Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Events Organized
Publications
References
Technical Summary
Hobbies and Interests
Projects
Timeline
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Sameem Kardar

Sameem Kardar

Karachi

Summary

To be a part of team, this can form the basis of long career in a growing organization where there are opportunities to learn and grow with organization, provide enhancement to my technical skills and motivation is the key factor of the management.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Library Administrator

NED University of Engineering and Technology
01.2006 - Current
  • Classification through DDC
  • Managing online journals databases
  • LMS Training to employees, students and researchers
  • Event Management (Seminars, Book fairs and Workshops)
  • Acquisition of Library Materials
  • Inventory Management
  • Managing Library budget.
  • Organize Information Literacy Programs
  • Team Supervision

Library In charge

PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Organizing Information Materials
  • Vendor Dealing
  • Information Resource Generation
  • Resource Sharing
  • Library Automation.

Library In charge

University of Karachi
01.2004 - 01.2005
  • Organizing Informational Material
  • Fulfill the users information requirement by generating new sources
  • Clipping of Newspapers in order to fulfill the Information Needs of our Users
  • Classification and Cataloguing of Library Materials.

Library In charge

Intermediate College, Gulshan-e-Maymar
09.2002 - 12.2004
  • Acquisition: Selection of material according to the nature of library and its users
  • Technical Work: Perform technical work including classification and Cataloguing of Library material
  • Supervision: To Supervise and evaluate work of Assistant
  • Automation: Automate and computerized the library in order to make easy to achieve its Objectives
  • Information Management & Dissemination: To satisfy the library users by fulfill their Information needs
  • Clipping & Filing: To collects the facts and figures about educational Activities in the city and maintain the data on computer.

Education

MPhil. Library and Information Science -

Karachi University
01.2023

MLIS - Masters of Library and Information Science -

Karachi University
12.2002

BLIS - Bachelor of Library and Information Science -

Karachi University
12.2001

B.Sc. – Bachelor of Science -

Karachi University
01.1998

Skills

  • Library Operations
  • Books Classification
  • Books Cataloging
  • Library Administration
  • Budgeting
  • Acquisition
  • Indexing
  • Bibliography
  • Library Automation
  • Information Retrieval
  • LMS Advance User
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • HTML
  • Web Engineering

