Department of Library and Information Scienc
Phone and Fax (House)
(968) 513042
Phone (Office) (968) 515660
e-mail mnjaburh@hotmail.com
Nationality: Iraqi
Language Proficiency: Arabic and
English
EDUCATION &
EMPLOYMENT
EDUCATION:
INSTITUTION
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- University,
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DEGREE
- Ph.D. in Library and Information Science with
Distinction . - Master’s
Degree in Library and Information Science
- Higher Diploma in Library &
Information Science
- BA Arabic Language minor statistics
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DATE
1983
1981
1972-1973
1968-1972
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EMPLOYMENT
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EMPLOYER
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JOB
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DATE
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Department of Library and Information Science
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- Associate Professor
- Head of the Department of Library and Information
Science
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1998-present
October, 1999- Sept. 2006
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- Head of the Department of Computer Science
- Full Professor
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1997-1998
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1996-1998
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- Head of the Department of
Library and Information Science.
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1991-1996
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Director of the Computer Unit of the College
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Lecturer
- Assistant Professor
- Full Professor
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1985-1996
1983-1988
1988-1993
1993-1996
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USA/University of
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- Information
Assistant
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1980-1982
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USA/Indiana University/ Main Library
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- Information
Assistant
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1979-1980
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- Information Specialist
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1972-1978
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AWARDS AND HONORS
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1990-1995
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Awards for
Distinction in University Teaching for five years
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1983
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Harold
Lancour Award for Excellence in International Studies in Library and Information
Science
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1982
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Distinction
in Ph.D. comprehensive examination in Library and Information Science
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2009
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Distinctive
researcher at the College of Arts and Social Sciences/ Sultan Qaboos
University/ Oman
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TEACHING:
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1983-1996
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Taught courses in:
BA:
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Information
Technology, Scientific and Technological Resources, Use of Computers in
Libraries and Information Centers, Introduction to computers and BASIC
programming language, and English Readings for Information Science,
Master 's Degree
and Ph.D.:
Bibliographic
Databases (Master's and Ph.D levels), Advanced Scientific Management for
libraries, Programming and Systems Analysis, Information Retrieval Systems,
Masters, and Ph. D levels, and Microcomputer Applications
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1996-1998
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Taught
courses in:
BA:
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Analysis
and Design of Information systems, PROLOG and Artificial Intelligence, C
Programming Language, English Readings in Computer Science, and Databases
Master’s
Degree:
- Computer
applications, to the Chemistry Department,
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1998-present
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Taught
courses in:
BA:
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Information
Systems, Information Technology, Scientific and Technological Resources, Use
of Computers in Libraries and Information Centers, English Readings for
Information Science, Databases, Information Retrieval Systems, and The Internet
Master’s
Degree:
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New
Trends in Information Science (Knowledge Management and Open Access
Resources)
- Data Statistical Analysis and the Application of SPSS
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Medical Information
Systems and Databases
Special Higher
Medical Diploma Program:
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Knowledge management
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Medical Information
Database and Systems
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NON-CREDIT ACTIVITIES AND
WORKSHOPS
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DATE
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ACTIVITY
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3rd May 2004
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SQU
Day: Children and the Internet
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22nd April 2001
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College of
Arts’ Weekly Seminars. Lecture: “Use of Information Technology by Social
Sciences”
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13th March 2000
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College of Arts Weekly
Seminars. Lecture: “Knowledge and Information: Citations from Quran”
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23rd November 2000
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Organizer and
lecturer, Internet workshop
for the College of Arts Faculty members
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25-27th October
2000
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Workshop: “An Introduction to the Internet”
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24th October 1998
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College of Arts Second Cultural Week. Lecture: “Network Citizen Rights”
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TEAM AND COLLABOTATIVE EFFORTS:
2003-2005
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Electronic Class(Co-author Dr. Sabah Abdul Karimr). Research Project supported by SQU,2003-2005
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2002-2004
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Measurement of the Scientific Productivit of Faculty Members at
SQU. (Co-author Dr. Abdul Majeed
Bo-Azza). Research Project supported by SQU,2002-2004
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2001-2002
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An Evaluative Study of the use of Information Technology Within the
Basic Education Plan: The Case of Oman. Research Project supported by SQU,
2001-2002
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2000-2002
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Evaluative Study: Matching College of Arts Graduates and Market Needs.
