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Nafiz Zaman


Title and Organization:		President, Bangladesh Association of Young Researchers
Gender and Age:		Male, 25
Location:		Dhaka
Country of Residence:		Bangladesh
Country of Birth:		Bangladesh
Nationalities:		Bangladeshi
Citizenships:		Bangladesh
Languages:		English , Bengali; Bangla



Website:		http://www.bayrbd.org/nafiz.htm
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About Me

Brief biography of Nafiz Zaman Shuva

This is Nafiz Zaman Shuva from Bangladesh. I am the President of Bangladesh Association of Young Researchers (BAYR), (http://tigurl.org/egxexo), only youth research association in Bangladesh. I am also the Youth Action Ambassador and Vice President Asia region of Young People We Care (YPWC). I am working as Executive Director of Information Society Today (http://tigurl.org/pnyr8k), a voluntary organization promoting information related activities in Bangladesh. I am also the forum contact for National Forum on Information Literacy(USA)(http://tigurl.org/z33u5w).

Born in 1983 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I graduated from dept. of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka in 2006 and current Masters student of the same department. I have 7 articles to my credit on different issues.I was the Convener of the programme of BAYR on Global Youth Services Day-2007. I was the programme co-ordinator of training programme on “Internet Fundamentals and Online Research Tools” hosted by BAYR and supported by British Council, Dhaka office.

I do believe that Youth can do any positive thing. Proper development of the society and country as whole is possible only through proper participation of the youth member of the society. I also believe that Youth can change our society very positively.

My research interest includes : 1) Information seeking behaviour
2) Information System development
3) Village development information system
4) Information and Communication Technology
5) Youth development
6) Women empowerment
7) HIV/AIDS
8) Peace
9)Civil Society

Experiences :

1. Working as President, Bangladesh Association of Young Researchers (BAYR)(http://tigurl.org/egxexo).

2.Working as Forum Contact of National Forum on Information Literacy (USA)
http://tigurl.org/z33u5w

3.Working as Executive Director of Information Society Today (http://tigurl.org/pnyr8k)

4.Working as Editorial Board Member of Library Student Journal (USA) http://tigurl.org/j8bpub

5. Working as Youth Action Ambassador and Vice President(Asia Region) of Young People We care
6. I was the Convener of International Youth Day -2007 observance committee of Bangladesh

7. Worked as Programme Co-coordinator and Trainer of BAYR training programme on Internet Fundamentals and Online Research tools from February 8 to February 22, 2007, supported by British Council, Dhaka office.

Membership : i. American Society for Information Science &
Technology (ASIS&T), (U.S.A)
ii. National Forum on Information Literacy, (U.S.A)
iii. Global Member – ISOC (U.S.A.)
iv. Global Youth Action Network (GYAN), (U.S.A)
v. Member- Emerald CIMPA (U.S.A.)
vi. Member- South Asia Foundation
vii. Bengal Library Association, Life Member, (India)
viii. Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres,(IASLIC), Life Member, (India)
ix. Indian Library Association, Life Member

Forum Member : ICT of Bangladesh
K.M Forum
Information Literacy Today
Library and Information Society
International Federation of Library and
Information Science Students
PUPBLibrary&Info.Sci. Group
OCLC Forum (U.S.A)
Web Junction (U.S.A)

Skill : i) Language : Written and spoken English.
ii) IT Skill : Microsoft office ,Web design, Web hosting, CD authoring,
e-journals publishing , Bloging, Database design in
CDS/ISIS.

Research and publications :

Article:

1.Shuva , N.Z. (2003). Public libraries in Bangladesh. PULMAN express , October(1), 8-

10.
2. Shuva, N.Z. (2005). Implementing information and communication technology in public libraries of Bangladesh , in International Information & Library Review, Volume 37, Issue 3,

3.Shuva, N.Z. (2005). Information literacy : Bangladesh perspective. Available at www.infosciencetoday.org/786infolit.pdf

4.Shuva, N.Z. (2004). History of library association of Bangladesh. Available at www.infosciencetoday.org

5. Shuva, N.Z. ( 2005). Information science today.[Bangla] CNEWS, August, 43-44. Dhaka.

6.Shuva, N.Z. ( 2005).Use of technology in libraries of Bangladesh. [Bangla] CNEWS, August, 43-44. Dhaka.

Conferences/Assembly:

1. CIVICUS World Assembly -2007 on Acting Together for a Just World at LOCH SUITE – GLASGOW SECC, Scotland, from May 25, 2007 to May 27, 2007.

2. First CIVICUS Youth Assembly -2007 on Accountability to Future Generations, LOCH SUITE – GLASGOW SECC, Scotland, from May 23, 2007 to May 24, 2007.

3. CALIBER-2003, First International Convention on Mapping Technology On Libraries and People hosted by Nirma Education and Research Foundation at their campus in Ahmedabad, India during February 13-15, 2003

4.International Conference on Role of libraries for the development of Human Resources, Rajshahi, 2003.

Tutorial : Took tutorial on ‘Developing Digital Collections’ hosted by Nirma Education and Research Foundation at their campus in Ahmedabad, India.

Achievement and Awards Received:

1. Dean’s Merit Scholarship (2001-2002) given by Faculty of Arts , University of Dhaka

2. American Society for Information Science & Technology International Paper Contest 2004 award

Personal information :

Father’s Name : M.A. Hamiduzzaman
Mother’s Name : Saleha Sultana

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