Afroza Yasmin

Afroza Yasmin

Information Services Assistant (ISA) at British Council Library

Bangladesh

Current
  • Radio Jockey (Announcer+News-presenter) at Bangladesh Betar (Radio Bangladesh)
  • Information Services Assistant (ISA) at British Council Library
Past
  • Librarian at Mastermind International School
  • Catalouger at South East University (SEU)
  • Library Assistant at South East University (SEU)
  • Library Associate at International University of Business Administration & Technology (IUBAT)
  • Trainee & Volunteer at Publication Unit of ICDDR,B
  • Trainee on Intra-library Activities at Library & Information Services Unit (LISU) of ICDDR,B
  • Internee of ILIS (for Post Graduate Diploma) at Dhaka University Central Library
  • Tutor & Marketing Officer at Luton International School, Nirala, Khulna
  • Moderator at Childern's Club of Maya IT, Nirala, Khulna
Education
  • University of Dhaka
  • Institute of Library & Information Science (ILIS)
  • National University of Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Technical Education Board
  • Iqbal Nagar Girls High School, Khulna
Connections
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Industry
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Websites

Afroza Yasmin’s Summary

Build Network with Library & Information Science Professionals throughout the world.

Afroza Yasmin’s Specialties:

Cataloging, Library Information System (LIS), Database Operation & Management


Afroza Yasmin’s Experience

  • Radio Jockey (Announcer+News-presenter)

    Bangladesh Betar (Radio Bangladesh)

    (Media Production industry)

    January 2009Present (7 months)

    Part-time Radio Jockey for Traffic Transmission Centre of Bangladesh Betar (Radio Bangladesh) @ 97.6 FM Dhaka, Bangladesh. Responsible for announcement as well as news presentation. Grade-B announcer at Bangladesh Betar among the new announcers.

  • Information Services Assistant (ISA)

    British Council Library

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Libraries industry)

    February 2007Present (2 years 6 months)

    Circulation, Data entry, Book acquisition, Online cataloguing Journal Entry, event organization, Stock taking, annual weeding, etc.

  • Librarian

    Mastermind International School

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

    July 2006January 2007 (7 months)

    Circulation, Data entry, Book acquisition, cataloguing, journal entry, event organization, Stock taking, etc.

  • Catalouger

    South East University (SEU)

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

    April 2006June 2006 (3 months)

    Cataloguing, Circulation, Database Update, Book ordering, Processing, Reference Services, etc.

  • Library Assistant

    South East University (SEU)

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

    August 2005March 2006 (8 months)

    Circulation, Database Update, Book ordering, Processing, Reference Services, etc.

  • Library Associate

    International University of Business Administration & Technology (IUBAT)

    (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Libraries industry)

    May 2005July 2005 (3 months)

    Circulation Services, Guidance Services, Cataloguing, Book Processing, Reference Service Database Maintaining, Bibliographic services, etc.

  • Trainee & Volunteer

    Publication Unit of ICDDR,B

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Information Services industry)

    February 2005April 2005 (3 months)

    Rendered voluntary service to the Publication Unit of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh as a training program to understand the publication functions and activities of an information resource center.

  • Trainee on Intra-library Activities

    Library & Information Services Unit (LISU) of ICDDR,B

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

    December 2004January 2005 (2 months)

    The training covered: classification, cataloging, journal entry, online literature search, library member services, database maintenance, operating library application software (ALICE), etc.

  • Internee of ILIS (for Post Graduate Diploma)

    Dhaka University Central Library

    (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Libraries industry)

    September 2004September 2004 (1 month)

    Completed a weeklong internship on Dhaka University Central Library. The internship was arranged by the Institute of Library and Information Science (ILIS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The internship covered: classification, cataloging, journal entry, member services, and introduction to library application software (Graphical Library Automation System � GLAS), etc.

  • Tutor & Marketing Officer

    Luton International School, Nirala, Khulna

    (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

    August 2002December 2003 (1 year 5 months)

    English Medium School.

  • Moderator

    Childern's Club of Maya IT, Nirala, Khulna

    (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

    June 2001July 2002 (1 year 2 months)

    IT firm to Educate Children.


Afroza Yasmin’s Education

  • University of Dhaka

    Master of Arts , Library Science & Information Management , 20052007

  • Institute of Library & Information Science (ILIS)

    Post Graduate Diploma , Library & Information Science , 20042005

  • National University of Bangladesh

    B. Com (Honours) , Management , 19992002

  • Bangladesh Technical Education Board

    Technical Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) , Business Management (Computer Operation & Office Automation) , 19951998

  • Iqbal Nagar Girls High School, Khulna

    Secondary School Certificate (SSC) , Arts , 19931994

    Secondary School Certificate (SSC) was regularly held at 1995.


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Afroza Yasmin’s Interests:

Library Science, Information Science, Information Management, Library Information System, LIS

Afroza Yasmin’s Groups:

Library Association of Bangladesh, British Council Library Association

Afroza Yasmin’s Honors:

* Grade-B Announcer and News-presenter in Bangladesh Betar (Radio Bangladesh)

Have been promoted to Grade-B Announcer and News Presenter for Traffic Transmission of Bangladesh Betar (Radio Bangladesh) airing in 97.6 FM, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is one of the most significant achievement in Bangladesh Betar for a new announcers.

* Training on Web-based Literature Search
In September 2004 (1 day)

Attended a training session on Web-based Literature Search conducted by Dissemination and Information Services Centre (DISC) of ICDDR,B. The training involved literature search technique from medical and related literature resource websites in the internet (e.g. Medline, Pubmed, Popline, etc.).


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