(Co-author Dr. Abdul Majeed Bo-Azza). Research Project
supported by SQU,2000-2002
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2002
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Evaluative Study
of Muscat 8th Book Festival as
head of the team from the
Department of Library and Information Science
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2002
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Supervising a
team project: Productivity of Faculty members at the College of Arts and
Social Sciences: An Analytical Study
and Bibliographic list.
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2004-2005
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Supervising a
team project: E-Class as a Mean for Solving Higher Education Problems: Analytical Study For
the SQU Case.
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EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO
JOINING SQU:
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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1983- 1987
1987
1994-1996
1995
1996-1998
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Consultant:
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Information Documentation Center for the Arab Gulf Countries,Iraq
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Scientific Documentation Committee, Iraq
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National Library, Iraq
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Petroleum Discoveries Company, Iraq
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Industrial Documentation and Information Center, Libya
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ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP:
IRAQ
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Scientific
Board (Center of Arabic History)
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Higher Studies Committee (Almustansiriyha
University)
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Scientific Board (Center of the Arabic
History)
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Expert
Board (National Library)
- Information and Libraries
Association
- Iraqi Computer Association
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OMAN
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Higher Studies Committee/ College of Arts
(SQU/Oman),
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Council of Publishing/ SQU
- Special Library Association/ Arabian Gulf Chapter
- Omani Library Association
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AMERICA
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- Special Library Association
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TUNIS
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- Arab Federation for Libraries
and Information
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International
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- Senior member at the
International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology
(IACSIT)
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POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION:
Higher Diploma
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Al-Mustansiriyha
University, Iraq
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Regional
Center for Computer Science, Iraq
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Master Degree
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Department
of Library and Information Science / Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq
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Chemistry
Department, College of Science/ Musrata University, Libya
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Department
of Library and Information Science/ SQU
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Ph. D.
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Department
of Library and Information Science / Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq
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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AT OMAN :
Curriculum Development & Evaluation:
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Department of Library and
Information Science, SQU/ Oman
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- Revision of the BS program
according to the years 1999-2004 plans
- Redesign the Suggested Master’s
Program in Library and Information Science.
- Preparing the Program for Higher
Diploma on Medical Librarians required by the Ministry of Health.
- Preparing for the Ph.D, in
Information Studies
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Ministry of Education/
Essential Learning
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- Member of the Committee for
preparing the “Information Technology Curriculum” for Essential Learning, Ministry of
Education.
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Scholarship in Teaching:
Writing Educational textbooks:
Al-Mustansiriyha Univ, Iraq
1986
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Statistics for Librarians.
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1989
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Scientific
and Technological Literature.
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Public Authority for Book, Yemen 1995
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Introduction
to Computers and Data Processing for Libraries
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Musrata Univ.
Libya, 1997
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Computerized Systems' Analysis and Design,
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Oman, 2000
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The Essentials of the Internet: Educational and Training
Introduction
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SQU, Oman, 2002
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Structure and Design of Databases: Applications with the Use of Microsoft Access
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EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Advising, Counseling, and Availability to Students activities:
6-10th March 1999
1999-2000
2000-2004
2nd May,2001.,2003
2004-2005
2005-2011
2007-
2010-
2011-
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Member:
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Judgment committee for the Cultural and Social
researches,Third Cultural Week for The Arab Gulf Countries Universities
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Judgment committee for the Cultural and Social
researches, Scientific Matching between SQU and United Arab Emirates
University
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Judgment committee for the Cultural and Social
researches, Deanship of Students' Affairs on the occasion of the University Day.
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Coordinating Committee responsible for the rules of
printing and publishing scientific, intellectual, cultural literature.
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Supervising the Medical Librarins Project fpr the Higher
Diploma in Medical Librarianship
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Supervising several Master’s Theses in Library and
Information Science,
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Member of the University’s Curriculum Committee
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Member of the Academic Council at SQU
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Senior member at the International Association of Computer Science and
Information Technology (IACSIT)
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, OMAN :
INVITED TO GIVE LECTURES ON
8th March 2000
25th April 2000
28th October 2000
May 2000
3-4th April 2001
2001, 2003
17-18 March 2002
2006-
Nov., 2008
March12, 2010
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“The Book and the
Internet” at the Meeting on the Importance of the Book as a Cultural Tool,
Ministry of National Culture
- International School
Libraries Day, Lecture:” The use of Technologies in Teaching and Learning”
- 7th Annual Conference, Special
Libraries Association, Arabian Gulf Chapter as a moderator of a technical
session about “Digital Libraries”
- Training program on
Information Technology, the Institute of Public Administration
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First Arabic Conference, the Institute of Public
Administration. Lecture: “The Arabic researcher and the Information
Overload”
- Muscat Reading for all
Festival coordinator
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Knowledge Management and the Application of the
Electronic Government/ Institute of Public Administration.
