Mohamed Elzalabany is a Library systems consultant (Egyptian Prime Vision) and holds a bachelor’s degree in library and information science (2003) and a master’s in library systems (2014) from Cairo University. With nearly two decades of experience, he specializes in automation, data migration and digital transformation for libraries, archives and organizations.
He has led projects across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Oman, implementing open-source solutions like KOHA, DSPACE, VUFIND, OPEN KM and DATAVERSE, His expertise includes project data conversion, RFID integration and capacity building through consultation and training. Mohamed has worked at the Library of Congress as a cataloging and acquisition librarian for 17 years and is pursuing a PhD at Cairo University, focusing on research data repositories to enhance data management.