Administrative Staff Profile

Administrative Experience:

• Working as Assistant Librarian at Gujarat National Law University since April 18, 2022.
• Working as Deputy Librarian at Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering from November 18, 2021 to April 15, 2022.
• Working as Library Professional Trainee at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, from July 19, 2019 to December 03, 2020.

Teaching Experience:

• Assistant Professor at Dept. of Library and Information Science, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad, from December 04, 2020 - November 03, 2021.

• Assist staff in collecting, cataloging, preparing, and organizing library materials according to established policies.
• Assist readers in finding books and help students and faculties with research problems and reference questions.
• Manage serial collection and acquisition of new library materials.

• 3rd DLA-SRFLIS Summit 2019 on (Digital Age Strategies in Information Management for Sustainable Librarianship, April 19-20, 2019)
• ADINET Seminar 2019

Organized Training Programmes:

• Conducted a Three-day Advanced Training Programme of Nineteen hours on "Application / Importance of Information Communication Technologies in Libraries" from 27th to 29th January 2023 at GNLU Campus.

Participated Training Programmes:

• Three Days National Workshop on Library Automation with KOHA and Data Migration Techniques (16-18 September 2022) organized by NIT Jalandhar.
• Three Days Online National Workshop on Building Institutional Repository and Content Management Systems through DSpace and Joomla (28-30 December 2022) organized by Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur.
• DELNET Resources & Services (21 September 2022) organized by DELNET and Guru Kashi University, Bathinda.
• Online Two-Week Refresher Course in Library Sciences (27 Aug to 10 Sep 2022) organized by TLC, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi.
• Five Days Online Workshop on Basic Data Analysis using SPSS (26-30 December 2022) organized by LekSha Research Centre.
• One Day National Webinar on “Understanding of Research Writing & Publishing” (30 June 2022) organized by Sushant University, Gurugram.
• Research Data Management (02 August 2022) organized by Bennett University, The Times Group and ACSF.
• Online Workshop on NEP-2022: Digital Governance (25 June 2022) organized by UGC-HRDC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
• Online Workshop on NEP-2022: Educational Framework for Global Citizenship in Higher Education (24 June 2022) organized by UGC-HRDC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
• Online Workshop on NEP-2022: Multidisciplinary (23 June 2022) organized by UGC-HRDC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
• Online Workshop on NEP-2022: Good Academic Research Practices/Academic Research Integrity (20 June 2022) organized by UGC-HRDC, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.

Areas of General Interest

• Library Services 
• Classification
• ICT

Current Research Interest

• Webometrics
• Scientometrics
• Library Management

Journal Articles:

• Patel, Antim and Vyas, Priyanki R. Dr., "Webpage Analysis of Open University Websites in India: A Webometric Study" (2021). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 5801. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/5801 
• Vyas, P., & Patel, A. (2021). An analysis of faculty profiles on IRINS of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad. Towards Excellence, 13(4). https://hrdc.gujaratuniversity.ac.in/Publication/Details?vid=30&iid=1048 
  

• Gold Medalist in BLIS

Certificate Courses:

• Refresher Emerging Trends & Technologies in Library & Information Services (ETTLIS) SWAYAM ARPIT Online Course Certification IIT Delhi / 12/2020 - 03/2021.

Other Accomplishments:

• National Eligibility Test - Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF), June 2019.

• Father: Mr. Dinesh Patel
• Mother: Ms. Durga Patel
• Wife: Ms. Purnima Patel