Syeda H. Shahid

Biography

Dr. Shahid is a distinguished scholar and educator with extensive experience in school library media and librarianship. With over a decade of teaching and research, she has made significant contributions to the academic community through her innovative research and dedication to student success. As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Technologies & School Library Media, Dr. Shahid is committed to designing and teaching inventive school library media courses for information literacy and access, collection management and knowledge organization, in addition to mentoring students on professional and research projects.

Selected Publications

• Gala, B., Lamba, M., Batool, S. H., Islam, M. A., & Bhardwaj, R. K. (2024). Dueling COVID-19 misinformation: Perceptions and behavior of the rural population from South Asian countries. Journal of Librarianship and Information. https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006241241065 
• Aslam, M., Batool, S. H., & Ameen, K. (2023). Workplace information literacy in context: scale development and validation. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. DOI: 10.1108/GKMC-05-2023-0179
• Afzal, W., Du, J. T., Haider, A., An, L., Khoir, S., & Batool, S. H. (2023). Charting the Australian COVID‐19 Information Flow: Implications for Information Policy. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), 1-10. 
• Taqi, F., Batool, S. H., & Arshad, A. (2023). Examining differences in perceived usability of Google Drive among public library users. Library Hi Tech. 
• Hussain, S. T., Batool, S. H., Rehman, A. U., Zahra, S. K., & Mahmood, K. (2023). Examining the status of prison libraries around the world: A literature review. IFLA Journal, 49(1), 180-200. 
• Ashiq, M., Adil, H. M., & Batool, S. H. (2023). Information Literacy Research in Asia: A Bibliometric Analysis. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 23(3), 593-619.

Research

Dr. Shahid’s research interests include information literacy instruction, other forms of literacy and the use of technology tools and innovative methods in school libraries. With a passion for qualitative research, she is committed to researching and designing educational frameworks and instructional methods that revolutionize information literacy practices and support the school library media specialists. 

Grants and Contracts

• "Learning latest technologies such as AI literacy, cybersecurity and computational thinking to modify SLM curriculum" (ongoing). Maryland Center for Computing Education. 
• "Preventing Information Anarchy in Health Sciences by Promoting Critical Information Literacy Education: A proposed framework" (2022-2024). Institute of Information Literacy at Purdue, $4,000.

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• American Library Association
• American Association of School Libraries
• Maryland School Library Association
• Association for Information Science & Technology

Teaching

• ISTC 615: Collection Development
• ISTC 651: Information Literacy and Access
• ISTC 653: The Organization of Knowledge