Md. Anisur Rahman

Academic degree B.A (Hons.) M.A. (First Class) in Library and Information Science. University of Dhaka

Father’s Name : Md. Sayedur Rahman

Permanent Address : Village and Post Office: Molla

Upazila: Nabinagar

District: Brahmanbaria

Bangladesh

Contact Address : Senior Information Officer/Librarian

Library and Information Services Unit (LISU)

and Acting Programme Librarian Poverty and Health Resource Centre (PHRC)

ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research (GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000)

Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh. Email: anis@icddrb.org

Date of Birth : 2 April 1970

Religion : Islam

Nationality : Bangladeshi

Marital Status : Single

Current Position

Senior Information Officer/Librarian (18 March 2003—till today) at Library and Information Services Unit (LISU) under Information Sciences Division of ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

and Acting Programme Librarian ( 8 March 2002—till today), Poverty and Health Resource Centre at Library and Information Services Unit (LISU)

Major Responsibilities: Responsible for acquisition, processing and dissemination of information sources, entering data into in-house database, providing reference and referral services, downloading reading materials from Internet, conducting literature search, guiding library users on how to conduct literature searches and developing search strategies, assist in formulating work strategic plans, complete questionnaires relating to library activities, maintain accounts of literature searches and updated records and statistics relating to library activities performed, also responsible for organizing and developing the Poverty and Health Resource Centre (PHRC) and also perform any other duties as and when assigned by the supervisor.

Professional Experiences

i. Information Officer [27 March 2001—17 March 2003] (1 year 11 months 22days): Dissemination and Information Services Centre (DISC) under Information Sciences Division of ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research.

Major Responsibilities: Charge/issue and discharge/return reading materials; guide library users to find information and information sources, respond to queries, demonstrate techniques of using in-house database and Internet to users, trainees and visitors; maintain inter-library loan operation; and maintain accounts of photocopies, overdues, library membership forms, and daily library users and monthly records and statistics (relating to library users, photocopies, inter-library loan, clearance (applicable for ICDDR,B staff); maintain files of ICDDR,B publications for ready reference at circulation desk; entering data into in-house database (DMONO, DPROJ, DDOC); downloading reading materials from Internet and also responsible for organizing and developing the Poverty and Health Resource Centre (PHRC) and also perform any other duties as and when assigned by the supervisor.

ii. Junior Assistant Librarian [06 October 1999—25 March 2001] (1 year 5 months 20 days): Independent University, Bangladesh.

Major Responsibilities: Process books and audiovisual materials (AVM), charge and discharge AVM and reading materials, guide library users to find information sources, respond to queries, maintain records and files, perform related work for procurements of library materials

Iii Library Consultant [1 May 1999—30 September 1999] (5 months): The International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA), Dhaka

iv. Part-time working experience of One year in Dhaka University Library as a Student Assistant

v. Obtained practical experience on reorganizing Seminar Library in a scientific manner at the Department of Library and information science, University of Dhaka from 12 October 1994 to 22 October 1994

Teaching experience

Lecturer [1 July 1996—15 April 1999] (2 years 9 months 15 days): Institute of Library and Information Science (ILIS), The Library Association of Bangladesh (LAB)

Major Responsibilities: Delivering lectures in the Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate Courses in Library and Information Science, and also involved in the activities relating to admission, examination, etc.

Professional Training and Conference attendance

Abroad

· Attended International Workshop on Building Digital Libraries using Dspace held in Documentation Research and Training Centre, Banglalore, India on 7-11 March 2005.

· Attended 7^th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2004), held in Shanghai, China on 13-17 December 2004 and presented a paper on "Information and communication technologies, libraries and the role of library professionals in the 21^st century: with special reference to Bangladesh".

· Attended 5^th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2002), held in Singapore on 11-14 December 2002 and presented a paper on "Library development and education in Bangladesh: an overview" and also visited some modern libraries in Bangkok from 16 to 20 December 2002

· Successfully completed two weeks' short-term training programme on "Information technology applications in library and information management/services" at Central Library, Regional Engineering College, Shilchar (Assam), India, from 18 to 27 February 2002

· Participated a 3-month attachment training programme on "Information technology for information management" at Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC), New Delhi, India from 21 September 1998 to 18 December 1998

· Attended Congress and Pre-Congress session of the 49^th Conference of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID), held in Jaipur and New Delhi, India on 12-17 October 1998

In-country

· Participated a 3-month hands–on training from 20 September 1995 to 19 December 1995 at the Dissemination and Information Services Centre (DISC) of ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

· Participated a training programme on "Computer application in library and information activities" from 1 to 24 December 1996, organized by Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre (BANSDOC), Dhaka

· Completed a training course on "The application of information technology to library and information services" Dhaka during 26-28 April 1997, jointly organized by Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre (BANSDOC) and UNESCO

· Participated in the Executive Development Workshop on Interpersonal skills conducted by the Extension and Continuing Education Centre (ECEC), Independent University, Bangladesh on 26 October 2000

· Participated in the training course on "Health sciences libraries and the librarianship in the millennium" organized by Centre for Medical Education and the National Health Library and Documentation Centre, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, from 22 to 26 July 2001.

Computer Competence

- Alice for Windows (Library Management Software)

- Micro CDS/ISIS (Library-based software developed by UNESCO)

- MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Access, MS-Power point

English Language course

Successfully completed a 3-month (from 3 October 2001 to 11 December 2001) Business English Certificate (BEC 1) course from University of Cambridge, organized by the British Council Teaching Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Publications

1. Roy SK, Khan MSI, Uddin MN, Mamun MA, Parveen SA, Rahman MA. Bibliography of nutrition research at ICDDR,B 1997-2001. Dhaka: ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, 2002. 59 p.

2. Khan MSI, Rahman MA, Rahman H. Electroic format as a publication medium in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal Communication and Publishing 2002 Jun;1(1):18-28.

3. Uddin MH, Rahman MA. Library education and development in Bangladesh : an overview. Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management 2003;32:49-57.

4. Rahman MA, Uddin MH, Akhter R. Information and communication technologies, libraries and the role of library professionals in the 21^st century: with special reference to Bangladesh. In: Chen Z, Chen H, Miao Q, Fu Y, Fox E, Lim E-P editors. Digital libraries: International collaboration and cross-fertilization: proceedings [of the] 7^th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, ICADL 2004, Shanghai, China, December 13-17, 2004. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2004. p. 608-17.

References

1. Peter Thorpe, Director, Information Sciences Division and Head, Library and Information Services Unit (LISU), ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, (GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000), Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh, Tel/Fax: +880 (2) 9899225 (direct) Email: pthorpe@icddrb.org

2. Dr. AN Alam, Head, Training and Education Unit, Information Sciences Division, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, (GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000), Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh. E-mail: analam@icddrb.org