ABM Shafiq Alam wins TLT Excellence Special Librarian Award 2021 (The Special Librarian of the Year Award)

The Library Association of Bangladesh (LAB) has selected ABM Shafiq Alam for the Special Librarian of the Year 2021 Award for his excellence in contributing to the Special Library arena. The award includes a crest, 10000 BDT, certificate and gifts by the event sponsor. Recipients of the award will be invited to an event at the Department of Information Science and Library Management, the University of Dhaka in due course. 

Mr Alam is currently working as a Senior Documentation Officer at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. Earlier, he worked as Librarian at, National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology, Sher-e –Bangla Nagar Dhaka. Earlier in his career, he worked as Library Assistant at BIRDEM Diabetic Association Hospital library, Dhaka in and as a research assistant in a couple of projects governed by BRAC research and development. He also worked as a Librarian and lecturer of library science Govt. Shahid Abdur Rab Teachers’ Training College, Barisal, Bangladesh.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Dhaka in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Later, he received a Bachelor of Education degree from National University Bangladesh in 2001 and a Master of Education from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in 2003.

He wrote a Bengali textbook on library science titled “Gronthagar Biggan” (Library science) for Bachelor of Education students. He also participated in numerous seminars, workshops and training programs on different LIS occasions. He has been actively involved with professional associations, including the Library Association of Bangladesh (LAB) and Bangladesh Association for Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BALID).