Arslan Sheikh MS in LIS
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Arslan Sheikh is a Fellow at the Centre from 1 January 2024. He is based at the Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Arslan received his Master of Library Information Science from the University of the Punjab (Pakistan) in 2006. He is currently a PhD student at the Institute for Library and Information Science, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. His research topic is “Open Science in the Pakistani Perspective”, which is being supervised by Prof. Dr. Eric Steinhauer, who is a Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Study.

Arslan Sheikh’s publications include the articles Evolution of research data management in academic libraries: A review of the literature (with A. Malik and R. Adnan); Research practices of LIS professionals in Pakistan: A study of attitudes, involvement and competencies (with A. Malik and K. Mahmood); The International Open Access Movement and Its Current Status in Pakistan; Faculty awareness, use and attitudes towards scholarly open access: A Pakistani perspective and Research Productivity of LIS Schools in Pakistan: A Study of MPhil and PhD Theses to 2015 (with S. U. Jan).

He also serves as a reviewer for many international research journals including “Journal of Knowledge Management”, “Journal of Librarianship and Information Science”, “Information Development Journal”, “Journal of Information Science”, “The Electronic Library”, “Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication”, “Digital Library Perspectives” and “Information Discovery and Delivery”.

Arslan Sheikh has been a visiting lecturer at the Department of Information Management, University of Sargodha (Pakistan). He is a consecutive recipient of the “CUI, Research Productivity Award” for the years 2014 to 2023, awarded by COMSATS University Islamabad. He has also been a part of the Research Software Alliance (ReSA)’s project funded by the Code for Science and Society, USA. His research interests include open access publishing, open science, social media networking, systematic literature review and research data management.

