About Afroza Yasmin


 

 

Professional Experience

     
  Library Associate, International University of Business, Agriculture, and Technology (IUBAT)

May 2005 - Present

 

Currently rendering services as the Library Associate in the International University of Business, Agriculture, and Technology (IUBAT). Responsible for Managing and delivering information resources of the University of 800 students. The major duties are:

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Circulation Services

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Guidance Services

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Reference & Bibliographic Service

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Database Maintenance (documentation, CDS-ISIS database, catalogs, etc.)

 

 

Educational Qualification

   
 

Certificates

Board/University Institutions Address Passing Year Major/Group

Result

  PGD-LIS*

National University

Institute of Library & Information Science (ILIS)

Nilkhet, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2004

Library & Information Science

1st Class

  B. Com

National University

B.L. Government College

Khulna, Bangladesh

2002

Management

2nd Class

  HSC** Bangladesh Technical Education Board

Ahsanullah College

Khulna, Bangladesh

1998

Business Management**

1st Division

  SSC

Jessore Education Board

Iqbalnagar Girls' High School Khulna, Bangladesh

1995

Arts

1st Division

    * PGD-LIS = Post-graduate Diploma in Library & Information Science.

    ** Completed (3 years) Technical HSC in Business Management group with major in Computer Operations.

N.B. Currently enrolled in the Department of Information Science & Library Management, University of Dhaka to complete the Masters of Arts in Information Science & Library Management. The Masters degree is expected to be completed by November 2007.

 

 

Professional Training

   
  Training & Voluntary Service at Publication Unit of ICDDR,B

From February to April 2005 (3 months)

 

Rendered voluntary service to the Publication Unit of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh as a training program to understand the publication functions and activities of an information resource center.

   
  Training on Intra-library Activities in LISU of ICDDR,B

From December 2004 to January 2005 (2 months)

 

The training covered: classification, cataloging, journal entry, online literature search, library member services, database maintenance, operating library application software (ALICE), etc.

   
  Internship on Dhaka University Central Library (DUCL)

In September 2004 (1 week)

  Completed a weeklong internship on Dhaka University Central Library. The internship was arranged by the Institute of Library and Information Science (ILIS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The internship covered: classification, cataloging, journal entry, member services, and introduction to library application software (Graphical Library Automation System – GLAS), etc.
   
  Training on Web-based Literature Search

In September 2004 (1 day)

  Attended a training session on Web-based Literature Search conducted by Dissemination and Information Services Centre (DISC) of ICDDR,B. The training involved literature search technique from medical and related literature resource websites in the internet (e.g. Medline, Pubmed, Popline, etc.).

 

 

Computer Literacy

 
Suite Literacy Level/Details
MS Office MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, and MS Outlook
Internet Browsing, Email, Literature Search (Medline, Pubmed, Popline etc.)
Library Application Micro-CDS/ISIS, Graphical Library Automation System (GLAS), and Alice.

 

 

Language Proficiency

     
  Languages Attributes Speak Read Write
  Bangla Mother Tongue Excellent Excellent Excellent
  English Secondary Language Good Excellent Fair
  Hindi Adopted Language Excellent Fair Survival
  Urdu Adopted Language Excellent Survival Survival

 

 

Afroza Yasmin : The Library and Information Science Specialist in Bangladesh

 

Residence: I-14/2 Bilashpur, BIDC Road, Joydevpur, Gazipur-1700, Bangladesh | Office: IUBAT, Uttara-10, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh

Mailing Address: Afroza Yasmin C/O. M A Rahim, Dissemination Manager, Publication Unit, ICDDR,B, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Phone: +88-02-8631523~7 Ext. 116 | +88-02-8811751~60 Ext. 2121 (C/O. Abid Anwar) | +88-02-9142585 Ext. 21 (C/O. Asif Anwar)

Cell-1: +88-0177-056223 (Major) | Cell-2: +88-0189-944050 (Minor) | HomeCell1: +88-0172-181761 | HomeCell2: +88-0171272011

Emails: afroz@nwar.cjb.net, afroza_11@yahoo.com, afrozayasmin@gmail.com | Website: www.afrozayasmin.cjb.net

© Afroza Yasmin, 2005