Forthcoming Workshops Highlight Public Services Professional and Students Development in Qatar
Qatar National Library (QNL) will host a series of events to highlight the benefits of public services and prioritise the training of students and professionals this month.
The events include a book discussion featuring ‘Qatar’s Modern and Contemporary Development: Chapters of Political, Social and Economic Development’, co-authored by Dr. Ahmed Al Shalaq, Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud and Dr. Youssef Al Abdullah. The book sheds light on the nation’s modern history, and discusses Qatar’s emergence as a sovereign state in 1971, and its continuing political, economic and social developments up until 2013. The discussion will be conducted in Arabic and will take place on 11th of May in the TV Lounge at the Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Student Center.
QNL will also host the ‘Train the Trainer – Hands On’ workshop for library professionals on 14th of May at the HBKU Student Center. Entitled ‘Public Services in Libraries and Information Centres’, the workshop will be presented by notable guest lecturer Huda Abbas, Executive Director of the HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library in King’s Academy Amman, Jordan.
Targeting local librarians and focusing on the benefits of reference materials, the workshop aims to raise awareness of public services provided by libraries and information centres, and their role in spreading knowledge in the local community. The workshop will enable local librarians to enhance their skills to catalogue, locate and efficiently deliver relevant information to library patrons.
Furthermore, on 17th May, at the HBKU Student Center, QNL will offer a comprehensive training course, open to all librarians in Qatar, on the selected Islamic online resources E-Marefa, Al Manhal and Dar Almandumah collections, containing scholarly journals and full-text Arabic and Islamic publications in various fields.
“QNL aims to cultivate well-trained knowledge providers, so as to offer the highest standard of information services delivery to our patrons,” said Engineer Saadi Al-Said, Director of Administration and Planning at QNL.
Additionally, last Saturday, QNL hosted its popular research workshop entitled ‘Conducting Research’ at Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) to develop the research skills of students and researchers.
QNL is a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF). Through hosting such events, QNL supports QF’s mission to preserve the nation’s heritage for future generations while fostering the growth of society through human and social development.
