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Biography
Résumé of Rahmatollah Fattahi
(Professor, Department of Information and Knowledge Studies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran) (http://fattahi.profcms.um.ac.ir/)
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Born in 1951 in Hamadan one of the oldest cities in ancient Persia.
Married: 1979; Children: two daughters.
Education:
1. BA in English Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, 1974.
2. MS in Library and Information Science, University of Tehran, Iran, 1979.
3. Ph.D. in Library and Information Science, School of Information, Library and Archive Studies (SILAS), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, (1997).
PhD. Thesis:
Relevance of Cataloguing Principles to the Online Environment: An Historical and Analytical Study.
Positions and work experience:
1. Professional librarian in a number of special and academic libraries (1976-1992).
2. Lecturer at the Department of Library and Information Studies (Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran), 1985-1992
3. Educational leave (doing doctoral degree at UNSW (1992-1997))
4. Return to the Department of Library and Information Studies (Now the Department of Information and Knowledge Studies, Ferdowsi University), 1997-- (teaching graduate and post-graduate courses, supervising theses)
5. Deputy for Research Affairs, Faculty of Education and Psychology (1998 - 2001)
6. Head of the Department of Library and Information Studies, FUM (2001- 2004, 2006-- )
7. President of the Iranian Library and Information Association (ILISA), (2001- 2003, 2007--2009);
8. President of ILISA Khorasan Branch (2014--2019)
9. Founder and list owner of the First Iranian Electronic Discussion Group, LIS (lis@list.um.ac.ir) in the field of library and information sciences (since 1997). It has now about 4300 members.
10. Member in a number of committees such as Educational Planning Committee for Library and Information Science (Ministry of Science, Research and Technology), Committee for Scholarly Promotion of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Committee for Educational Assessment of Higher Education Institutions (in Khorasan Province)
11. Editor-in-chief of two Iranian scholarly Journals (Iranian Information Processing and Management (jipm.irandoc.ac.ir); Journal of Library and Information Science (infosci.um.ac.ir)
12. Member of editorial board of 5 Iranian LIS journals
Promotions:
Instructor: 1985-1997
Assistant Professor: 1997-2001
Associate Professor: 2001-2006
Professor: 2007—
Retired: 2015
Teaching:
A. Undergraduate courses: 1. Information Organisation, 2. Introduction to Reference sources, 3. Introduction to information Technology
B. Masters courses: 1. Introduction to Information Science, 2. Information Technology and Information Systems, 3. Abstracting and Indexing
C. PhD courses: 1. Information Retrieval systems, 2. Information Systems Evaluation, 3. Seminars on Information Management
Areas of research interests:
Knowledge organisation and representation, Query expansion in IR systems; User interface design;
Activities
Employment (1)
Education and qualifications (1)
Professional activities (4)
Works (46)
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