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Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam

Associate Professor

Department of Information Science and Library Management

Faculty of Arts

Email: anwar@du.ac.bd

Phone: +8801716305270

Short Biography:

I have been serving as an Associate Professor since 2018 at the Department of Information Science & Library Management, University of Dhaka. I do create value by helping students to make learning more enjoyable, foster research from my hungriness and serve the community needed by the community people. I shed light on how knowledge is created in organization and how managing knowledge leads to innovation. I am not a tech-savvy person but enjoy the blessing of technology. I love to travel and bibliophile.

Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	School of Knowledge Science	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	Japan	2016
M.Phil.	Department of Information Science & Library Management	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2005
Masters	Department of Information Science & Library Management	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2003
Bachelor	Department of Information Science & Library Management	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2002

Degree Name

Group/Major Subject

Board/Institute

Country

Passing Year

Ph.D.

School of Knowledge Science

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan

2016

M.Phil.

Department of Information Science & Library Management

University of Dhaka

Bangladesh

2005

Masters

Department of Information Science & Library Management

University of Dhaka

Bangladesh

2003

Bachelor

Department of Information Science & Library Management

University of Dhaka

Bangladesh

2002

Award Type	Award Title	Year	Country	Description
International	IPC Winner of SIG-III (ASIS&T)	2019	United States	The objectives of this award are to facilitate and enhance better communication and interaction among ASIS&T members and their foreign colleagues on information issues and to develop an international network of digital scholars and experts on digital libraries and information technology in developing countries.
International	New Leaders Award (ASIS&T)	2017	United States	To recruit, engage, and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association.
International	Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Titular Fellowship	2016	Canada	Information technology, with priority given to the computerization of record systems or computer-assisted learning
International	Best Paper Award	2015	Japan	Service innovation in academic libraries: review and a conceptual framework
International	Asian Communication Resource Centre (ACRC) Fellowship Award	2013	Singapore	To encourage in-depth research, promote cooperation and support scholars who wish to pursue research in communication, information and ICT-related disciplines in Asia.
International	Doctoral Research Fellowship	2013	Japan	The Doctoral Research Fellowship program aims to provide outstanding and highly motivated students for the PhD program.
International	VLIR-UOS	2012	Belgium	VLIR-UOS supports partnerships between universities and university colleges in Flanders (Belgium) and the South looking for innovative responses to global and local challenges.
Local	DBBL Fellowship	2009	Bangladesh	DBBL fellowship offer for conducting research at M.Phil, Ph.D. & Post-Doctoral levels.

Award Type

Award Title

Year

Country

Description

International

IPC Winner of SIG-III (ASIS&T)

2019

United States

The objectives of this award are to facilitate and enhance better communication and interaction among ASIS&T members and their foreign colleagues on information issues and to develop an international network of digital scholars and experts on digital libraries and information technology in developing countries.

International

New Leaders Award (ASIS&T)

2017

United States

To recruit, engage, and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association.

International

Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Titular Fellowship

2016

Canada

Information technology, with priority given to the computerization of record systems or computer-assisted learning

International

Best Paper Award

2015

Japan

Service innovation in academic libraries: review and a conceptual framework

International

Asian Communication Resource Centre (ACRC) Fellowship Award

2013

Singapore

To encourage in-depth research, promote cooperation and support scholars who wish to pursue research in communication, information and ICT-related disciplines in Asia.

International

Doctoral Research Fellowship

2013

Japan

The Doctoral Research Fellowship program aims to provide outstanding and highly motivated students for the PhD program.

International

VLIR-UOS

2012

Belgium

VLIR-UOS supports partnerships between universities and university colleges in Flanders (Belgium) and the South looking for innovative responses to global and local challenges.

Local

DBBL Fellowship

2009

Bangladesh

DBBL fellowship offer for conducting research at M.Phil, Ph.D. & Post-Doctoral levels.

