• Ph.D. in Information Science and Library Science, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (December 2001)
• M.S. in Library Science (specialization: academic libraries) (summa cum laude), School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University (December 1996)
• M.A. in Political Studies (specialization: international politics), American University of Beirut (February 1996)
• B.A. in Political Studies, American University of Beirut (June 1991)
• Undergraduate coursework in Agriculture, Biology, and Chemistry, American University of Beirut (1986-1989)

• Director, Master of Library Science Program, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington (Fall 2008 to present)
• Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington (Fall 2008 to present)
• Co-Director, Master of Library Science Program, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington (2005 - 2008)
• Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington (2004 - 2008)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Information Studies (formerly School of Information Science and Policy), University at Albany, State University of New York (Spring 2002 - 2004)
• Lecturer, Department of Information Studies (formerly School of Information Science and Policy), University at Albany, State University of New York (Fall 2001)
• Teaching Fellow, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1998 - 2001)
• Research Assistant, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1997 - 2001)
• Adjunct Lecturer, School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University (Spring and summer 1997)
• Library Assistant, National Humanities Center Library, Research Triangle Park, NC (Spring 1997)
• Library Intern, Technical Services, Perkins Library, Duke University (Fall 1996)
• Library Assistant, School of Library and Information Sciences Library, North Carolina Central University (1996 - 1997)
• Bibliographer, Middle East for Research and Studies, Beirut, Lebanon (1991 - 1995)
• Graduate and Research Assistant, Department of Political Studies and Public Administration, American University of Beirut (1990 - 1995)
• Library Assistant (circulation, reference, and reserve), Jafet Library, American University of Beirut (1986 - 1995)

• Co-Director of CiteSearch Project (2005 to present), School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington
• • The goal of this project is to develop a multi-faceted fusion approach to information quality assessment that employs a range of citation-based methods to analyze data from multiple sources.
  
  
• Co-Director of DGov Project (2004 - 2006), School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington
• • Digital Government (DGov) project investigated an efficient and effective approach to organizing U.S. Government websites to facilitate the access and enhance the retrieval of government information. The DGoV project became inactive when a major government initiative to restructure FirstGov.gov to USA.gov began in 2007.
  
  
• Research Interests
• • Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Scientometrics, Scholarly Communication and Network Analysis

• Books
  • Nsouli, M. A., & Meho, L. I. (2006). Censorship in the Arab world: An annotated bibliography. Introduction by Ghassan Tueni. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. 192 p.
  • Meho, L. I. (2004). The Kurdish question in U.S. foreign policy: A documentary sourcebook. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. 720 p.
  • Meho, L. I., & Maglaughlin, K. (2001). Kurdish culture and society: An annotated bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 356 p.
  • Meho, L. I., & Nsouli, M. A. (1999). Libraries and information in the Arab world: An annotated bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 352 p.
  • Meho, L. I. (1997). The Kurds and Kurdistan: A selective and annotated bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 371 p.
  
  
• Chapters in Books
  • Meho, L. I., & Kawtharani, F. W. (2005). The Kurdish community in Lebanon and their future prospects. In M. M. A. Ahmed & M. M. Gunter (Eds.), The Kurdish question and the 2003 Iraqi war (pp. 248-275). Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers.
  • Meho, L. I., & Nehme, M. (2004). The legacy of U.S. support to Kurds: Two major episodes. In L. I. Meho, The Kurdish question in U.S. foreign policy: A documentary sourcebook (pp. 11-22). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
  • Meho, L. I. (2001). The Kurds and Kurdistan: A general background. In L. I. Meho & K. Maglaughlin, Kurdish culture and society: An annotated bibliography (pp. 3-26). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
  
