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Curriculum Vitae Prof. Kanwal Ameen (PhD) Vice Chancellor, University of Home Economics Lahore [email protected] -------------------------------------------------- Former: University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore-Pakistan. Director, Directorate of External Linkages, Chairperson, Department of Information Management (May 2009- May 2018) Chair, Doctoral Program Coordination Committee, PU (2013-2017) Chief Editor, Pakistan Journal of Information Management & Libraries (2009-2018) Chair, South Asia Chapter, ASIS&T (Association for Information Science & Technology, USA; 2018) Visiting Scholar, University of Tsukuba, Japan (2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanwal_Ameen https://pu-pk1.academia.edu/ProfDrKanwalAmeen; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kanwal_Ameen Awards and Scholarships National ● Best Paper Awards in 2015/16 and 2017, Pakistan Higher Education Commission (HEC) ● Best Teacher Award PU, 2010, HEC ● Award for Indigenous Post-Doctoral Supervision (2018-2019), Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) ● Best Teacher Awards, Punjab University, Lahore ● Lifetime Academic Achievements Award 2009, Pakistan Library Association, ● HEC, PHEC, PU Travel grants to present papers at international conferences. International ● James Cretsos Leadership Award, 2019, Association of Information Science &Technology, (ASIS&T, USA), ● Best Paper Award, 2017, ASIS&T(USA) SIG III ● Emerald Award of Excellence for Outstanding Paper, 2009 ● A-LIEP Best Paper Award in 2006 ● FULBRIGHT AWARDS ○ Pre-Doc (2000-2001) University of Texas at Austin, USA ○ Post-Doc (2009-2010) University of Missouri, Columbia, USA ○ Fulbright Occasional Lecture Fund, 2010, North Carolina, USA ● Asian Library Leaders “Award for Professional Excellence – 2013, SRFLIS, Delhi, India. ● The Netherlands Library Development Project Scholarship, 1993, Netherlands ● NORAD Award 2005, Norwegian Government ● Goethe Institut Inter Nationes Grant, 2003, Germany Education Pakistan ● PhD. in Library and Information Science. University of the Punjab, Lahore. 2005 ● Master’s in Library Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore. 1986 ● Bachelor’s in Arts, University of the Punjab, Lahore. Lahore. 1981 1 Foreign ● Fulbright Post-Doctoral, Visiting Scholar at University of Missouri, Columbia, USA,2009-10 ● Fulbright Pre-Doctoral, One-year study & research, University of Texas, Austin, USA. 2000- 2001 ● Diploma on Library Management, School of Lib. & Information Studies, Netherlands. 1993 Teaching Experience ● Professor, May 2008 to May 2019 ● Assistant Professor, June 2004 - May 2008 ● Lecturer, June 1993 - June 2004 Research & Publications Research interests Collection management; Information Behaviour; Marketing & User-centered services; Qualitative Research; Information and Digital Literacy; Needed Competencies; Personal Information Management; Research Data Management; Information Literacy Research Supervision: PhD (Degree Awarded, 12) MPhil. (Degree awarded, 22; Master (8) Member Editorial Board of 4 International Journals Research Publications: 170 Community Services ● Chair, 2nd International Conference on Information Management & Libraries (ICIML) 10-13 Oct. 2018 ● Chair, Centennial International Conference on Information Management & Libraries (ICIML) 10-14 Nov., 2015 ● Co-Chair, Visual Presentations, 80th Annual Conference of ASIS&T, USA, Washington. 2017 ● Convener, Overseas Scholarship Committee, University of the Punjab, 2018- ● Convener, PU Website Redesigning Committee, 2016, 2018- ● Convener, Program Advisory Committee, Pakistan Library Association Golden Jubilee Conference, 2007, ● Reviewer, Foreign PhD Thesis and Impact Factor Research Journals Member ● Governance Committee, ASIS&T, 2020 ● Organizing Committees of Prestigious International Conferences: ICADL (International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries); A-LIEP (Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice); ECIL (European Conference on Information Literacy); ASIS&T (Association for Information Science & Technology, USA) ● Tenure Track Committee, PU (2014- ) ● Equivalence Committee, PU (2017- ) ● Overseas Scholarship Committee, PU (2014- 2016) ● Semester Implementation Committee, PU (2014-2017) ● Budget Committee, PU, (2010-16) ● Admission Committee, PU (2010-17) ● HEC Sub-Committee on Library & Information Science on LIS Curriculum Revision ● Chaired, NTS Experts Committee on LIS in 2011. ● Selection committees of various public and private sector organizations ● Editorial Board, Journal of Knowledge and Communication Management. 