Subject	Description
Information literacy	Measure the ability to need, access and use information effectively; Digital literacy in the society; Why is IL important for lifelong learning?
Information Seeking Behaviour	The way people search for and utilize information, human behavior in relation to sources and channels of information, search strategy, tools. How and why people search for information, how do they behave, what do they do to meet their information need.
Cloud computing in teaching and learning	Using data and services over the internet, cloud platform like Google classroom, gmail, Amazon, Yahoo. How social media facilitate teaching and learning; classroom.
Social media	How and why social media is becoming popular to the students and protest; use of social media for knowledge sharing
Bibliometrics/Webometrics	Analyzing books, articles, and other publications to map the trends of publication; impact assessment; contribution to research field, ascertaining the place of different subjects in knowledge field; University ranking based on web visibility
Service innovation	How service innovation helps library to remain relevant to the user community, service innovation framework, service innovation in libraries.
Knowledge management	Effective utilization of knowledge created within and outside organization; how to manage knowledge? How to retain and transfer knowledge? What are the tools of effective knowledge management?

Subject

Description

Information literacy

Measure the ability to need, access and use information effectively; Digital literacy in the society; Why is IL important for lifelong learning?

Information Seeking Behaviour

The way people search for and utilize information, human behavior in relation to sources and channels of information, search strategy, tools. How and why people search for information, how do they behave, what do they do to meet their information need.

Cloud computing in teaching and learning

Using data and services over the internet, cloud platform like Google classroom, gmail, Amazon, Yahoo. How social media facilitate teaching and learning; classroom.

Social media

How and why social media is becoming popular to the students and protest; use of social media for knowledge sharing

Bibliometrics/Webometrics

Analyzing books, articles, and other publications to map the trends of publication; impact assessment; contribution to research field, ascertaining the place of different subjects in knowledge field; University ranking based on web visibility

Service innovation

How service innovation helps library to remain relevant to the user community, service innovation framework, service innovation in libraries.

Knowledge management

Effective utilization of knowledge created within and outside organization; how to manage knowledge? How to retain and transfer knowledge? What are the tools of effective knowledge management?

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
Masters	Perceived Value of Social Media in Students’ Participation in Social Movement: A Developing Country Perspective	Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam	Shohana Akter	Social media	2018
Masters	Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of Graduate Students at the University of Dhaka	Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam	Abdur Rahaman Sumon	Information Seeking Behaviour	2017
Masters	Information Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduate Students: A Study on DhakaUniversity	Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam	Ahmadul Islam Howlader	Information Seeking Behaviour	2017
Masters	Reading Habits and Attitude in the Digital Environment: A Study of ISLM Students of Dhaka University	Md. Anwarul Islam	Shahinur Ahmed	Digital humanities	2013
Masters	Measuring Information Literacy Competency of Arts Faculty Students at the University of Dhaka: A Study	Md. Anwarul Islam	Md. Anisur Rahman	Information literacy	2011
Masters	Present Status of Internet Use by the Students of Arts Faculty at the University of Dhaka	Md. Anwarul Islam	Tanjia Sharmin	Use of ICT	2011
Masters	Use of Cloud Services by University Students: A Study of a Public University in Bangladesh	Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam	Md. Atikuzzaman Lingkon	Cloud computing	Current Year

Level of Study

Title

Supervisor

Co-Supervisor(s)

Name of Student(s)

Area of Research

Current Completion

Masters

Perceived Value of Social Media in Students’ Participation in Social Movement: A Developing Country Perspective

Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam

Shohana Akter

Social media

2018

Masters

Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of Graduate Students at the University of Dhaka

Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam

Abdur Rahaman Sumon

Information Seeking Behaviour

2017

Masters

Information Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduate Students: A Study on DhakaUniversity

Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam

Ahmadul Islam Howlader

Information Seeking Behaviour

2017

Masters

Reading Habits and Attitude in the Digital Environment: A Study of ISLM Students of Dhaka University

Md. Anwarul Islam

Shahinur Ahmed

Digital humanities

2013

Masters

Measuring Information Literacy Competency of Arts Faculty Students at the University of Dhaka: A Study

Md. Anwarul Islam

Md. Anisur Rahman

Information literacy

2011

Masters

Present Status of Internet Use by the Students of Arts Faculty at the University of Dhaka

Md. Anwarul Islam

Tanjia Sharmin

Use of ICT

2011

Masters

Use of Cloud Services by University Students: A Study of a Public University in Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam

