departments and professional groups.  Perform other related duties in Libraries as required: selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services.  Manage the Library’s finances within the annual budget  Manage staff work schedule and payroll records.  Establish and maintain library collections including selecting, classifying and overseeing cataloging of materials.  Oversee the daily operation of the library.  Maintain patron/circulation statistics.  Train, supervise, and evaluate library staff.  Maintain knowledge in and ability to operate library computer systems.  Remain informed concerning library-related issues and information.  Oversee facility maintenance.

  • Knowledge Ware Technology For library Services
    • Egypt , Kuwait & Qatar
    • systems Library Administrator $ Projects Coordinator
      • Feb 2002 - Sep 2005

       Provides specialized technology Advisory for establishing, developing and automating libraries, using information technologies through visits, state of the art studies, requirements determination and improvement of strategic development operation to carry organizational goals.  Distinguished technical participation – Technical Services  Record and monitor all aspects of communication with clients and review against the sales plan  Representing Company to large number of exhibitions, conferences, meetings with customers and vendors.  Being a very positive team member and proved to be extremely helpful to the achievement of overall team targets.  Managing customer relations, accounts, sales & business development  Conducting technical presentations, demonstrations & consultations  Providing technical services for installation, data conversion & migration, maintenance & upgrade  Software development, customization & testing and quality assurance.  Providing advice on a wide range of information systems issues including strategy, policy, management and service delivery.  Technical & systems training  End users technical support  Library and archiving systems technology specialist using international applications ( Unicorn Library management systems.)  Troubleshooting Client-Server Multi-Tier Applications over LAN.

  • The Arab Administrative Development Organization
    • Cairo, Egypt
    • Trainee
      • Sep 2000 - May 2001

       Present Current Awareness Service, for Researchers in the ARADO library.  Preparing For some Service that Library can do for its Users.  Technical Processing for Variety of Information Materials in Library (Books, Periodicals, Reference, Audio–Visual Materials …etc.) such as Cataloging, Classification, Indexing, Abstracting, Press Clipping files).  Shelving and Rebuilding Books, and other Media on Shelves.  Present Current Awareness Service, for Researchers in the ARADO library.  Preparing For some Service that Library can do for its Users.  Technical Processing for Variety of Information Materials in Library (Books, Periodicals, Reference, Audio–Visual Materials …etc.) such as Cataloging, Classification, Indexing, Abstracting, Press Clipping files).  Shelving and Rebuilding Books, and other Media on Shelves.

Education

  • Helwan University Cairo
    Bachelor's degree, Library and Information Science
    1997 - 2001

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