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Coordinator
of the Special Library Association (SLA/AGC) workshops as being the as the
Personal Professional Development member within its Board
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- Information between Importing and Exporting: The Web2:0. Dept. of Lib & Inf Sci. /SQU
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Interview
through Tirhal program at Al-Shabab Channel, Oman regarding the 17th
Annual Conference of SLA/AGC in Muscat
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Research Activities:
PUBLICATIONS (IN ARABIC)
BOOKS
1-
Use of Computers in Generating Periodical Indexes. Baghdad:
Information Documentation Center for Arab Gulf Countries, 1985.
2-
Statistics for Librarians. Baghdad, Al-Mustansiriyha University, 1986.
3-
Computerized Systems' Analysis and Design, Cairo: International House
for Publication and Distribution, 1997.
4-
The Essentials of the Internet: Educational and Training
Introductory. Oman, Muscat: Al-Roaya Publishing House, 2000.
5-
Structure and Design of Databases: Applications with the Use of Microsoft Access, Oman:
Sultan Qaboos University, 2002.
6-
Electronic Government and the Possibility of its Application at
Sultanate of Oman: Survey Study.
Muscat: Instititute of Public Administration, 2003.
7-
A Peacock in the Land of Penguins.
Translation with M.S. Jabur. Oman Establishment for Press, Publication
& Advertising, 2008
8-
The Power of Ethical Management.
Translation with M.S. Jabur. Oman Establishment for Press, Publication
& Advertising, 2008
ARTICLES:
1.
Online Searching for
Information. Information Documentation
Journal. 1985.
2.
Library Network in Developing
Countries. A'alem Al-Kutob Journal. 1986.
3.
Proposed Information System for
Al-Mustansiriyha Central Library. Al-Mustansiriyha College of Arts Journal.
vol. 15, 1986.
4.
Selective Dissemination of
Information: Evaluative Study for the SDI services at the Scientific
Documentation Center. Arabic Journal for Information, vol. 9.No.4, 1988.
5.
Scientific Management and
Operation Research: Study for its Applications in Libraries. Al-Mustansiriyha
College of Arts Journal. Vol. 17, 1989.
6.
Bibliographic Databases and
their Design Phases with use of CDS/ISIS. Resalt Al-Maktaba Journal. vol. 26,
1991
7.
Infrastructure of Information Science and Its Impact on the Library
and Information Science Programs. Al-Mustansiriyha College of Arts Journal.
Vol.19, 1991.
8.
Probabilistic Method in Preparing Indexes Based on the Subject
Similarity Relationship between Citation and cited documents. A'adab
Al-Rafdian. Journal. vol.23, 1993.
9.
Technological Use Limitations for the Establishment of Information
Network among Academic Libraries. Al-Mustansiriyha College of Arts Journal.
1993.
10.
Qualifications of Bibliographic Citations Used by Specialist in Lib.
& Info. Science and Psychological Science. Al-Mustansiriyha College of
Arts Journal. 1994.
11.
Citation Analysis (translated essay).
Resalt Al-Maktaba. Jordon. vol. 29, No. 3, 1994.
12.
Universities between Knowledge and Technological Development. A'afac
Arabia journal. Year 1, 1993.
13.
Documentation of Information Systems: Study of Its Requirements and
Limitations. Arabic Journal for Information.
Tonisia. Vol.15, No.2, 1994.
14.
Characteristics of Information Sources Used by Studies Published in
Al-Mustansiriyha College Journal.
Al-Mustansiriyha College of Arts Journal, 1995.
15.
Understanding Bradford Law in Humanities. Arabic Journal of
Information, vol18, No. 1, 1997
16.
Knowledge transfer between the Book and The Cybernetics, Arabic
Journal of Information vol. 21, No.2, 2001
17. Economics of Ideas within the Cybernetics
Environment. Afaq Iqtisadia, Vol. 22,
No. 87, 2001.
18.
Future Vision of the Needs of The Humanities and Social Sciences
Within The Technological Change. Yeman,
Sanna University, Journal of the College of Arts. Vol. 25, 2001.
19.
The Impact of the Internet on Library and Information Science
Education. Muscat, General
Administration Institution, Al-Edari, Year 23, No. 87, 2001.
20.
