Professional activities

Memberships:

• Faculty member of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

• Member of post-graduate committee of Library and Information Science Department

• Member of Iranian Library and Information Science Association

• Member of Iranian Library and Information Science Association, Khorasan Section

Editorial Works:

• Member of the editorial staff of the journal of Library and Information Science of Astan-e-Ghods Razavi 1999-

• Member of the editorial staff of the journal of Children's Literature Researchs, 2009-

• Member of the editorial staff of the journal of Information Science and Technology, 2009-

• Guest Editor in Chief of the journal of Studies in Education and Psychology, 2009

• Member of the editorial staff of the journal of Research in Library and Information Science, 2011-

Organizing Workshops on:   

• Critical thinking for researchers. Tehran, exhibition and conference on information science 2000.

• Desgining research proposal and writing literature review for academic staff in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Summer 2002.

• Children literature for the librarians of Kanoon Parvaresh Fekri (Council of intellectual Development of Children) Autumn 2003

• The application of information literacy in research for the academic staff of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad,  Summer 2004

• Ethics for librarians. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Summer 2004.

• Ethics for librarians.  Documentation Centre and Publication,  Planning and Management Organization of Iran. Autumn 2004.

• Communication and knowledge sharing for accessing information and knowledge. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Summer 2007, (first Group).

•  Research design, In Research for Research Workshop series, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Spring 2007.

• Communication and knowledge sharing for accessing information and knowledge. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Summer 2007, Second Group.

• Research Process and Elements,  Astane Quds, Libraries, Museum and Documentation Centre, Summer 2007.

• Evaluation of reference services, Mashhad, Imam Reza University, Autumn 2007.

• Information literacy for elementary and high school students and application of readings into curriculum. Mashhad, Conference of School Libraries. Faculty of Education and Psychology, April 2009.

• "Services and Programs of School Libraries": Short Courses for school librarians in Korasan (36 hours). Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Administration Office of Education.

• Introduction to Information Literacy Skills. Mashhad, Iranian Library and Information Science Association (ILISA)- Khorasan Branch. March, 2010.

• Change Management in Libraries and Information Centers. Mashhad, Iranian Library and Information Science Association (ILISA)- Khorasan Branch. February, 2011.

Presentations:

In Iran:

41 presentations in different conferences

In other countries:

1.  May 1997: Parirokh, Mehri. 1997. A Comparison between user education practice in Australian university libraries and a model of effective user education programs. In: Programs That Work. Papers and session materials presented at the Twenty-fourth National LOEX Library Instruction Conference, edited by Linda Shirato. Ann Arbor: Michigan,  p. 121-131.

2. Julay 2002: Fattahi, Rahmatollah and Mehri Parirokh. 2002. Restructuring the bibliographic record for better management, organization and representation of knowledge in the global online environment: a new approach. Proceeding of the 7^th Isoko International Conference, 10-13, July 2002, Grananda, Spain.

3. July 2006:  Daneshgar F., Parirokh M., “An Organisational Learning Framework for Leveraging Knowledge in Collaborative Process Contexts”, To appear in the 6^th International Conference in Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organisation, Prato, Italy, July 2006.

4. August 2006: Parirokh M., Daneshgar F., and Fattahi R., “Knowledge Sharing Capabilities in Today’s University Libraries: A proposed model for evaluation”, presented at the 72^th World Library and Information Conference (IFLA), Seol, Korea, (20-24 August 2006).

5. September 2006:  modeling the minds of Children to think philogophically: Content analysis of stories for children. Presented at 30^th IBBY Congress in Macau, China (20-24 Sep. 2006)

6. November 2009. How Implementation of Knowledge Management can make a difference in         Libraries: A Case Study of KM practice in Astan Quds Library Organization. WCOMLIS 2009.         Kulalampur, 27-29.  

7. March 2009.. An investigation of the Capability of Library and Information Science Discussion        Group In Iran to Establish Social Capital. Presented in IX Congress ISKO Spanish Chapter:  New        Perspectives for the organization and dissemination of knowledge. Valencia 11th-13th March  

8. May 2009. Strategic planning, An Approach to Deveplope Criteria for Evaluation of Library              Services: A Report of a Research. Presented in QQML2009, Chania, Crete, Greece, May 26 -         29, 2009 (abstract).

9. August 2009. "Theoretical Framework for Managing customers’ Knowledge". Presented in         IFLA2009. Milan, 23-27 August 2009.

10. February 2011. Arastoopoor, Sh., Fattahi, R. & Parirokh, M. (2011). Developing User-centered Displays for Literary Works in Digital Libraries: Integrating Bibliographic Families, FRBR and Users. In proceedings of International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL2011). Tokyo, Japan. 10-12/2/2011.
11. February 2011. Azami, M., Fattahi, R. & Parirokh, M. (2011). Matching the User Interface in Digital Libraries with the User Information Seeking Behavior: A Sense Making Approach. In proceedings of International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL2011). Tokyo, Japan. 10-12/2/2011.

last update: June 2011