Events Organized

  • On 25th April 2019 a seminar was arranged by Pakistan Library Club on world book and copy right day with the collaboration of Engr. Abul Kalam Library NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi.
  • Pakistan Library Club (PLC) in Collaboration with IFLA (Asia & Oceania), Special Libraries Association (SLA) Asian Chapter and Goethe Institut Pakistan organized an International conference on 'A Journey from UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Proactive Role of Libraries' at University of Karachi, on 2-4 August, 2018 in Karachi, Pakistan.
  • On 5th December, 2016 Pakistan Library Club with the collaboration of Lincoln Corner, Liaquat National Library, Karachi organized a Program 'PLC Professional Talk on Strategic Planning/ Innovative Plan for Library' at Lincoln Corner, Karachi.
  • On 4th March 2015 Pakistan Library Club (PLC) organized a professional talk on 'How to Establish an Information Resource Center (IRC) from scratch at National Institute of Management Library, Karachi.
  • Seminar entitled 'How to Improve Librarians DIGITAL Professional Life' Organized by 'Pakistan Library Club' on 17th January 2015 at Iqra University, Main Campus Defence View, Shaheed-e-Millat Road, Karachi.
  • On June 21st 2014 Pakistan Library Club (PLC) and Pakistan Library Automation Group (PAKLAG) in collaboration with the National University-FAST, Karachi Campus are organizing a Seminar on 'Managing Data: bibliographic standards and formats in digital age'.
  • On April 18, 19 n& 20, 2014 PLC organized a 3 Days Training Workshop on 'OPEN SOURCE LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: KOHA + DSPACE' in collaboration with Indus University, Karachi.
  • On Nov. 13th 2013 Pakistan Library Club (PLC) ORGANIZED A SEMINAR ON Effective Communication Skills for Information Professionals: How to Present with Power and Clarity in any Situation' in collaboration with COMMECS Institute of Business and Emerging Sciences.
  • On 17th May 2012 Pakistan Library Club organized a seminar on 'Libraries as Place for Creativity' with the collaboration of US Consulate.
  • On 09th and 10th March, 2012 at LRC, Library Block, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus Pakistan Library Club organized a 2 day workshop on 'WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGY@ YOUR LIBRARY'.
  • Beyond the Printed Page, Content for a Digital Age: A Journey from Johannes Gutenberg Printing to Project Gutenberg' on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at the Goethe Institut Pakistan, Karachi.
  • On 25th-26th July 2011 two days National Workshop on 'Synthesizing of Library Systems and Operation' organized by Pakistan Library Club in collaboration of Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization and Department of Library and Information Science, University of Karachi.
  • Organized a Seminar on 23rd April, 2011. The Seminar was organized in collaboration with BIZTEK at its Executive Development Centre Campus .It is an awareness seminar to make the society realize the importance of book reading and other issues relating to book writing and publishing.
  • Organized a 'Power Point Presentation Competition' among Library Professionals/LIS Students all over Pakistan on 'World Book Day' 23rd April 2011.
  • Organized a Seminar on 'Understanding Integrated Library System: The Importance of Automation in Libraries' on 28th of August 2010
  • September, 2009: Organized a practical workshop for librarians and researchers entitled 'Endnote: Bibliography and Referencing Made Easy' on Saturday 26th September 2009 at Rangoonwala Community Center, Karachi. The workshop was aimed to get a hands on training on Endnote bibliographical software and better understanding and usage of this bibliographical and referencing tool.
  • Organized a seminar entitled 'Surviving in Digital Age: Challenges for LIS Professionals' on July, 2009.
  • Organized a seminar entitled 'Emerging Technologies in Libraries: New Challenges for 21st Century Librarians' on Saturday May 30, 2009, at lecture hall, LEJ National Science Information Center, University of Karachi, in May 30, 2009.

Publications

  • Use of WhatsApp Messenger among LIS students of University of Karachi, Pakistan, Ali, Rashid, Kardar, Muhammad Sameem, Zia, Dr. Muhammad Waseem, Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 4139, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/4139, 2020
  • Library 2.0 Technology in Academic Libraries, a Case Study of Librarian use and perception: Pakistan Perspective, Kardar, Sameem, International Journal of Library Science, New Delhi, India, 2011

References

Will be provided upon request

Technical Summary

I started my career back in 2003 as a full time employee. During my career I have been a member of 4 companies in Pakistan. Masters in Library and Information Science, with more than 20 years of experience in Librarianship. I worked as a main librarian in PAF KIET and now working as Library Administrator in NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

Hobbies and Interests

  • Urdu and English Poetry Writing: My Poem entitled 'My Dream' was selected and chosen to be one of 33 poets whose artistry was selected to print as a special part of a new poetry collection, The Sound of Poetry.
  • A YouTube Channel created by the name of 'Poetry By Sameem Khayal' having a collection of my own Urdu poetry recorded and edited by myself.

Projects

I completed a project of Yearly Business Objective 2k21: SWOT Analysis of Engr. Abul Kalam Library. I completed a project of E-Repository development and availability on Portal that was the annual objective of '2k16' as team leader. I completed a project of the construction of a Reference Module for 'Evaluation of the Reference Book Utilization' that was the annual objective of '2k14' and implemented on Dec 2k14 as a team leader.

Timeline

Library Administrator

NED University of Engineering and Technology
01.2006 - Current

Library In charge

PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
01.2004 - 01.2006

Library In charge

University of Karachi
01.2004 - 01.2005

Library In charge

Intermediate College, Gulshan-e-Maymar
09.2002 - 12.2004

MPhil. Library and Information Science -

Karachi University

MLIS - Masters of Library and Information Science -

Karachi University

BLIS - Bachelor of Library and Information Science -

Karachi University

B.Sc. – Bachelor of Science -

Karachi University
Sameem Kardar