  
• Refereed Journal Articles
  • Meho, L. I., & Sugimoto, C. R. (in press). Assessing the scholarly impact of information studies: A tale of two citation databases--Scopus and Web of Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
  • Cronin, B., & Meho, L. I. (in press). Receiving the French: A bibliometric snapshot of the impact of "French Theory" on information studies. Journal of Information Science.
  • Sugimoto, C. R., Russell, T. G., Meho, L. I., & Marchionini, G. (2008). MPACT and citation impact: Two sides of the same scholarly coin? Library & Information Science Research, 30(4), 273-281.
  • Cronin, B., & Meho, L. I. (2008). Applying the Author Affiliation Index to library and information science journals. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(11), 1861-1865.
  • Meho, L. I., & Rogers, Y. (2008). Citation counting, citation ranking, and h-index of human-computer interaction researchers: A comparison between Scopus and Web of Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(11), 1711-1726.
  • Cronin, B., & Meho, L. I. (2008). The shifting balance of intellectual trade in information studies. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(4), 551-564.
  • Meho, L. I. (2007). The rise and rise of citation analysis. Physics World, 20(1), 32-36.
  • Meho, L. I., & Yang, K. (2007). Impact of data sources on citation counts and rankings of LIS faculty: Web of Science vs. Scopus and Google Scholar. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(13), 2105-2125.
  • Cronin, B., & Meho, L. I. (2007). Timelines of creativity: A study of intellectual innovators in information science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(13), 1948-1959.
  • Shachaf, P., Meho, L. I., & Hara, N. (2007). Cross-cultural analysis of e-mail reference. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 33(2), 243-253.
  • Meho, L. I. (2006). E-Mail interviewing in qualitative research: A methodological discussion. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(10), 1284-1295.
  • Cronin, B., & Meho, L. I. (2006). Using the h-index to rank influential information scientists. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(9), 1275-1278.
  • Meho, L. I., & Spurgin, K. M. (2005). Ranking the research productivity of LIS faculty and schools: An evaluation of data sources and research methods. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 56(12), 1314-1331.
  • Meho, L. I., & Tibbo, H. R. (2003). Modeling the information-seeking behavior of social scientists: Ellis's study revisited. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 54(6), 570-587.
  • Tibbo, H. R., & Meho, L. I. (2001). Finding finding aids on the world wide web. The American Archivist, 64(1), 61-77.
  • Meho, L. I., & Haas, S. W. (2001). Information-seeking behavior and use of social science faculty studying stateless nations: A case study. Library & Information Science Research, 23(1), 5-25.
  • Meho, L. I., & Sonnenwald, D. H. (2000). Citation ranking versus peer evaluation of senior faculty research performance: A case study of Kurdish scholarship. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 51(2), 123-138.
  • Harik, J. P., & Meho, L. I. (1996). The war generation and student elections at the American University of Beirut. Arab Studies Quarterly, 18, 67-90.
  • Nehme, M., & Meho, L. I. (1995). Pawns in a deadly game: The Iraqi Kurds and the US, 1972-1975. International Studies, 32(1), 41-55.
  • Nehme, M., & Meho, L. I. (1994). The United States and minority groups: Case study of the Kurds. The Lebanese National Defense, (10), 212-231.
  
  
• Conference Papers, Panels, and Presentations (refereed items are marked with an asterisk)
  • *Britz, J., Mehra, B., Rioux, K., Meho, L. I., & Bilal, D. (2007). Information behavior in developing countries: Research, issues, and emerging trends. In Proceedings of the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (October 18-24, 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Silver Springs, MD: American Society for Information Science and Technology. (Panel)
  • *Meho, L. I., & Sugimoto, C. R. (2007). Mapping the intellectual impact of library and information science research through citations: A tale of two databases - Scopus and Web of Science. In Proceedings of the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-24, 2007. (Paper - 12 p.)
  • *Meho, L. I., & Yang, K. (2007). Fusion approach to citation-based quality assessment. In the 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Madrid, Spain, June 25-27, 2007. (Paper - 12 p.)
  • *Yang, K., & Meho, L. I. (2007). CiteSearch: Next-generation citation analysis. In Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 18-23, 2007 (pp. 101-102).
  • *Yang, K., & Meho, L. I. (2006). Citation analysis: A comparison of Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. In A. Dillon & A. Grove (Eds.), Information realities: Shaping the digital future for all - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Austin, Texas, 3-8 November, 2006. Silver Springs, MD: American Society for Information Science and Technology. (Paper - 12 p.)
  • *Meho, L. I., & Yang, K. (2006). Multi-faceted approach to citation-based quality assessment for knowledge management. In World Library and Information Congress, 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council, Seoul, Korea, 20-24 August, 2006. (Paper - 14 p.)
  • *Meho, L. I., & Yang, K. (2006). Locating online government information: A comparison of FirstGov, Google, and Yahoo. In Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, San Diego, California, May 21-24, 2006. ACM Press. (Paper - 2 p.)
  • *Shachaf, P., Hara, N., & Meho, L. I. (2005). Cross-cultural analysis of virtual reference. (Panel sponsored by SIG TIS and SIG III). In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 28-November 2, 2005. Silver Springs, MD: American Society for Information Science and Technology. (Panel)
  • Yang, K., Maglaughlin, K., Meho, L. I., & Sumner, R. G. (1999). IRIS at TREC-7. In E. M. Voorhees & D. K. Harman (Eds.), The Seventh Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-7) (pp. 555-566). Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
  
