Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

 

Antora Anwar

Junior assistant librarian

 

 

Research interestes

◦       Cloud Computing

◦       Discovery Tool

◦       Academic Library

◦       Modern Library Trends

◦       MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)

◦       Library Services etc.

PROFILE

My objective is to engage and assure effective academic library management by disseminating information to the users and ensuring a user-driven service, teamwork attitude, community engagement with my experience, and enriching thy knowledge by self-learning throughout my professional journey.

I have 6.11 years of experience in the library profession along with Master’s and Bachelor’s in Information Science and Library Management from the University of Rajshahi. Currently working at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) as Junior Assistant Librarian.

SKILLS

◦       Academic Library Management

◦       Information Dissemination

◦       Research and Referencing

◦       Content Writing and Translating

◦       Classification and Cataloguing

◦       MS-Office Packages

◦       Statistical Analysis

◦       Event Management

EXPERIENCE


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Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

08 June 2020 – Continuing

Junior Assistant Librarian

North South University (NSU)

04 April 2018 – 15 April 2020

Assistant Library Officer

Uttara University

10 January 2018 – 31 March 2018

Assistant Library Officer

WildTeam/Noazesh Knowledge Centre

24 September 2017 - 23 December 2017

Intern

Rajshahi University Central Library

17 January 2017 - 17 April 2017

Data Entry Operator (Cataloger)

Bangladesh National Scientific Technical Documentation Center (BANSDOC)

27 December 2015 - 26 January 2016

Intern

EDUCATION

University of Rajshahi (2015-2016)

Master of Social Science, major in Information Science and Library Management, GPA 3.79/4.0 (highest scorer)

University of Rajshahi (2012-2015)

Bachelor of Social Science (Honours), major in Information Science and Library Management, GPA 3.415/4.0, merit scholarship awardee

Rajuk Uttara Model College (2011 & 2009)

o Higher Secondary School Certificate, Science, GPA 4.80 /5.00

o Secondary School Certificate, Science, GPA 5.00 /5.00

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Antora Anwar

Junior assistant librarian

 

 

Personal Information

 

Gender : Female 

Nationality : Bangladeshi 

PUBLICATION

Islam, M.N., Islam, M.S., Anwar, A. and Alam, M.K. (2023), "Cloud computing applications in library services of Bangladesh: a study on librarians’ perceptions", Information Discovery and Delivery, Vol. 51 No. 1, pp. 88-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/IDD-08-2021-0095

VOLUNTARY EXPERIENCES

§  Author & Moderator | A Librarian Talk (Personal blog) | June 2020-Continuing

 

§  Editorial Board Member | Librarian voice (ISSN No: 2710-0103) | 1 March 2018 – 1 September 2022

 

§  Team Member (March 2012 - December 2017) and Secretary For Woman (March 2013 - December 2017) | Rajshahi University Drama Association (RUDA)

certifications

Professional Training

·         Advance Training Course on Research Techniques in Social Sciences by Bureau of Economic Research, University of Dhaka (12 February 2024)

·         EndNote Certification Series by Clarivate (22 August 2023)

·         Koha Admin Training by Best Book Buddies (01 April 2023)

·         MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist – 2019 (13 December 2022)

·         Research4life Master Trainer Course by icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) (6 – 9 September 2021)

·         Digital Methods in Information Management and E-book Preparation by BANSDOC (15 June 2021)

Workshop

·         Writing Impactful Research by the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (05th August - 22nd April 2021)

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

·         Intro to Programming by Kaggle (31 March 2023)

·         Digital Leadership for Libraries (14 December 2022)

·         Foundational Skills for Social Science and Health Research by INASP (03 October 2022)

·         Research Writing in the Social Sciences by INASP (08 September 2022)

·         Hinari Users’ Online training 2018 by Librarians without Borders/MLA, ITOCA & research4life (01-29 October 2018)

Courses

·         MS Excel and SPSS with R Programming by Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi (05 November 2015)

·         Computer Certificate Course by Department of Information Science & Library Management, University of Rajshahi (2012-2016).

 

reference

 

·         Dr. Md. Nazmul Islam

Associate Professor

Department of Information Science & Library Management, University of Rajshahi

 

 

·         Dr. Md. Shariful Islam 

Professor

Department of Information Science and Library management, University of Rajshahi. 

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