The Arabic Researcher Between Scarcity and Overload of
Information.SQU, Arabic association for Adminstrative development, and the
Institution of Public Administration, The First Arabic Conference in
Administrative Researches. Muscat, April 3-4, 2001.
21.
Co-Authored with Abdulmajeed
Bouazza. An Evaluative Study of the Market Needs for Information
Specialists in the Sultanate of Oman. Arabe
d’Archives de Documentation and d, Information, Year 6, (No.11-12) Dec., 2002 p43-68.
22.
An Evaluative Study for the Omanian Experience Towards the Use of
Information Technology Within the Basic Education Plan. Research Project supported by SQU, No.
IG/ART/INFO/0101.
23.
Library and Information Science Program at Sultan Qaboos
University: Analytical Study. Fahad National Library Journal. Vol.8, No.5,
2003.
24.
Future Vision of The Information Specialist Rule within Knowledge
Management. King Fahad National
Library Journal. Vol.29, No.2, 2004.
25.
Knowledge Management and Engineering for Achieving The E-Government
Project. Journal of Gulf and
Arabian Peninsula Studies. Vol.
31, No. 117, April 2005.
26.
The New Role of the Information Profession Within the Knowledge
Management Era. King Fahad National Library Journal. King Fahad National Library Journal. Vol.10,
No.2, 2005.
27. Bouazza, Abdelmajid and
Naima Jabr. (2008) An Evaluative Study of the Market Needs for the Graduates
of the departments of Library and Information Science and Mass Communication
at Sultan Qaboos University (Accepted for publication in Revue Maghrébine
de Documentation et d’Information
PUBLICATIONS (IN
English)
BOOKS
1-
Ph.D Dissertation: Academic Librarians Attitudes Towards
Librarianship in Try State Area: The Impact of Technology. University
of Pittsburgh , 1983.
2-
Scientific and Technological Literature. Baghdad : Al-Mustansiriyha University , 1989.
3-
Introduction to Computers and Data Processing
for Libraries. Yemen : The
General Institute for Books, 1995.
ARTICLES
1.
Dewey Decimal Classification: A Comparative Study Between 18th and
19th Editions. Al-Mustansiriyha College of Arts Journal. Vol. 11, 1985.
2.
The Use of Technology in Humanities and Social Sciences. Tunis:
Revue Maghrebine de Documentation et d’Information, no.12, 2003.
3.
Perception of E-Learning and Knowledge Management: A Trend Toward Integration. Tunis: Revue ِArab D’Archives De Documentation &
D’Information, Vol 8 (No.15-16),
Nov. 2004.
4. Physicians' Attitudes Towards
Knowledge Transfer and Sharing. Accepted for publishing at Journal of Global Competitiveness (JGC).,2007. Vol 17:4, pp248-260
5.
E-Class as a Mean for Solving
Higher Education Problems: Analytical Study For the SQU Case. Co-authored with Sabah Abdul-Kareem and Mousa
Al-Kindee. Supported
by SQU. Research No.: IG/ART/INFO/04/01. Journal
of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2007,. Vol,1:2
6.
Alert Services as an Approach to
Satisfy the Researchers’ Current Awareness Needs. The Electronic Ibrary. Vol.26,
No. 6, 2008.
7.
Measuring Omani Information
Professionals’ Competencies: From the
Professionals Perspectives. the Electronic Library. 2010
8.
User-Based Collection
Development at Royal Hospital Library – Alert Service Approach. . the Journal of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies.
2011
9.
Exploring Integrity among
Information Management and Knowledge Management within the Multidiscplinarity,
Interdisciplinarity, and Disciplinarity Environment. Information Studies.
Vol.7, January, 2010.
10.
Jabur, N. (2011) Assessing Searching Results’
quality of Google Search Engine: Considering Various Search Approaches. Online
Information Review.
11. Jabur,
Naeema and Mohamad Mottar.(2011)
Readiness of Omani Health Libraries to Participate in a Collaborative
resource sharing and national health information network. International Journal of Business and Social
Sciences.
Vol.2, No.3, pp. 210-216.
