Dr. Faiza works as an academician, researcher, and library professional, having 20 years of experience in the LIS field. She is self-motivated, passionate, and a committed professional in the discipline of information management. Faiza is currently working as Assistant Professor/Head of the Department of Library Science, Higher Education Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Her career is a beautiful amalgamation of librarianship and teaching. Ms. Bashir has dozens of publications, including Impact Factor and HEC-recognized national and international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters on her credit. She also got the opportunity to network and learn professional skills from international community members at the University of Toronto, where she works as an IVGS. Being a library professional and academician, she has always volunteered herself and worked with the LIS community in the last few years, such as Urdu/Punjabi library technical services at Tavakoli Collection of Persian Archive, University of Toronto, Canada; ASIS&T Winter School for Enhancing Research Skills 2023, etc. She regularly presents her research in different National and International conferences. Faiza, working as Journal Editorial Board Member & Reviewer for many National and International reputed Journals.

Chair – Elect: Md. Emdadul Islam, Assistant Professor, Institute of Information Sciences, Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh. imdad.iis@nstu.edu.bd

Md. Emdadul Islam is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Information Sciences, Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh. He has over seven years of experience in research and academia. He earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Information Science and Library Management from the University of Dhaka, graduating with outstanding results. He was awarded the prestigious ‘Dean’s Merit List of Honor’ for scholastic accomplishments, having obtained the Master's degree with 1^st position. He achieved multiple scholarships, including the Department Merit Scholarship, Hall Merit Scholarship, Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation Scholarship, Dutch Bangla Bank Scholarship, EBL-DUAA Scholarship, and Board Scholarship for his academic excellence. Mr. Islam has published many scholarly articles in international journals and actively supervises research students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a regular reviewer for many journals. His research interests span digital literacy, AI literacy, information literacy, information retrieval, data analytics, scholarly communication, and academic publishing. He also contributes to the academic community through participation in professional bodies such as ASIS&T, IASL, LAB, and BALID. His work focuses on bridging technology and research to advance information sciences in higher education.

 

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Newsletter Officer: Hoda Homavandi, Researcher, PhD in library and Information Science, Iran, h.homavandi@gmail.com

I am an independent researcher with a BA in Medical Librarianship and an MA in Library and Information Science. I earned my Ph.D. in Information Science, specializing in Knowledge & Information Retrieval, from the University of Tehran in 2020. In 2019, I spent six months as a visiting researcher at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). My research interests include information and knowledge organization, information retrieval, ontologies, user information behavior, public libraries, medical & health librarianship, and scientometrics. My current activities include teaching at universities, conducting courses in public libraries, and leading workshops on information retrieval and research for various fields. In 2024, I was proud to be recognized as one of the winners of the SIG-III 2024 InfoShare Award and I will continue my collaboration with SIG-EduLearn as a Newsletter Office

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