Md. Atikuzzaman Lingkon

Cloud computing

Current Year

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
No project/research work is found

Subject

Project Name

Source of Fund

From Date

To Date

Collaboration

No project/research work is found

Collaboration & Membership Name

Type

Membership Year

Membership Expire Year

Association of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)

Regular

Since 2015

Library Association of Bangladesh (LAB)

General

Since 2008

Life Time

Title

Organization

Location

From Date

To Date

Description

Reviewer

Information Discovery and Delivery

Emerald Publisher, UK

30-10-2019

Associate Professor

Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka

Dhaka, Bangladesh

30-01-2018

Currently Working

Teaching, Research, and Service Apart from teaching activities, I put more focus on research. I do conduct scholarly research and present their findings at conferences and through publication in peer-reviewed journals. Service duties include administrative work, co-ordinatorship, curricula development , Student advisor and so on. However, I do perform the other duties responsibilities which are assigned by the head of the department.

Assistant Professor

Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka

Dhaka, Bangladesh

15-01-2012

29-01-2018

Guide, lead and mentor students in learning process. Do perform other duties which are assigned by the head of the department.

Student Advisor

Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka

Dhaka, Bangladesh

01-08-2009

31-03-2013

Help and guide students in their academic and sometimes personal affairs. To assist the student in developing meaningful educational goals that are consistent with personal interests, values and abilities.

Lecturer

Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka

Dhaka, Bangladesh

23-11-2008

14-01-2012

Teach students as per the university rules. Lecture planning, preparation and research.

Book

Md Anwarul Islam and Salma Chowdhury. Assessing the impact of Internet in library and information services: A study of some higher academic institutions in Bangladesh. LAP LAMBERT, 2011 .

Book Section

Md Anwarul Islam. "Mobile phone technology in academic library services: A public university students' perceptions and paradigm." M-Libraries 4: From margin to mainstream: mobile technologies transforming lives and libraries. Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham Londodn: Facet, 2013 .

Md. Anwarul Islam. "Promoting Information Literacy through Public Libraries in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities." Library Planning and Management: Training Manual (Part-3). Nasiruddin Munshi Dhaka: NAEM, Ministry of Education, 2009 170-175 .

Journal Article

Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Md Anwarul islam. "Knowledge Management Implementation in a Library: Mapping tools and technologies to phases of the KM cycle." 44 , no.3 (VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management System) : 322-344 .

Abdur Rahman Sumon and Md Anwarul Islam. "Information Seeking Behavior of the Graduate Students: A Developing Country Perspective." Dhaka University Studies (2019) : In press .

Md Anwarul Islam. "Managing teaching and learning records in the commercial cloud: A public university Perspective." The Arts Faculty Journal (2019) : In press. .

Md Anwarul Islam and Naresh Kumar Agarwal. "Has Library and Information Science made an impact in Knowledge Management research?." VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management System (2019) : .

Ahmadul Islam Howlader and Md Anwarul Islam. "Information Seeking Behaviour of Undergraduate Students: A Developing Country Perspective." IFLA (2019) : 140-156 .

Md Anwarul Islam. "Perceptions and Use of Cloud in Academic Activities: A Study of a Public University in Bangladesh." Digital Library Perspectives (2019) : .

Md Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Mitsuru Ikeda. "Effect of knowledge management on service innovation in academic libraries." IFLA Journal 43 , no.3 (2017) : 266-281 .

Md Anwarul Islam and Keita Tsuji. "Information Professionals’ Knowledge Sharing Practices in Social Media: A Study of Professionals in Developing Countries." International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 16 , no.2 (2016) : 43-66 .

Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Md Anwarul Islam. "Knowledge retention and transfer: how libraries manage employees leaving and joining." VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management System 45 , no.2 (2015) : 150-171 .

Md Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Mitsuru Ikeda. "Knowledge management for service innovation in academic libraries: A qualitative study." Library Management 36 , no.1/2 (2015) : 40-57 .

Md Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Mitsuru Ikeda. "Conceptualization value co-creation for service innovation in academic libraries." Business Information Review 32 , no.1 (2015) : 45-52 .

