Resume

Name:Hani W. Jaber

Occupation: Director,An-NajahUniv. Libraries

Permanent Address: P.O.Box1900Nablus, Palestine

Birth date / Place: 8/12/1952, Kefel Haris

Tel. No.:Home: +972(9) 234-5418

Work: +972(9) 239-4983

Fax: +972(9) 234-5982

E-Mail:

Internet:

Education:

(MLS) Library Science. IndianaUniversity, Bloomington U.S.A 1985.

(BA) Geography. BeirutArabUniversity 1975.

Employment:

Apr. 2005 up to Date / President of the Palestinian Libraries Association
Jan 2003-Up to Date / Library Director
Apr.1995-Dec.2002 / Electronic Information Resources and Internet Librarian
May 1993-Sep 1994 / Periodicals Librarian

Aug 1985-Apr 1993

/ LibraryScience InstructorAn-NajahUniversity.
Oct 1982-1983 / Library DirectorAn-NajahUniversity Library.
Sep 1978-sep1982 / HeadPeriodicalsLibrarianAn-NajahUniversity Library.
Oct 1975-Aug 1978 / Teacher & School Media Librarian Ministry of Education.

History:

  1. Director of An-NajahNationalUniversity Libraries.
  2. Internet and Databases trainer for An-Najah staff and Instructors,Apr.2001.
  3. Appointed as the Head Dept / Electronic Information resources & Databases at An-Najah University Library.
  4. Appointing as the head of the Periodicals Department.
  5. Selected as the head department of the library science in the community college at An-NajahUniversity.
  6. Worked as library & information science instructor.
  7. Appointed as the Acting director of An-Najah University Library.
  8. Hired as a periodicals librarian at An-Najah University Library.
  9. Worked as a teacher & school media librarian in Jordan.

Courses, Workshop & Training Programs:

  1. Nominated by eIFL as a country IP Librarian & attended the IP librarian conference inIstanbul, 4-5/4/2008
  2. Electronic Databases trainer, (ARADO) Cairo,29/1/2008
  3. Attended the 73ed IFLA conference in Durban, South Africa,19-23/08/2007.
  4. Attended a workshop about the search strategy in the Virtual Libraryheld by The Arab Network for Distance Learning and Zarqa University in Jordan,Apr.3-4, 2004.
  5. Electronic Information Resources: Internet and databases trainer for An-Najah staff and instructors, Apr.2001.
  6. Invited by Goete Institute of Berlin for a library study tour program, and visited several German libraries for the purpose of training, Jan. 2000.
  7. Attended a CD-ROM & On-Line searching workshop at the British Council of Nablus, July 1995.
  8. Attended a workshop on leadership skills by the special library association (S.L.A), Florida chapter, Sant Augustine, Fla. Feb, 1995.
  9. Attended the Data Trek workshop: an on-line cataloging program, Orlando, Fla Nov, 1994.
  10. ALA Fellowship, selected as a fellow for the 1994 / 1995 library fellows program sponsored by the USIA & the ALAunder the authority of the Fulbright Hays Act, designed for mid-level librarian who show potentialof rising into positions of professional leadership in their countries, from Oct 1994 - March 1995.
  11. Attended the CDS-ISIS workshop: a library integrated software program, held by the AMIDEAST of Jerusalem at BirzeitUniversity, Feb 1994.
  12. Invited by the British Council of Jerusalem for a library study tour program, and

visited UK for the purpose of training, Aug-Sep 1982.

7. Shared in the A-V materials in libraries, a workshop sponsored by the British Council of Jerusalem at BethlehemUniversity, Oct 1981.

8. Attended another course in librarianship dealing with reference works, bibliography tools &aid, by the British Council of Jerusalem, Feb 1981.

9. Attended a special course in librarianship, held by the Jordan Library

Association (JLA) Amman, Apr 1978.

Computer Skills & Trainings:

WordPerfect, Windows, Microsoft WinWord, Excel, PowerPoint.Familiar with many DATABACES On-line or on, CD-ROM: Medline, ERIC, Dialog, Ovid ISI, Silver platter, Info Track data-bases), CDS-ISIS, Data Trek (Library Automation Software), Periodicals online database: EBSCO, Sciencedirect,Wilson Business Full text, International dissertation Abstracts and more.

Trainer,Medical databases& electronic resources workshop, Nablus, Jan. 2008

Expert, designing Library Diploma curricula program for school Librarians in service to the Educational Training Institute in Ramallah. 2006.

Professional Membership & Conferences:

  1. President,Palestinian Library & Information Association
  2. Coordinator for the Palestinian Academic Libraries & The Higher Education Ministry
  3. A.S.L.A(American Special Library Association) Annual meeting on leadershipskills by the special library association(S.L.A), Florida chapter, Sant Augustine, Fla. Feb, 1995.
  4. The ALA annual conference, Chicago, Jul. 1985.
  5. American Library Association (ALA) Membership.
  6. IndianaUniversity Alumni Membership.
  7. Palestinian Library Association Membership

Publications:

  1. Search Strategy and Using Databases in al-Najah National University ,Cybrarian Journal
  1. Video Conferencing: Usage & Technique in Education At An-Najah University.Afaq.Jan,2006.
  2. E-Journals & Databases: Electronic service at An-Najah University Libraries,Maktabat.Net,Vol.6,No. 1 (Jan-Mar. 2005).
  3. An-NajahUniversity Digital Library Project.Maktabat.Net. Vol.5,No. 1-2 (Jan-Feb. 2004).
  4. An-NajahUniversityLibraries: Its Past and Future 1977-2002. An-NajahUniversity History & Development Conference, Nablus, June 2002.
  5. “An-NajahNationalUniversity Student's Perceptions Towards The Justificatios & obstacles of Using CD-ROM’s in The Library”An-Najah An-Najah Univ. Gournal for Research B:Humanitiesh,Vol. 14, No.1 ( Mar. 2000).
  6. Co-author of abook.Basic Library Skills: Introduction to the Active use of the SchoolLibrary .Published by the Palestinian Authority:Ministry of Education,1996.
  7. “Scope ofClients Benefit from the Library of An-Najah NationalUniversity”. A Research paper submitted to the Palestinian Library Association: Annual Conference Nablus, 28 -29, Oct 1996.
  8. The principles of Managing & Planning the Libraries, a book in Arabic language, 1993.
  9. ”Acquisition in the Academic libraries”, an article published in Resalat Aljame'a, 1982.