Brief Bio
Name: Nahed Mohamed Bassyouni Salem
1. Personal Information
E-mail: naheds@squ.edu.om
Salemn649@gmail.com
Academic Rank: PhD in Librarianship and Information
Department: Information Studies
Sciences
Specialization: Information Sciences
Minor specialization: Classification, Information Services
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman.
2. Employment History
Place of Work (Institution)
Year
Occupation
Department of Librarianship and Information
1999-2004
Assistant Professor
Science, Faculty of Arts, University of
Alexandria
Institution
Department of Librarianship and
Information Science, Faculty of Arts,
University of Alexandria
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
1999
PhD in Librarianship and Information
Sciences
3-2 Courses Taught
Dewey Decimal Classification on web
Library of Congress Classification on web
information literacy
Users Studies
Legal and ethical issues in Information Studies
Collection Building and development
General Information Sources
Sources of Natural and Applied Science
Archive Legal
Level
Bachelor
Bachelor
Bachelor
Bachelor
Bachelor
Bachelor
Bachelor
Bachelor
Bachelor
4. Research
4-1 Research Interests
Classifiication on the Web
Legislation Information Sciences
Cloud computing - information institutions Environment
4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
Classification of electronic games between theory and practice: a comparative study between the plans of Dewey Decimal
Classification and Library of Congress Classification (2012- 2013). King Fahd National Journal( 19). P.p. 348-388
Salem, Nahed, Abdul-Wahab SA., Sappurd Ali (2013). Environmental Assessment in Manuscripts Library and Storages of
Semi-Active Record at Sultanate of Oman. International Journal of Knowledge Management, 9(3), 65-81, July-September
2013
Salem, Nahed (2015). Protection legislation manuscripts in the Sultanate of Oman and its impact on information
services: a field study. Arab Journal of archive, documentation and information. V.19, Issues.37-38
Salem, Nahed (2015). Environmental Standards to Save Documents in the Sultanate of Oman: A
Comparative Study. (A research paper submitted in) Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on
Biological and Environmental Science) (BIOES 2015) Phuket, October 1-2, 2015
Salem, Nahed (2016). Using the cloud computing at the libraries environment in the Arab region. (A research paper
submitted in) Proceedings of International Conference on Natural Science and Environment (ICNSE 2016).
4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
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the twenty-fourth Conference of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information "profession of Library and
Information Studies: reality and future trends." Medina 25 to 28 November 2013. (A research paper: Evaluation
study of the suitability of the preparation of the graduates of the Department of Information Studies at Sultan
Qaboos University with the needs of the labor market from the perspective of those responsible for the academic
libraries in the Sultanate of Oman
The 3rd Technical conference on Hydraulic Engineering (CHE2014) Hong Kong, 13-14 December 2014.( A research paper:
Indoor air quality of the stotage of semi-active records in Oman. Xie, Liquan (Ed.)
International Conference on Biological and Environmental Science) (BIOES 2015) Phuket, October 1-2, 2015. ( A research
paper: Environmental Standards to Save Documents in the Sultanate of Oman: A Comparative Study)
International Conference on Natural Science and Environment (ICNSE 2016). ( A research paper: Using the cloud computing
at the libraries environment in the Arab region)
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
Collection building and development in the learning resource centers in basic education schools in Sultanate of
Oman :Analytical Descriptive Study and Acquisition policy suggestion. 2007
Authority control of Omani Authors in libraries : Afield study and plan for U.List (Discussed in 2008) )
The Status of using Internet by Faculty of the College of Medicine and Health Science at Sultan Qaboos
University Hospital :A case study ( 2009)
learning resource centers between reality and international standards in the second episode schools in Muscat.
(Discussed in 2011)
Electronic systems for managing current documents and intermediate government units in the Sultanate of
Oman: Evaluation Study (Discussed in 2013)
5. Awards
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….)
Lecture about the importance of reading (Jamila bint thabit girl school ) ( March 2005)
Lecture entitled "How do I help the community to read. (The Omani Women's Association in Seeb). (February
2006)
Lecture on "readings of children and the benefit of reading ." School Zyanah Mongi ". ( April 2007)
Workshop on applications of the Dewey Decimal Classification
Supervising on classificationof books collections at the Library of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan
Qaboos University in the spring of 2013
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
Egyptian Society of Library & Information and Achieves1999----.
Arab Federation for Libraries and Information 2013--The SLA-Arabian Gulf Chapter 2015----.
Bachelor's development committee. Faculty of Arts; SQU. 2010
Departmental Promotion Committee. Faculty of Arts; SQU.
2014-2016.
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