Farrukh Shahzad

Farrukh Shahzad

Chief Librarian, FCC Libraries

About ME

I hold a Masters in Library and Information Sciences degree and M Phil in Information Management from the Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan. Beside that I also hold a Master of Business Administration degree. I have got a vast experience of over 18 years in the field of Library and Information Sciences working on various positions for national as well as International academic institutes. I have worked for Government College University, Lahore University of Management Sciences and he is currently working at Forman Christian College – A Chartered University, Lahore. I have also served as Library Specialist at Yanbu Industrial College, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

I am currently managing FCC Libraries including three different locations including University Library, College Library and Information Commons at Forman Christian College – A Chartered University. I also serves as Representative at AMICAL Consortium.

Learning Goals from Mortenson Center Associates program 2022

I am here attending the Mortenson Center Associates Program having following goals in my mind according to our University requirements.

  1. Learn about makerspaces, its equipment and gadgets
  2. Institutional Repositories practices in USA specially related to copy rights management
  3. Innovative Technologies being used USA academic libraries
  4. Learning more about Open Education Resources (OER)