  
• Non-Refereed Publications/Works
• • Meho, L. I. (2003). The International Journal of Kurdish Studies: A cumulative index and abstracts to volumes 1-16 (1986-2002). The International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 17(1-2), 121-154.
  • Meho, L. I. (2003). Kurdish poetry: A guide to resources in Arabic, English, and French. The International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 17(1-2), 75-90.
  • Meho, L. I. (1998). Libraries, library science, and librarianship in Lebanon: A selective and annotated bibliography. Bulletin of the Lebanese Library Association, 2(5), 14-15. Reprinted in 1999 in Bulletin of Bibliography, 56(1), 9-14.
  
  
• Dissertation and Thesis
• • Meho, L. I. (2001). The information-seeking behavior of social science faculty studying stateless nations. Ph.D. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina. Advisor: Helen R. Tibbo.
  • Meho, L. I. (1995). The dilemma of social and political integration of ethnoclass groups within pluralistic societies: The case of the Kurds in Lebanon. Master's Thesis. Beirut: American University of Beirut.
  
  
• Research Grants and Awards
• • The 2007 DIALOG/ALISE Methodology Paper Competition. For "E-mail interviewing in qualitative research: A methodological discussion," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(10), 1284-1295.
  • OCLC/ALISE 2006 Library and Information Science Research Grant. For "Impact of data sources on citation counts and rankings of LIS faculty: Web of Science vs. Scopus and Google Scholar," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(13), 2105-2125.
  • ALISE's 2005 Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition. For "Ranking the research productivity of LIS faculty and schools: An evaluation of data sources and research methods," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 56(12), 1314-1331.

• Open University (Milton Keynes, UK). Presentation and workshop on citation databases and citation-based indicators, and bibliometrics analyses for research evaluation (June 22, 2009)
• University of Nottingham (UK). Presentation and workshop on citation databases and citation-based indicators, and bibliometrics analyses for research evaluation (June 19, 2009)
• Special Libraries Association, Science-Technology Division, "Citation Tracking Tools: Evaluation & Vendor Update." Presentation on citation databases (June 16, 2009)
• Special Libraries Association, Chemistry Division, "A Measures Toolkit for Librarians." Presentation on state of the art in citation-based indicators (June 15, 2009)
• Office of Vice Provost of Faculty and Academic Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington. Presentations on citation analysis and research evaluation at promotion and tenure workshops for faculty, chairpersons, and deans (May 2008 and 2009)
• Kurdistan TV (July 4, 2007). Interviewed by Rola al-Khatib (topic: Lokman I. Meho and higher education)
• Office of the Dean of Faculties, Indiana University Bloomington. Led workshops on citation analysis and research evaluation for Indiana University's promotion and tenure candidates. The workshops were also attended by deans and chairpersons (Summer 2006, 2008)
• Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, Indiana University Bloomington. Discussant and Presenter at Workshop on Scholarly Databases and Data Integration (Bloomington, IN, August 30-31, 2006)
• Voice of America - Kurdish Section (July 2006). Interviewed by Tugan Birusk (topic: Kurdish Community in Lebanon)
• New York Academy of Sciences. Workshop on Mapping Science. Presentation on citation databases and the h-index. (New York, NY, April 4, 2006)
• New York Times, Late Edition, col. 01, p. 5 (Sunday, November 2, 2003). Interviewed by Tara Bahrampour (topic: Kurdish Library in New York)