  • Publications

    Research Journal Articles

    1. Sheikh, A., Siddique, N., Qutab, S., Khan, M. A., & Mahmood, K. (2023). An investigation of emerging COVID-19 research trends and future implications for LIS field: A bibliometric mapping and visualization. Journal of librarianship and information science, 55(1), 3-17.
    2. Sheikh, A., Malik, A., & Adnan, R. (2023). Evolution of research data management in academic libraries: A review of the literature. Information Development, 02666669231157405.
    3. Iqbal, M., Khan, M. K., & Sheikh, A. (2023). Use of software for automation of academic libraries in Sialkot. Information Discovery and Delivery. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IDD-08-2022-0081
    4. Sheikh, A., Zahra, A. Q., & Richardson, J. (2022). Scholarly open access journals in medicine: A bibliometric study of DOAJ. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 48(3), 102516.
    5. Malik, A., Sheikh, A., & Mahmood, K. (2022). Assessing the perceived research competencies of academic librarians in Pakistan: Implications for work performance. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 09610006221090222.
    6. Din, G. M. U., Mairaj, M. I., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Information literacy instruction in university libraries of Islamabad, Pakistan: a study of librarians’ perceptions, practices, barriers, and strategies. The Electronic Library, 40(6), 698-711.
    7. Mohideen, Z. A., Sheikh, A., Kaur, K., & Sukmawatid, M. (2022). Fourth industrial revolution (4IR): librarians' perceptions encompass the art of thinking skill. Library Management, 43(8-9), 521-535.
    8. Palla, I. A., Sheikh, A., & Baquee, A. (2022). Awareness, use and attitudes of the Indian higher educational institutions students about scholarly open access: an empirical analysis. Library Management, 43(6/7), 476-491.
    9. Khan, M. K., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Open source software adoption for development of institutional repositories in university libraries of Islamabad. Information Discovery and Delivery, 51(1), 47-55.   
    10. Ajab Mohideen, Z., Sheikh, A., & Kaur, K. (2022). Developing an open source mobile app in library services: the case of a national university in Malaysia. Digital Library Perspectives, 38(3), 283-300.
    11. Ahmad, T., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on student’s learning: a case from university of the Punjab, Pakistan. Digital Library Perspectives, 38(2), 205-221.
    12. Aslam, A., Sheikh, A., & Ahmed, S. (2021). "Evaluation of Resources, Services and Systems of TEVTA College Libraries in Punjab" Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 5508. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/5508
    13. Sheikh, A., Malik, A., & Mahmood, K. (2022). Research practices of LIS professionals in Pakistan: A study of attitudes, involvement and competencies. Journal of Information Science, 48(5), 587-599.
    14. Ahmed, S., & Sheikh, A. (2021). Information and communication technology skills among library and information science professionals: A predictor of enhanced library services. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 53(3), 444-453.
    15. Ahmed, S., Ashraf, A., & Sheikh, A. (2020). Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Sharing: A Study of University Librarians, Libri, 70(2), 143-156. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2019-0034
    16. Palla, I. A., & Sheikh, A. (2021). Impact of social media on the academic performance of college students in Kashmir. Information Discovery and Delivery, 49(4), 298-307.
    17. Ahmed, S., Ramzan, M., Sheikh, A., & Ali, A. (2020). "Impact of students personality traits on social networking sites usage, benefits and risks", Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 70(6/7), 518-537. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-04-2020-0048
    18. Sheikh, A. (2020). The International Open Access Movement and Its Current Status in Pakistan. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 20(1),  15-31. Available at: https://preprint.press.jhu.edu/portal/sites/ajm/files/20.1sheikh.pdf
    19. Islam, A. A., & Sheikh, A. (2019). A study of the determinants of postgraduate students’ satisfaction of using online research databases. Journal of Information Science, 46(2), 273-287. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551519834714
    20. Mohideen, Z. A., Sheikh, A., Kaur, K., & Tahira, M. (2019). Acceptance of Koha Open Source System among Librarians in the Malaysian Academic Libraries: An Exploratory Qualitative Study. Serials Review, 45(4), 201-210. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2019.1680248
    21. Ahmad, K., Sheikh, A., & Rafi, M. (2020). Scholarly research in Library and Information Science: an analysis based on ISI Web of Science. Performance Measurement and Metrics, 21(1), 18-32.
    22. Ahmed, S., Rehman, F., & Sheikh, A. (2019). "Impact of personality traits on information needs and seeking behavior of LIS students in Pakistan", Information Discovery and Delivery, 47(3), 125-134. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/IDD-09-2018-0046
    23. Sheikh, A. (2019). Faculty awareness, use and attitudes towards scholarly open access: A Pakistani perspective. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(3), 612-628. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617742455
    24. Ahmed, S., Sheikh, A., & Akram, M. (2018). Implementing Knowledge Management in University Libraries of Punjab, Pakistan. Information Discovery and Delivery, 46(2), 83-94. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/IDD-08-2017-0065
    25. Sheikh, A., & Jan, Saeed Ullah. (2017). Research Productivity of LIS Schools in Pakistan: A Study of MPhil and PhD Theses to 2015. Portal: Libraries and the Academy 17(3), 451–470. Available at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/664307
    26. Sheikh, A. (2017). Evaluating the usability of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology library website: a case study. The Electronic Library, 35(1), 121-136. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-08-2015-0149
    27. Sheikh, A., Syed, K. A., & Naseer, M. M. (2016). Use of Social Media Tools by Reputed University Libraries of the World: A Comparative Study. Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal, 47(2), 45-55. Available at: https://goo.gl/qYAI6J   
    28. Sheikh, A. (2016). Awareness and Use of Academic Social Networking Websites by the Faculty of CIIT. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML) 5, 177-188. Available at: http://www.qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/315
    29. Sheikh, A. (2015). Development of information commons in university libraries of Pakistan: the current scenario. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(2), 130-139. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2015.01.002
    30. Sheikh, A. (2014). Quality of CIIT Library Services and Users’ Satisfaction: A survey of students, faculty and staff members. Libri, 64(1), 49–60. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2014-0005

    Conference Papers

    1. Presented paper “Open Access Movement in the World” in the 3 day “International Conference on Emerging Issues of Information Landscape (ICEIL 2019)” held at University of Sargodha, February 28 & March 01, 2019.
    2. Ali, H., Ahmed, S., & Sheikh, A. (2017). Use of Social Networking Sites and Knowledge Sharing Practices by the LIS Professionals in Pakistan, 13th International Conference on Knowledge Management, October 25-26, 2017. Dallas, Texas.
    3. Presented paper “Publishing through Open Access Venues” in a 2 days conference on “New Horizons of Library & Information Science Profession” held at Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, November 22-23, 2016.

    Book Chapters

    1. Sheikh, A. (2023). Access to Scholarly Literature: Perspective of a Scholar from the Global South. Walter de Gruyter: Berlin. 1-23. (Accepted for Publication).