Draft:Nabi Hasan
Indian librarian
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Note for reviewer: Subject is notable per criterion #4 and #5 of WP:NPROF. COI disclosure is on the talk page. Thank you. ❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 16:07, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
- Professor
- librarian
- educator
Guru Nanak Dev University (PhD)
Dr. Nabi Hasan | |
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 Hasan in 2016 | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | Aligarh Muslim University (MA) Guru Nanak Dev University (PhD) |
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| Discipline | Library sciences |
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| Website | www |
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Comment: Teaching a course with a large number of students enrolled is not sufficient to pass WP:NPROF#C4, and he doesn't hold the named chair or distinguished professor appointment that is required for WP:NPROF#C5. I don't see a pass of NPROF here. MCE89 (talk) 03:21, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: See also talk page for questions that should be answered or addressed in this draft prior to review. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 17:54, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Nabi Hasan is an Indian library and information science professor who currently serves as the librarian & head of the Central Library at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, an Institution of Eminence and Institution of National Importance.[1][2] He has contributed to, inter alia, digital transformation, open science, and scholarly communication.[3][4]
Early life and education
Hasan completed his master's degree in Library and Information Science from Aligarh Muslim University. He earned his Ph.D. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He was awarded the Norman E. Borlaug Fellowship in Electronic Library Resources Management from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.[5]
Career
Prior to joining IIT Delhi, Hasan served as university librarian at Maulana Azad Library.[6] At IIT Delhi, he was the deputy librarian before assuming the head role of the library.[7] He serves as the secretary of the Science and Technology Libraries Section at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.[8] He is also a fellow and chair of the Special Libraries Association.[9][10]
Awards
Hasan has been awarded the Bonnie Hilditch International Librarian Award,[11] the Royal Society of Chemistry Librarians' Choice Award,[5] and the National Best Librarian Award by the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science.[12]
Research publications
Hasan has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scholarly works. Some of which include:
- Hasan, Nabi. "Blockchain technology and its application in libraries." Library Herald 58.4 (2020): 118-125.[13]
- Hasan, Nabi. (2009). Issues and Challenges in Open Source Software Environment with Special Reference to India.[14]
- M. Singh and N. Hasan, "Trend in research output and collaboration pattern among BRICS countries: A scientometric study," 2015 4th International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services, Noida, India, 2015, pp. 217-221.[15]
- Hasan, Nabi. (1971). Roadmap for RFID Implementation in Libraries: Issues and Challenges. International Journal of Information Library & Society. 3. 65-71.[16]
- Hasan, Nabi, and Mukhtiar Singh. "Research output of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs): A scientometric study." (2015): 147-160.[17]
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