Md Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Keita Tsuji. "How do academic libraries work with their users to co-create value for service innovation? : A qualitative survey." Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML) 4 (2015) : 637-658 .

Muhammad Jaber Hossain, Md. Anwarul Islam and Md. Sheikh Saadi. "Evaluating user’s experience of service performance using SERVPERF scale: A case study of some private university libraries in Bangladesh." Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) 60 , no.04 (2014) : 249-259 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Muhammad Jaber Hossain. "Marketing Information Resources and Services on the Web: Existing Status of University Libraries in Bangladesh." The Electronic Library 32 , no.06 (2014) : 742-759 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Mitsuru Ikeda. "Convergence Issues of Knowledge Management in Digital Libraries: Steps towards state-of-the-art Digital Libraries." VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems 44 , no.02 (2014) : 140-159 .

Md. Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Aarwal and Mitsuru Ikeda. "Library adoption of knowledge management using Web 2.0: A new paradigm for libraries." IFLA Journa 40 , no.4 (2014) : 317-330 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Rowshon Akter. "nstitutional Repositories and Open Access Initiatives in Bangladesh: A New Paradigm of Scholarly Communication." LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries 23 , no.1 (2013) : 3-24 .

Md. Anwarul Islam, MItsuru Ikeda and Md. Maidul Islam. "Knowledge sharing behavior influences: A study of Information Science and Library Management faculties in Bangladesh." IFLA Journal 39 , no.03 (2013) : 221-234 .

Muhammad Jaber Hossain and Md. Anwarul Islam. "Understanding Perceived Service Quality and Satisfaction: A Study of Dhaka University Library, Bangladesh." Performance Measurement and Metrics 13 , no.03 (2012) : 169-182 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Muhammad Jaber Hossain. "Access and usage of the Internet among undergraduates in the Faculty of Arts at Dhaka University." Pakistan Journal of Library and Information Science 12 (2012) : 1-12 .

Salma Chowdhury, Md. Shiful Islam and Md. Anwarul Islam. "The Information Literacy Education Readiness of Central Public Library in Dhaka of Bangladesh." International Journal of Information Science and Management 09 , no.02 (2011) : 23-44 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Md. Saiful Alam. "Webometrics Study of Private Universities in Bangladesh." Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science 16 , no.02 (2011) : 115-126 .

Md. Anwarul Islam. "Webometrics study of Universities in Bangladesh." Annals of Library and Information Studies 58 , no.04 (2011) : 307-318 .

Md. Anwarul islam and Mitsuru Ikeda. "Evaluation of Usage of University Websites in Bangladesh." DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology 31 , no.06 (2011) : 468-478 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Kazi Mustak Gausul Hoq. "Community Internet Access in Rural Areas: A study on Community Information Centers in Bangladesh." Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science 15 , no.02 (2010) : 109-124 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam. "Community Information Services Through Public Libraries in Bangladesh: Problems and Proposal." Library Philosophy and Practice February (2010) : 1-11 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Keita Tsuji. "Assessing Information Literacy Competency of Information Science and Library Management Graduate Students of Dhaka University." IFLA Journal 36 , no.04 (2010) : 300-316 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Salma Chowdhury. "Role of public libraries in promoting awareness of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects." Social Science Review 27 , no.01 (2010) : 173-184 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Md. Saiful Alam. "Design a Digital Institutional Repository for the faculty of Arts: A Study." The Dhaka University Studies 67 , no.01 (2010) : 125-142 .

Abdus Salam and Md. Anwarul Islam. "Information literacy: Perception and Skills of Graduates of Institution of Education and Research, University of Dhaka." Teacher World 33-34 (2009) : 87-98 .

Md. Anwarul islam and Keita Tsuji. "Bridging Digital Divide in Bangladesh: A Study on CIC." The Electronic Library 29 , no.04 (2009) : 506-522 .

Salma Chowdhury and Md. Anwarul Islam. "Concept, Issues and Effectiveness of Mobile Library Services in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Bishwa Shahitya Kendra (BSK)." The CDR Journal (A Journal of Center for Development Research) 3&4 (2008) : 37-50 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Muhammad Mzbah-ul-Islam. "Community Information Services in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Community Information Center (CIC).." Library Herald 46 , no.04 (2008) : 255-279 .

