Sofia Mosselhey Hammad
Cairo
Summary
Focused effective at prioritizing tasks, maintaining collections and locating hard-to-find materials. High-level organizational and communication skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Library Manager
6th Of October University
03.2007 - 03.2018
- Organized library catalog, supplies, equipment and records.
- Greeted patrons warmly and offered to assist with issues or needs.
- Kept up-to-date records of materials, maintained inventory and corrected cataloging errors.
- Responded to numerous reference calls daily, helping patrons with specific information needs.
- Educated library patrons about policies for checking out materials and using resources.
- Worked with teachers to provide students with lifelong learning and research skills.
- Classified and coded different types of materials according to library policies and organizational standards.
- Providing reference, computer assistance and readers’ advisory services to patrons at reference desk on a daily basis by dealing with more than 30 customer per day.
- Directed total budgeting, purchasing and scheduling operations and wrote successful grants to fund innovative library and media projects.
Train as a Library Specialist
Cairo University Library
07.2005 - 02.2006
- Help oversee provision of front-line library services for broad and diverse group of users. Work service point shifts as member of team and participate in cross-training within department. Ensure that daily workflow reporting is complete and accurate.
- Maintain awareness of circulation processes and collections workflows. Support use of circulating collection, answer questions about materials circulated at service points, and troubleshoot technology as appropriate.
- . Communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues, delegate tasks appropriately. Provide guidance and support and serve as means of quality control by communicating and enforcing
Train as a Library Specialist
Mubarak Library
01.2005 - 06.2005
- Organized library shelves, materials and equipment in clear, alphabetized order.
- Handled check-in and check-out process of library books and materials at circulation desk.
- Placed books on proper shelves when returned to circulation.
- Located library materials, resources and technologies to fulfill patron requests.
- Answered questions from patrons and helped to find desired materials.
- Answered patron questions in-person or by phone regarding library services and resources.
- Stayed up-to-date on library policies and procedures to smoothly enforce standards.
- Gained strong understanding of various methods for cataloging books and other materials.
- Monitored library environments to maintain safe, hazard-free settings.
- Collected fees, fines and donations for balanced library finances.
Education
Learning History
Skills
- Resource Management
- Assisting Faculty Research
- Reference Research
- Equipment Troubleshooting
- Recordkeeping
- User Support
- Policy Development
- Cataloging Reference Books
- Research Support
- Shelf Reading
- Library Instruction
- Teacher Assistance
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 2 staff members.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Professional Experience
- Assists patrons with tasks such as scanning returned items, stamping due dates on library materials
- Issuing new library cards to patrons
- Administering library programs, preparing invoices and coding library materials
- Answering telephone calls, responding to patrons’ questions and assisting teachers and their students
- Helps patrons find library resources such as books, reference materials, electronic journals and audiovisual equipment
- Provides guidance and assistance to customers regarding general and specific information about the library and library resources
- Performs and/or oversees routine tasks, utilizing database and/or integrated library systems
- Resolves routine operational problems and provides first-level troubleshooting for relevant library systems and/or technology
- Carries out and communicates policies pertaining to unit services, operations, and activities
- Assists with collection maintenance activities and projects as appropriate
Languages Skills
Arabic:Mother Tongue
English:Very Good
German: Very Good
Computer Other Skills
- ExcelMs
- WordMs
- Sufficient user of all internet services
- Hard worker
- Self Motivated
- Ambitious
- Do things right, flexible
Place Of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Personal Information
- Religion: Muslim
- Marital Status: Married
- Date of Birth: 01/17/1985
- Nationality: Egyptian
References
Furnished upon request
Certification
Diploma in private law from Ain shams university.
Hold a Master degree in law from Ain Shams University.
Timeline
Library Manager
6th Of October University
03.2007 - 03.2018
Train as a Library Specialist
Cairo University Library
07.2005 - 02.2006
Train as a Library Specialist
Mubarak Library
01.2005 - 06.2005
Learning History
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