• Courses Taught
• • Collection Development and Management (2 sections)
  • Evaluation of Resources and Services (10 sections)
  • Foundations of Library and Information Science (3 sections)
  • Information Technology Applications (5 sections)
  • Online Searching (7 sections)
  • Reference (16 sections)
  • Social Science Information (5 sections)
• Doctoral Students
• • Erjia Yan (advisor)
  • Lala Hajibayova (co-advisor)
  • Stephanie Singleton (advisor, PhD minor)
  • Peter Hook (dissertation committee member)
  • Seungmin Lee (qualifying exam advisory committee member)
  • Ning Yu (qualifying exam advisory committee member)
• Published Student Papers (Master Students)
• • Adamick, J. (forthcoming). Islam in Europe: A research guide. Reference & User Services Quarterly.
  • Anderson, J. (forthcoming). Academic freedom in post-9/11 America: A research guide. Reference & User Services Quarterly.
  • Beard, M. (2008). C.S. Lewis: A guide to resources. Collection Building, 27(4), 144-148.
  • Betty, P. (2007). Haitian Americans: A research guide. Reference Services Review, 35(2), 230-248.
  • Bluemle, S. R. (2008). Emily Dickinson: A research guide. Reference Services Review, 36(3), 252-263.
  • Braune, S. M. (2005). Islam as practiced by the Kazaks: A bibliography for scholars. MELA Notes, (78), 1-17.
  • Dwyer, T. (2008). Unitarian Universalism: A research guide. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 47(3), 210-214.
  • Fogleman, S. (2009). A Research Guide on Islam in the Russian Federation. Slavic & East European Information Resources, 10(1), 2-17.
  • Higgins, S. M. (2007). Afro-Latinos: An annotated guide for collection building. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 47(1), 10-15.
  • Horowitz, S. (2006). The Kelmscott Press and William Morris: A research guide. Art Documentation, 25(2), 60-65.
  • Meehan, W. F. III, & Murray, S. R. (2007). A pathfinder of reference sources for the sport of rowing. The Sports Journal, 10(4).
  • Monroe, A. (2008). American presidential power: A research guide. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48(2), 122-127.
  • Polacek, K. M. (2007). Euthanasia: A guide to sources. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 46(3), 13-19.
  • Schlosser, M. (2006). Fair use in the digital environment: A research guide. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 46(1), 11-17.
  • Wadholm, G. M. (2008). Cultural diversity in Brazil: A guide to reference sources. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 26(3), 63-80.
  • Waller, J. H. (2005). True simplicity: An annotated bibliography on the Shakers. Journal of Religious & Theological Information, 7(2): 75-90.

• National and International Professional Activities
• • Associate Editor, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (January 2009 to present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Information Research: An International Electronic Journal (March 2009 to present)
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Kurdish Studies (2002 to present)
  • Referee for ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Information Processing & Management, Information Research, International Journal of Information Management, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Journal of Documentation, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Library & Information Science Research, and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • Member of the Dialog/ALISE Methodology Paper Competition Selection Committee, Association for Library and Information Science Education (2007 - 2008)
  • Program Committee Member and a Referee of CoLIS 6: Conceptions in Library and Information Science Conference, Boras, Sweden, 13-16 August, 2007
  • Reviewer of a grant proposal for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SSHRC (2006 - 2007)
  • Reviewer of a promotion case for a head academic librarian from Associate Professor to Full Professor (2006)
  • Author of the "Curriculum" chapter of the Library and Information Science Education Annual Statistical Report. Oak Ridge, TN: Association for Library and Information Science Education (2005 - 2008)
  • Member of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2005 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee
  • Founder and moderator of the Kurdish Studies Association listserv, Kurdish-Studies-L, which currently includes more than 100 subscribers (2005 to present)
  • Panelist and reviewer of grant applications for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access, World Studies Section (2004 and 2005)
  • Provider of bibliographic information on Kurdish studies (2001 to present)
  • Compiler of comprehensive annotated bibliographies on the Kurds and Kurdistan and censorship and libraries and information in the Arab world (1997 to present)
• Service Activities at Indiana University Bloomington
• • Presented on citation analysis and research evaluation at promotion and tenure workshops organized by the Office of Vice Provost of Faculty and Academic Affairs. The workshops were attended by over 100 faculty members, chairpersons, and deans (May 2008 and 2009)
  • Led workshops organized by the Office of the Dean of Faculties on citation analysis and research evaluation for Indiana University's promotion and tenure candidates. The workshops were attended by over 70 faculty and chairpersons (May 2006 and 2008)
  • Provided bibliographic and citation searching services to over 125 faculty members from different schools and colleges (2005 to present)
• Service Activities at the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington
• • Director of the Master of Library Science Program (2008 to present)
  • Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee (2008 to present)
  • Co-Advisor, Student Chapter of the American Library Association (2008 - to present)
  • Member of the Faculty Policy Council (2007 to present)
  • Participant in the evaluation of the MIS and PhD degree programs (2007 - 2008)
  • Member of the Curriculum Steering Committee (2006 to present)
  • Co-Director of the Master of Library Science Program (2005 - 2008)
  • Founder and moderator of SLIS-STUDENTS-L (2005 to present)
  • Member of Faculty Search Committee (2004 - 2007, 2008 to present)
  • Member of Information Technology Committee (2004 - 2006)
• Service Activities at University at Albany, State University of New York
• • Member of the Alice Hastings Murphy Scholarship Selection Committee, University at Albany Libraries (Spring 2004)
  • Provided bibliographic and citation searching services to over 40 faculty members from different schools and colleges (2003 - 2004)
  • Founder of the Student Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) (Fall 2003)
• Service Activities at the Department of Information Studies (formerly School of Information Science and Policy), University at Albany
• • Organizer of Brown Bag Activities (2003 - 2004)
  • Faculty Advisor of the Alumni Association (2003 - 2004)
  • Faculty Advisor of the Student Association (2003 - 2004)
  • Member of the Faculty Search Committee (2003 - 2004)
  • Member of the committee preparing for ALA accreditation campus visit (2003-2004)
  • Re-established the Alumni Association in 2003
  • Re-established the Beta Phi Mu chapter in 2003
  • Chair of the Student Affairs Committee (2002 - 2004)
  • Member of the Admissions Committee (2002 - 2004)
  • Faculty Advisor of the Student Chapter of the American Library Association (2002 - 2004)
  • Re-established the Student Chapter of the American Library Association in 2002
  • Member of the Student Affairs Committee (2001 - 2002)
• Service Activities at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Member of the Research and Doctoral Committee (2000 - 2001)
  • Founder and President of the Doctoral Student Association (1999 - 2000)
  • Doctoral Student Liaison at the Center for Teaching and Learning (1998 - 2001)
  • Member of the Personnel Committee (1998 - 2000)
  • Doctoral Student Representative to SILS Faculty Meetings (1998 - 2000)
• Service Activities at North Carolina Central University
• • Member of the Search Committee for Dean of University College (Spring/Summer 1997)
  • President of International Student Association (1996-1997)
• Service Activities at the American University of Beirut
• • Member of the Advisory Committee of the University Health Services (1994 - 1995)
  • Member of the University Student Faculty Committee (1994 - 1995)
  • Student President of the University Student Faculty Committee (1993 - 1994)
  • Co-Founder and President of the Political Studies and Public Administration Student Society (1990 - 1991)
• Community Service
  • Secretary, Lebanese Kurdish Philanthropic Association, Beirut, Lebanon (1992 - 1995)
  • Volunteer, Lebanese Red Cross - Youth Section, Beirut, Lebanon (1989 - 1995)

