Prof. Dr. Kanwal Ameen
Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science (LIS)
University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore. Pakistan.
Fulbright Awards: Pre-Doc (2000-2001) and Post-Doc (2009-10)
Approved PhD supervisor, Higher Education Commission (HEC)
[email protected]; [email protected]
Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science (LIS)
University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore. Pakistan.
Fulbright Awards: Pre-Doc (2000-2001) and Post-Doc (2009-10)
Approved PhD supervisor, Higher Education Commission (HEC)
[email protected]; [email protected]
Awards and Scholarships
National
• HEC Best Teacher Award PU, 2010 • Pakistan Library Association’s (PLA) Academic Achievements Award 2009 • 4 HEC Scholarships to present papers at international conferences held in Singapore and South Korea in 2006, South Africa in 2007 and China in 2008. • PU scholarship to present paper in Malaysia A-LIEP 2011 Conference Education Pakistan • PhD. in Library and Information Science. University of the Punjab, Lahore. 2005 • Master in Library Science. University of the Punjab, Lahore. 1986 Abroad • Fulbright Post- Doctoral Visiting Scholar and Researcher at University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, 2009-2010 • Fulbright Pre-Doctoral: One year study at Graduate School of LIS, University of Texas at Austin, USA. 2000-2001 • Three months Diploma Course on Library Management at School of Library and Information Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands. 1993. |
International • Fulbright Post-Doctoral Research Award 2009-10 • Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Research Award 2000-01 • Fulbright Occasional Lecture Fund, 2010. •The Netherlands Library Development Project Scholarship in1993 • NORAD Award by Norwegian Government in 2005 • Goethe Institut Inter Nationes Grant in 2003 Experience
Research Supervision
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Academic and Research Engagements
Teaching:
Research interests
Community Services
Member
- MLIS: Marketing of LIS; Reference and Information Services and Sources; Collection Management; Personality Development and Communication Skills; Research Methods; Information Literacy; Resources in Humanities and Social Sciences;
- MPhil: Foundation of Librarianship; Librarianship in Pakistan; Qualitative Research Methods in LIS;
- PhD: Communication Skills for Information Professionals, Seminar in Doctoral Research, Independent
Research interests
- Collection management; User-centered services; Application of Qualitative Research in LIS; Marketing of LIS; Evaluation of services quality; Information Literacy; Needed Competencies for LIS; Website Usability Evaluation
Community Services
Member
- Doctoral Program Coordination Committee, PU
- Tenure Track Committee, PU
- Semester Implementation Committee, PU
- HEC Digital Library Advisory Committee
- HEC Sub-Committee on Library & Information Science. Revised LIS Curriculum, 2009
- Institute of Business Administration’s (IBA) Doctoral Program Committee.
- Board of Studies, LIS, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
- Board of Studies, LIS, University of Sargodha, Sargodha
- Selection committees of various public and private sector organizations
- Patron and Founding member of Punjab University Library and Information Science Alumni Association (PULISAA).
- Chief Editor, premier research journal, “Pakistan Journal of LIS.” (2005-2009)
- Coordinator, MPhil. Leading to PhD Program in LIS (2005-2009)
- Chair, Continuing Education Committee (CEC) of Pakistan Library Association (PLA Pb Branch,
- 2007-2009) and organized workshops and seminars for working professionals.
- As Convener, Program Advisory Committee, PLA Golden Jubilee Conference, organized first ever
- two-day International Conference in Pakistan on “Emerging Paradigm of Librarianship: A Call for
- Innovation in Nov. 2007,
- Keep on organizing workshops and seminars for working professionals and PU Faculty.
- Served as Member organizing committees and referee of A-LIEP 2006 Conference in Singapore; ALIEP Conference 2011 in Malaysia and Indian Library Association Platinum Jubilee International
- Conference in Mumbai Nov 2008.
Books Reviews
Four Scholarly Book Reviews Three reviews for the Impact Factor journal, Libraries and Culture, 37:2, Pp. 204-207 and 37:3: 537- 538 Issues. One for PJLIS 2006 |
International Research Project
‘Missouri Digital Heritage Library Website Evaluation’. Member of the research team at Information Experience Laboratory, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
Research Supervisor
- Nosheen Fatima Warraich. 2011. Human Resource Management in University Libraries of Punjab.
- Muhammad Rafiq. 2011. Prospects of Digitization in University Libraries of Pakistan.
- Pervaiz Ahmad. Quality assessment of libraries in federally chartered universities and degree
- awarding institutes of Pakistan.[Left]
- MPhil.
- Syed Fakhir Abbas. (2013). Status of medical libraries in meeting information needs of the B.Sc.
- Nursing students.
- Saira Soroya. (2012). Application of Marketing in Punjab University Libraries: an exploratory
- study.
- Amna Asghar. (2011). Status of Technostress among University Libraries of Lahore.
- Sania Rashid. (2011). Children’s Reading Habit.
- Alia Arshad. (2009). Users’ Perceptions and Expectations of Quality University Library Services.
- Muzammil Tahira. (2008). Information Needs and Seeking Behavior of Science and Technology
- Teachers of the University of the Punjab.
Member Editorial Advisory Board
Pakistan Journal of LIS,
Journal of Knowledge and Communication Management’ (JKCM)
Workshops Organized
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International Conferences AttendedProfessional
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Membership of Learned Bodies
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National 1. Doctoral Program Coordination Committee, University of the Punjab. 2. Doctoral Program Committee, Dept. of LIS, University of the Punjab. 3. Doctoral Program Committee, Institute of Business Administration, University of the Punjab. 4. Budget Committee, University of the Punjab. 5. Tenure Track System Committee, University of the Punjab. 6. Semester Implementation Committee, University of the Punjab. 7. PU Library Committee 8. Board of Studies, Dept. of LIS, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. 9. Council of Social Sciences Pakistan (COSS) 10. ASA (Academic Staff Association), University of the Punjab. 11. The Defence Club, Lahore, Pakistan. 12. Life and Executive Member. PLA 13. Patron, Punjab University Library and Information Science Alumni Association. |