FACILITATORS
Dato'
Dr. Zaiton Osman
Dato’ Dr. Zaiton Osman is the Library consultant at the Open University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was the chief librarian of the University of Malaya for more than a decade. During her administration as chief librarian, she instituted a formal user education program. The course has been incorporated into the undergraduate curriculum and accepted by the Senate as a compulsory one-credit university course.
Her professional involvement at the national level includes serving as joint chairperson of the Working Group in the National Digital Library System as well as member of the Implementation Committee of the National Digital Library System. In 1983 she became president of the Library Association of Malaysia. Her dedication and contribution to librarianship had earned her several awards, the latest being from the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) as Outstanding Librarian 2003.
Professor
Dr. Szarina Abdullah
Professor Dr Szarina Abdullah is currently attached to the Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. She has been servicing UiTM since January 1975, in various capacities.Her administrative experiences included those of Dean, Centre for Graduate Studies, Assistant Rector, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Distance Education and Flexible Learning), Assistant Director (Academic), Head of School of Library & Information Science, and Course Leader of the School of Library & Information Science.
She has conducted workshops for lecturers, librarians and managers of information organizations in Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. During 2003-2004, she led a team of researchers from UiTM to conduct a national bibliometric study of Malaysia’s S&T knowledge productivity for the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Malaysia. Findings from this comprehensive study have implications for S&T policy makers, university administrators, researchers, and academics engaged in R&D activities, and were tabled to the Cabinet in August 2004.
Associate
Professor Norma Abu Seman
A senior lecturer from the Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA,Shah Alam, Selangor. She has served as Course Tutor (Head of Programme) and as Dean of the Faculty. Her areas of specialization are Special and Academic Library Management, School Resource Centre Management, Reference and Information Works, Government Information, Information Literacy and Issues in Information Society.
She has presented papers locally and abroad. She is a life member of Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM) and has served PPM in several capacities as Vice President 1, Chairman of Special Library Committee, member of the School Library Committee and several other committees. She has served in a National Committee on the Development of Government Information Classification Scheme. Her past research are; UiTM-UNESCO Manpower Studies of Libraries, Archives and information Agencies in Malaysia, Research on the Provision of Health and Therapeutics Information Services in Malaysia.
Mohd.
Sharif Mohd. Saad
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi
MARA
Coordinator, Masters of Library Science programme
Vice President 1, Librarians Association of Malaysia
Member, Malaysia Book Development Council
Member, Board of Director, Malacca Public Library Corporation
Member of the CONSAL Executive Board (Congress of South East Asian Librarians)
Standing Committee of IFLA, RASCO, (Regional Section of Asia and Oceania)
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