Dr. Mansour bin Abdullah Al-Zamil was recently appointed secretary of the King Fahad National Library in Riyadh, following the decision of the Minister of Culture, Prince Badr bin Abdullah.
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Al-Zamil is the former supervisor of the Deanship of Library Affairs at King Saud University in Riyadh, where he has worked for the past twenty years.
He joined King Saud University in 2008 as an associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Sciences. He was promoted to associate professor in 2011 and then to professor in 2018.
Prior to that, Al-Zamil worked at the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh, where he served as an associate professor between 2002 and 2008 and a lecturer between 1991 and 1999.
Al-Zamel received his BA with second class honors in Library and Information Studies from the Department of Arts at King Saud University. After that, he moved to the United States to complete his higher education in Library and Information Studies. He received his master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and his Ph.D. from Florida Public University. Participated in many regional and international conferences. His research interests include e-government, digital libraries, e-education, distance learning, and research methodologies in the field of library and information.
He is a member of several scientific and academic societies, including the Saudi Library and Information Association, the Saudi Computer Society, and the Beta Phi Mo International Honorary Society for Library and Information Studies.
The King Fahd National Library in Riyadh is one of the oldest libraries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was established as a memorial on the occasion of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz’s accession to the throne in 1982.
The library is considered one of the most important cultural buildings in Saudi Arabia and an architectural masterpiece. It was designed by Professor Eckhard Gerber and his team Gerber Architekten in collaboration with the Riyadh Municipality, which provided the land and technical, architectural, and administrative supervision.
Source: Ukrgate
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