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Sharifah Nur Amirah Bt. Sarif Abdullah

Academic Qualification

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Library and Information Science) - Doctor of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia

Sharifah Nur Amirah Bt. Sarif Abdullah (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

KULLIYYAH OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Other's position:

Head, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology


shnuramirah@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Sharifah Nur Amirah Sarif Abdullah started her career as an academic in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 2017. Currently, she is serving the Department of Library and Information Science, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology. She obtained her Doctoral and Masters degrees in Library and Information Science from IIUM. She had a Bachelor of Human Sciences (Psychology) with Honors from the same university. Her areas of expertise are Bibliographic Control, Metadata Quality, Information Visualization, Digital Humanities, Information Seeking Behaviour. 

Prior joining to IIUM as an academic, she has experienced as Graduate Research Assistant during her postgraduate studies. She secured National and University grants as Principal Researcher and Co Researcher. She is a member for University Research Group under IT for Development and e-Government (ITDEG) and Digital Humanities Research group under KICT. She is currently a Leader for Humanising Digital Education Flagship and Coordinator for KICT Resource Centre.


Area of Specialisation


  • ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ Information Systems ~ Information Services (Including Including Informtion Services, Library Services, Bioinformation Services, Bussines Intelligence Services, Collaborative Computng Services, Political Information Services, Social and Community Informtion Services and Internet) - Information seeking behaviour
  • ICT ~ Information, Computer And Communications Technology (ICT) ~ ICT Applications ~ E-Library - Bibliographic control


Professional Membership


  • 2018 - 2019: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Professional Member), Librarians Associations of Malaysia
  • 2021 - 2022: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Professional Member), Librarians Associations of Malaysia
  • 2021 - 2024: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Professional Member), myHCI UX Kuala Lumpur ACM SIGCHI Local Chapter
  • 2024 - 2025: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Professional Member), Association of Information Science and Technology


Teaching Responsibilities


APPLICATION OF INFO. TECHNOLOGY IN LIBRARY 2020/2021
CONSERV. & PRESERV. OF INFO. RESOURCES 2022/2023
CONVERSATION AND PERSERVATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCES 2022/2023
DIRECTED RESEARCH PRACTICUM 2023/2024 2018/2019 2017/2018
FIELDWORK 2022/2023
INFO. PROCESSING AND DATABASE DEVELOPMENT 2021/2022
INFORMATION ANALYSIS & ORGANIZATION I 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
INFORMATION ANALYSIS & ORGANIZATION II 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND ORGANIZATION 2023/2024 2022/2023
INFORMATION RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 2022/2023
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2023/2024 2021/2022
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 2019/2020 2018/2019


Supervision


Knowledge Sharing Practice In Selected Malaysian Academic Libraries.
Ph.D Completed 2022 Member Supervisory Committee
The Relationship Between The Application Of Knowledge ‎Management Processes And ‎The Improvement Delivery Of ‎Information Services Among Yemeni University ‎Librarians By Using ‎Structural Equation Modeling (Sem)‎.
Ph.D Completed 2021 Member Supervisory Committee
Determinants That Influence The Adoption Of The Oman Virtual Science Library (Masader) In Higher Education .
Ph.D Completed 2021 Co-supervisor
Information Seeking Behaviour Of Women In The Gulf Cooperation Council Universities .
Ph.D Completed 2019 Member Supervisory Committee
Exploring User Engagement With Social Media In Libraries: Practices, Perceptions And Contributing Factors.
Ph.D Completed 2019 Main Supervisor
Public Libraries As Spaces To Advocate Digital Inclusion For Rural Communities.
Ph.D In Progress Main Supervisor
Library Transformation: Noise Level And Hierrarchy Of Library Users Need In Malaysia Academic Library.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Application Of Digital Reference Service At Federal University Libraries In Northwest Nigeria.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
The Application Of Koha Integrated Library System For Cataloguing Module In Malaysia Academic In Libraries.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
Users' Perceived Viability Towards Jawi Imprints Digitization.
Master Completed 2022 Main Supervisor
The Learning Resource Centre (Lrc) And Reading Motivation Among Secondary School Students In Sultanate Of Oman.
Master Completed 2021 Main Supervisor
The Use Of Electronic Resources Among Medical Students In University Of Hadramout.
Master Completed 2019 Main Supervisor
Userrequirements Analysis Forinformationvisualization In Library Resources Discovery.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2020 - 2022 Kajian Hukum Mengenai Kesan Permainan Digital Terhadap Masyarakat
2018 - 2023 FUNCTIONALITIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL MODULE IN OPEN SOURCE INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM (ILS) AMONG CATALOGERS.
On-Going
2019 - Present User Preferences Model for Information Visualization Features of Bibliographic Catalogues in Library Resource Discovery
2008 - Present IT for Development and e-Government (ITDEG)


Award & Recognition


27 Sep, 2023 KICT Takrim Award 2023: Best Teaching Innovation for Transdisciplinary Learning - KICT KCDIO
27 Sep, 2023 KICT Takrim Award 2023: Publication in KICT Newsletter - KICT KCDIO


Publications


Article

2023 A study on the implementation of KOHA cataloguing module in Malaysian academic libraries. Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science, 28 (1) pp. 69-87
2023 Functionalities of FRBR-based information visualisation in library bibliographic records. Journal of Digital System Development (JDSD), 1 () pp. 1-11
2023 User feasibility study on the digitization of Jawi imprints collection. Journal of Computing Technologies and Creative Content (JTeC), 8 (1) pp. 7-15
2022 Connexion@DLIS; The DLIS 30th Anniversary. KICT Newsletter Special Issues, July 2022 () pp.
2022 Connexion@DLIS; The DLIS 30th Anniversary. KICT Newsletter Special Issues, () pp.
2021 Cataloguer Acceptance on Cataloguing Module in Open-Source Integrated Library System in Academic Library in Malaysia. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), () pp. 1-20
2020 Learning resource centres (LRC) services and reading motivation among secondary school in Sultanate of Oman. Multi-Knowledge Electronic Comprehensive Journal For Education And Science (MECSJ), (36) pp. 1-15
2015 Applying FRBR model to bibliographic works on Al-Quran. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 20 (1) pp. 19-28
Conference or Workshop Item

2023 Designing FRBR-based information visualization for library resources. In: 5th National Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction 2023,
2021 An investigation of Arabic-Malay translation: problems and issues. In: Seminar Penterjemahan Kebangsaan,
2018 Features of library discovery tools to enhance information visualization of bibliographic records. In: Seminar on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management 2018 (SIRKM 18),
2014 Metadata interoperability requirements for aggregating Islamic manuscript bibliographic records. In: 2014 The 5th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M 2014),
2014 Normalizing library records display using FRBR model for al-Qur'an work-set. In: 2014 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M),
Book

2023 Prosiding Persidangan Penterjemahan Antarabangsa ke-19 = The 19th International Conference on Translation Proceedings. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-335-9
2017 Conceptions and practices of metadata quality for frbr user tasks resources discovery in institutional repositories. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-692-0
Monograph

2022 Kajian hukum mengenai kesan permainan digital terhadap masyarakat. In: ,