Salma Chowdhury and Md. Anwarul Islam. "Preservation of Cultural Heritage Resources in Digital Environment: Problems and Prospects of Cultural Heritage Resources in Bangladesh." The Dhaka University Studies June (2007&2008) : 71-84 .

Conference Proceedings

Md. Anwarul Islam and Naresh Kumar Agarwal. "How is Knowledge Manaegement represented in Library and Information Science ?." Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Melbourne: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019 .

Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Md. Anwarul Islam. "Ascertaining the place of Library and Information Science in knowledge management research." Association of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) , pp. 1-9. Vancouver, Canada: Wiley-Blackwell, 2018 .

Md. Anwarul Islam. "Managing teaching and learning records in the commercial cloud: A public university Perspective." International Conference on e-Commerce, e-Administration, e-Society, e-Education, and e-Technology (e-CASE & e-tech) Kyoto: 2017 .

Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Md. Anwarul Islam. "How can professional associations continue to stay relevant? Knowledge management to the rescue." Association of Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) , pp. 1-10. Copenhagen, Denmark: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016 .

Md. Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Mitsuru Ikeda. "How do academic libraries work with their users to co-create value for service innovation? : A qualitative survey." Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML) Conference Paris, France: QQML, 2015 .

Md. Anwarul Islam, Vesa Matti Peltokorpi and MItsuru Ikeda. "Service innovation in academic libraries : review and a conceptual framework." International Conference of Library and Information Science (ICLIS) , pp. 89-105. Osaka, Japan: 2015 .

Md. Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Mitsuru Ikeda. "How does knowledge management affect service innovation in academic libraries: A survey study." Association of Information Science & Technology , pp. 1-4. St. Louis, Mo. USA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015 .

Md. Anwarul Islam, Naresh Kumar Agarwal and Mitsuru Ikeda. "Knowledge sharing amongst information professionals’ in Bangladesh: A quantitative analysis." BOBCATSSS Conference , pp. 224-231. Barcelona, Spain: 2014 .

Md. Anwarul Islam. "An investigation and analysis of the application of Web 2.0 in university libraries in Bangladesh." International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML) Rome, Italy: La Sapienza University, 2013 .

Md. Anwarul Islam. "Reading habits and attitudes in the digital environment: A Study on Dhaka University Students." International Conference on Digital Humanities University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA: University of Nebraska, 2013 .

Md. Anwarul Islam. "Mobile phone technology in academic library services: A public university students' perceptions and paradigm." International M-library conference Milton Keynes, The UK: Facet, 2012 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Salma Chowdhury. "Open Access Institutional Repositories for Scholarly Communication: A Developing Country Perspective." Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice , pp. 506-514. Putrajaya, Malaysia: 2011 .

Md. Shiful Islam, Salma Chowdhury and Md. Anwarul Islam. "LIS Education in E-Learning Environment: Problems and Proposals for Bangladesh." Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice , pp. 519-529. Tsukuba, Japan: 2009 .

Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam and Md. Anwarul Islam. "Concepts, Issues and Design of Virtual Library in Mathematics: Problem and Prospects of Virtual Library in Bangladesh." International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management , pp. 401-411. Kathmandu, Nepal: IFLA, 2008 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam. "Concept, Issues and Importance of Library Consortium: Problems and prospects of university library consortium in Bangladesh." ÜNAK 08 Information: Diversity and Awareness Izmir, Turkey: 2008 .

Md. Anwarul Islam and Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam. "Community Information Centers: A step to Bringing Connectivity of the Rural Communities in Bangladesh." Planner-2008 Convention on Open Access, Open Source, Open Libraries (0)3 , pp. 55-69. Nagaland University, Nagaland, India: INFLIBNET, 2008 .

Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam, Md. Golam Mostafa and Md. Anwarul Islam. "Problems and Prospects of Bangladesh Islamic Library Network: A Case Study of Bangladesh Islamic University and Foundation Library." WCOMLIS-2008: World Congress of Muslim Library and Information Scientists BandarBaru, Nilai, Malaysia: 2008 .

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