2013- ● Editorial Board, Emerald journals: Collection Building and Library Management ● Coordinator, MPhil. Leading to PhD Program, DoIM (2005-2009) ● Chair, Continuing Education Committee, Pakistan Library Association, Pb, 2007-2009 ● Member, Advisory Committee, PLA National Conference on “Champions of Libraries” 2014 2 ● Have organized and presented at several faculty development workshops. Membership of Learned Bodies International Chair, South Asia Chapter of ASIS&T (2018) Country Representative for SLA, 2016 (Special Library Association,), USA Member 1. ALA (American Library Association), USA 2. ASIS&T (American Society of Information Science & Technology) 3. Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professional (CILIP, British) 4. Ex-Secretary, IFLA SIG on LIS Education in Developing Countries 5. Fulbright Alumni Association, Pakistan 6. Literati Club, Emeraldinsight National 1. Member, Career Counseling Centre Advisory Committee of PHEC 2. PU Library Committee 3. Ex-Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of LIS, University of Sindh, & Sargodha 4. Council of Social Sciences Pakistan (COSS) 5. Life Member. PLA 6. Punjab University Library and Information Science Alumni Association. 7. Papers Published in Impact Factor (IF) Foreign Journals 1. Ameen, K., & Naeem SB. (2020 in final review). Post-truth era: News behaviour and news literacy skills of university librarians. Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2. Ameen, K, & Naeem SB. (2020 in final review). Demographic differences in the perceived news literacy skills and sharing behavior of information professionals. Information Discovery and Delivery. (IF0.563) 3. Ahmad, Waqar, Ameen, Kanwal & Soroya, S. H. (In press). Research information encountering and keeping behaviour of researchers in an online Environment, Online Information Review (IF1.928) 4. Soroya, S. H. & Ameen, Kanwal. (2020). Subject based reading behaviour differences of young adults under emerging digital paradigm, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies. (IF=0.596) 5. Soroya, S. H. & Ameen, Kanwal. (2020). Millennials reading behavior in the digital age: A case of Pakistani university students. Journal of Library Administration. 6. Malik, Amara & Ameen, K. (2020). Quality assurance and LIS Education in Pakistan. Libraries and the Academy, 20(2), (1.037) https://muse.jhu.edu/article/753296 7. Ameen, Kanwal (2019). Graduate researchers’ perceptions and expectations: An exploratory study about reference and information services of libraries, Reference Services Review, (IF= 1.250). DOI: 10.1108/RSR-02-2019-000 8. Ullah, Midrar &Ameen, Kanwal. (2019). Teaching information literacy skills to medical students: Perceptions of medical students, Health Information and Libraries Journal, (early view, IF 1.179) 9. Rafique, A., Ameen, K., & Arshad, A. (2019) Use patterns of e-journals among the science community: A transactional log analysis, The Electronic Library. 3 10. Ahmad, Waqar, Ameen, Kanwal & Soroya, S. H. (2019). Information encountering and sharing behaviour of researchers in an online environment, Aslib Journal of Information Management, 4(71), 500-517 (IF=1.591) 11. Alia Arshad & Ameen, Kanwal. (2018). Usefulness of E-journals Consortium in Pakistan: Academic Staff’s Perceptions and Expectations, Serials Review, DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2018.1506073 (IF=0.310) 12. Ameen, Kanwal, Batool, S.H. & Naveed, M.A. (2018). Difficulties novice LIS researchers face while formulating a research topic. Information Development, https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666918774875 (IF=1.691) 13. Ahsan Ullah & Ameen, Kanwal. (2018). Account of methodologies and methods applied in LIS Research: A Systematic review. Library & Information Science Research, 40(1), 53-60. (IF=1.185). 14. Soroya, S. H. & Ameen, Kanwal. (2018). What do they want? Millennials and role of libraries in Pakistan. The Journal of Academic Libraries, 44(2), 248-255. (IF=1.395) 15. Rafiq, Mohammad, Ameen, Kanwal & Jabeen, Munazza. (2018). Barriers to digitization in university libraries of Pakistan: A developing country’s perspective. The Electronic Library. EarlyCite (IF=0.607) 16. Ameen, Kanwal. (2017). Practices of Quality and Trustworthiness in Scholarly Communication: A Case from Pakistan. Learned Publishing, 30 (2), 133-142. (IF=1.053). 17. Naveed, Asif, & Ameen, Kanwal (2017). A cross-cultural evaluation of the psychometric properties of Information Seeking Anxiety Scale in Pakistani environment. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 22 (3), 35-51. (IF=0.727) 18. Naveed, Asif, Muhammad & Ameen, Kanwal. (2017). Determining the prevalence and correlates of information seeking anxiety among postgraduates in Pakistan. Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services. 67 (3), 205-214. (IF=0.507) 19. Arif, M., Ameen, Kanwal & Rafiq, M. (2017). Assessing Distance Education Students Satisfaction with Web-based Services: A Pakistani’s Perspective. Online Information Review, 41 (2), 1-15. (IF. =1.152) 20. Arshad,