CONFERENCE
PAPERS
1985 (Iraq) Information Documentation Center for Arab
Gulf's Experience. Automated Documentation of Information Meeting. “Use of Computers in Preparing Indexes”
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1986
(Iraq) Sixth Scientific Conference for Information. Baghdad. “Text Automated Editing”
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1989
(Iraq) Eighth Scientific Conference on Information. Baghdad“
Measuring Library Culture for the Iraqi Community
”
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1992 (Iraq) Meeting of the Use
of Computers in Libraries. Books and Documentation House. “Natural
Language Based Information Systems with the Use of AskSam”
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1993
(Jordan) Information Systems in the 21st Century Meeting. Multimedia Project for Learning
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1993 (Iraq) Third National Meeting for
Information. “LAN and
Document Storage and Retrieval: The Experience of the Books and
Documentation House”
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1994 (Iraq) First Scientific Meeting of the Books
and Documentation House. “Documents
Storage and Retrieval System”
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1998
(Oman) Second Cultural week
of the College of Arts/ Sultan Qaboos University “The
Nationality Rights on The Internet”
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1999
(Oman) Seventh Annual Conference “Toward a Network of Electronic Libraries:
A Gulf Perspectives. “The Impact of the Internet on Library
and Information Science
Education”
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2001 (Oman) The First Arabic
Conference in Administrative Researches.
“The
Arabic Researcher Between Scarcity and Overload of Information”
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2001
(UAE) 12th Arabic
Meeting of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information
“Matching the Needs of the Job Market and
the Training of Information Specialist:
the Case of the Sultanate of Oman. Couthored with Abdul Mjeed
Bouazza. Al-Sharja, Nov., 5-8.
And “Library and Information Science Program at
Sultan Qaboos University: Analytical
Study
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2002 (Bairut) 13th Arabic Meeting of the
Arab Federation for Libraries and Information. “Information Specialist: New
Roles for Managing Knowledge”
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2003 (Oman) Scientific
Meeting of the Information Specialists in Oman. “The Philosophy of the Library and Information Science within The
Current Era”
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2003 (Oman) ETEX 2003 Conference. SQU.
20-22 October, 2003.. “Evaluative Study for the Omanian Experience Towards the Use of
Information Technology Within the Basic Education Plan”
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2004 (Syria) The 1st International Conference on Information and
Communication Technologies: From
Theory to Practice – ICTTA'04.
Syria: Demascus, 19-23 April,
2004. Perception of E-Learning and Knowledge
Management: A Trend Toward
Integration.
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2004 (Oman) Current Administrative Directions Role in Preparing and
Developing The 21st Century Leaders. Meeting , Muscat 10-11 October, 2004. The Current Knowledge direction and Its Role in the Academic
Institutions' Development of the Digital Era
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2004 (Cairo) ا4th Regional Conference:
Libraries of The Eastern Mediterranean about Virtual Health Libraries and its Effects on E-Learning and Information Society
Building. Cairo, Nov. 23-25, 2004. Higher Diploma of Medical Librarian: The Case of Sultan Qaboos University
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2006 (Aljeria) The 16th
Conference of the Arabic Federation
for Libraries and Information (AFLINUS), 19-21/3/2006. Physicians'
Attitudes Towards Knowledge Transfer and Sharing
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2006 (Oman)Human Resources and the Digital Environment Meeting. Institution
of Public Adminstration, Muscat, 11-13/6/2006/. 6
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2007.
(Oman) Library Profession and Job Marketing at Sultanate of
Oman. Presented at the Third Open
Meeting for Information Professionals at Sultanate of Oman. Muscat, Feb. 13th, 2007
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2007 (Qatar) E-performance evaluation
with the use of e-matrics. Presented
at the 13th Annual Conference of the SLA/AGC, April.
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2008 (Oman) Medical Librarian as Mediator
between Knowledge and Physicians
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2009 (Oman) Libraries in Digital Society presented at
Meeting on Arabic and International Digital Libraries Projects. Sultan Qaboos Islamic Culture Center,
30/12/2009
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2009 (USA) Presenting the SLA/AGC at the
SLA Annual Conference. Washington,
DC, June 12-17. And share in the workshop on Social Networking for the
researcher.
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2010 (Oman) Open Leadership within the
Open environment. Presented at the
Role of e-government in achieving effective management conference. Institution of Public Adminstration,
Muscat, 12-14/12/2010.
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2010 (Oman) Information Searching Skills
in the digital environment. Sultan Qaboos Center for Islamic Culture. Muscat.
20-21/06/2010.
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2010 (Hong Kong) Quality of Google Search Engine’s Results:
Presented at the 2nd Internationa Conference on Information and
Multimedia Technology. China: 28-30/12/2010.
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2011 (Oman) Ethical Infrastructure within the Virtual
Envirinment. Presented at Meeting on High
Ethics on the Digital Environment. Sultan Qaboos Center for
Islamic Culture, 13-15/2/2011.
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ردحذف1 – وقتك .
2 – جهدك .
3 – مالك .
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