• Operating Systems: Windows 2007, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X Leopard
• Computer Programs: Microsoft Office 2007 Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook), HTML, XHTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Pro, WinZip, Telnet, FTP, and basic UNIX
• Bibliographic Management Software: EndNote, Reference Manager, and RefWorks
• Databases and Database Systems: ACM Digital Library, ARTstor, Compendex, CSA, DIALOG, EBSCO, Emerald, ERIC, Factiva, First Search, Gale, Google Books, Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, InfoTrac, INSPEC, Journal Citation Reports, JSTOR, LexisNexis, Literature Resource Center, MathSciNet, Ovid, ProQuest, ScienceDirect (Elsevier), SciFinder Scholar, Scitation, Scopus, SpringerLink, Web of Science, Wiley Interscience, WilsonWeb, and WorldCat, among others

• Nomination for the 2007 Graduate and Professional Student Organization (GPSO) Faculty Mentor Award, Indiana University. (Given in recognition of excellent mentorship and dedicated work to foster the long-term development of students)
• The 2007 Trustees Teaching Award, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington (the main focus of the award was excellence in classroom teaching during 2006)
• The 2006 Trustees Teaching Award, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington (the main focus of the award was excellence in classroom teaching during 2005)
• Outstanding Service Award, Department of Information Studies (formerly School of Information Science and Policy), University at Albany, State University of New York (2001-2004)
• Beta Phi Mu: The international library and information science honor society (Inducted on 12/19/01)
• Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Inducted on 05/11/00)
• Alpha Epsilon Lambda: The honor society of graduate and professional school students (Inducted on 04/14/00)
• Faculty Assistantship, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1997 - 2001)
• Special Talent Award, North Carolina Central University (Spring 1997)
• Graduate Assistantship, American University of Beirut (1992 - 1996)
• Undergraduate Fellowship, Hariri Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon (1986 - 1991)

• Member, American Library Association (ALA), 1995 to present
• Member, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), 1998 to present
• Member, Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), 1999 to present
• Member, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), 2008 to present
• Member, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 1995 to present
• Life member since 2008, International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI)
• Life member since 1996, Middle East Librarians Association (MELA)
• Member, Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), 1996 to present

Last updated: May 15, 2009