Said Shafik

Systems Librarian

Phone: 713.313.4481

Education:
M.L.I.S. Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA 2011
B.S. Art & Science Long Island University – Brooklyn, NY 2000

Language:
English, Arabic, working knowledge of French

Honors & Awards:
2023 United States Army award for excellence in servicing the Army’s library community worldwide.

Publications: Wrote, and self-published a book titled “Sembach”, which had good reviews by Publishing Weekly, and included in many library catalogs worldwide in English and Ukrainian languages.

Teaching Experience:
Course: INFO 649 Library Programming, 2012 spring semester, I provided an overview of the broad range of cultural, educational, and social library programming initiatives available for children, adolescents, and adults in academic libraries

Presentations:
Army MWR HQ, San Antonio, 2020, presented to a gather of library management staff, from all Army bases around the world, some of were online, a panorama of new technologies involved in the library fields, and the latest approved methods by the United States of Defense in library acquisitions, assessment, and budgeting.
Chestnut Hill College, presentation for a gathering of college senate, administrators, library staff, and teachers on the latest trend in applying integrations of various resources including using the AI technologies, into the academic courses, and how that approach can benefit the college’s increase of enrollment, deposits, and retention rates.

Experience:
Texas Southern University – Law School
Houston, Texas, 2025 - Present
Systems Librarian
Responsible for the functional management of the Integrated Library Management System (OCLC WorldShare Management Services) and coordinate the use and integration of electronic research resources and technology in faculty teaching and research and in library collections and services. Oversee library operations and services during weekend and evening hours. Teache two sections of legal research courses during the academic year.

Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA, 2023-2024

Director, Digital Library Services and Online Learning
Lead the implementation and maintenance of Electronic Resources and act as Systems Librarian, as well as the role of Assistant Professor. I also lead the technical services team and manage database licensing, acquisitions, cataloging, materials processing, and the library's electronic resources and systems. I am the Canvas LMS course design and management. I manage and design the website using WordPress in the College.

United States Army
US European Command – Germany, 2018-2023

Systems Librarian
Duties: Manage Army WMR library systems worldwide and administer The WMR SharePoint sites. Support library operations in the USA, Europe, and the Pacific. Lead all projects related to virtual services. Responsible for managing online databases. Experienced in EBSCO Discovery, EZProxy, SpringShare services. Experienced integrated library systems, such as iii Sierra, SirsiDynix EOS, and Koha. Experienced in implementing the migration between library systems, as I am the lead person in migrating all MWR library systems into one unified system.

Middle East Institute
Washington DC , 2015 – 2018
Work as a supervisory librarian

Professional Memberships:

American Association of Law Librarians 2000 – present
IFLA – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 2012 – present
ISO - International Organization for Standardization 2009 – present
Library of Congress - The Signal Digital Happenings at the Library of Congress Group 2021 - present