EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1983:     Master of Library and Information Science (MLS) / Indiana University- Indiana- U.S.A.

1976-1980: Bachelor of Arts, Major: English Language and 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

1980-1982 : Assistant/ 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.

RESEARCH

I have written several papers; few are published, others not. (Details upon request)

TRAINING COURSES, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, CONSULTANCY AND COMMUNITY WORLK… etc.

• Attended several professional training courses, conferences, seminars, and workshops related to librarianship and technology. (Details upon request)
• Consultancy and Community work.
• Proposal writings in relation to the profession.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES

• INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS “ IFLA “ member, 1990-
• ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES “ACRL” , member, 1999-
• AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION “ALA” member, 1999-
• PALESTINIAN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ASSOCIATION “ PLIA “ , MEMBER of the Administrative Board, 1995-       and Vice President of PLIA 1997-2000.
• TRAINING COMMITTEE – PLIA : HEAD 1995-1998.
• ARAB FEDERATION FOR LIBRARIES & INFORMATION “ AFLI “ , 1996-   MEMBER and a COORDINATOR for Palestine from 1996-1998.
• Palestinian Library and Information Consortium “PALICO”/ Coordinator since June 2005
• ACADEMIC LIBRARIES COMMITTEE – Ministry of Higher Education – Member, 1998-
• Evaluating a Library Program/ Quality Assurance/ Ministry of Higher Education, 2013.
• NATIONAL LIBRARY COMMITTEE, Ministry of Culture / Member, 1996.
• COMMITTEE on CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT / Library Programs, Ministry of Education / Member , 1996 .
• 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.
• 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.
• MEMBER ON THE ROMOR-ERASMUS COMMITTEE- Birzeit University TO ESTABLISH INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES IN 4 PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITIES FROM 2017-2019.

SERVING ON INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS:

• Serve as a member on eifl Advisory Board for the period from 2008-2010 AND 2014-2016.
• Serve as a member on LAP (Librarians and Archivists with Palestine) Advisory Board starting June 2014-
• Serve as a consultant to the Academic Libraries Committee in Morocco upon their Chair request Dr. Kuseibi since June 2014.
• Serve as Country Coordinator to Eifl “ Electronic Information For Libraries “ since June 2005.

AWARDS:

• I was 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 BZU using open source system to run old computers. This was announced by eIFL in June 2008.
• 2nd winner to the title Library leader in 2017 as announced by the Library Experts Team in April 2017.