Michael Afar Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Canada Area

Constructed sophisticated literature searches and provided reference services to Health Canada and to Public Health Agency of Canada staff. Presented in-house and web moderated training sessions on database searching and bibliographic citation and content management software.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSConducted and managed complex searches in… Show more Constructed sophisticated literature searches and provided reference services to Health Canada and to Public Health Agency of Canada staff. Presented in-house and web moderated training sessions on database searching and bibliographic citation and content management software.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSConducted and managed complex searches in medical and scientific databases forhealth care professionals undertaking systematic reviewsAnswered reference requests from clients about the library services as well as technical questions about software in a chat-mediated environmentRepresented the Health Library in regular and advanced training sessions.Called upon to deliver all of the French language training sessions Show less

Ottawa, Canada Area

Automated the CMHC Photo Library. Provided reference services to the public and staff, managed the CHIC Online intranet and edited a regular newsletter for the Centre.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSProject-managed the transformation of the Photo Library from a slide and print collection to an electronic database of images and was involved in all aspects of… Show more Automated the CMHC Photo Library. Provided reference services to the public and staff, managed the CHIC Online intranet and edited a regular newsletter for the Centre.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSProject-managed the transformation of the Photo Library from a slide and print collection to an electronic database of images and was involved in all aspects of this project, from writing the Request for Proposal to participating in vendor selection, testing the system and writing cataloguing and user manualsDelivered bilingual library reference services via phone, email, in person and electronic alerts to clients with diverse information needs, over 20,000 reference requests answered Implemented macros and batch processes to improve email and cataloguing work flow resulting in several hours saved per cataloguing batchMaintained the CHIC Online intranet and delivered biweekly updates to the CHIC Online newsletter which was used to market the Centre’s services to all employeesProgrammed a receipt generator for the Centre’s bookstore. After implementing this program, staff were able to generate sales receipts within seconds rather than several minutes Successfully negotiated with database vendors to limit price increases, thereby saving thousands of dollars Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Created and maintained the ICURR website, created databases and maintained the computer network. Provided reference and cataloguing services.----------------------------MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSNegotiated with Canada Post for the successful implementation of library mail privileges. As a result, mailing costs were reduced to 10% of what they had been and remote clients were able to mail library books back, at no cost to themDeveloped and maintained the company’s… Show more Created and maintained the ICURR website, created databases and maintained the computer network. Provided reference and cataloguing services.----------------------------MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTSNegotiated with Canada Post for the successful implementation of library mail privileges. As a result, mailing costs were reduced to 10% of what they had been and remote clients were able to mail library books back, at no cost to themDeveloped and maintained the company’s first websiteImplemented the library circulation systemIntroduced an electronic alerting system Show less

Master’S Degree, Library And Information Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Fundamentals Of Leadership Course

Canadian Securities Course

Mastering Web Searching

Copyright And Photos