Prof. Emad Eissa

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Arab Federation of Libraries and Information, Egypt

Prof. Dr Emad Eissa Saleh Mohamed

• President of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI); Professor and Head of the Department of Information Science at Capital University (formerly Helwan University), Egypt;
• PhD in Digital Libraries; Educational Coordinator of the International Network of Emerging Library Innovators – Middle East and North Africa (INELI-MENA);
• Technical Expert at the Academy of the Arabic Language in Egypt;
• Member of the Peer Review Committee for Academic Promotions at the Supreme Council of Universities;
• Editor-in-Chief of AFLI journal; and
• Peer Reviewer for several Arab and international academic journals.

He previously served as Chairman of the Central Administration of the Egyptian National Library (Dar El-Kutub) and Vice-President of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI).

He has worked as a Professor in the Department of Information Science at King Abdulaziz University, as well as a Consultant and Expert for numerous institutions and projects, including the FAO Regional Office for the Near East and the Digital Library of the Arab Organization for Administrative Development (ARADO). He received the Nasseej Academy Award for Scientific Excellence (2023), the Sharjah Award for Library Literature in its 23rd session (2023), and the Scientific Publishing Excellence Award in Social Sciences (2014) from King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia.

He has participated as a lecturer and keynote speaker at numerous forums organized by scientific and professional federations, associations, and institutions, including the Saudi Ministry of Culture, the Arab Organization for Administrative Development (ARADO), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), and the American Library Association (ALA). He has authored numerous published research papers and scientific studies in the field of library and information technology and its applications, and has taken part in many specialized conferences, workshops, and symposia on technological applications in library and information science.