Designation: Chair
Organization: IFLA’s MENA Regional Divison Committee
Imad Bachir has been the Dean of Libraries at AUIB since March 2021. Formerly, was director of the Faculty of Information at the Lebanese University, Director of Libraries at Qatar University, and was the Chair of the first IFLA MENA Committee. Dr Bachir obtained his B.A. in Library and Information Studies from the Lebanese University in 1985. Afterwards, he joined the University College London (UCL) to receive his master’s degree in 1989 and his Ph.D. degree in 1995. He worked for Al-Hayat Arabic daily in London from 1988 until 1999. Dr Bachir taught at the Lebanese university since1996. Currently supervises Ph. D. Students.