"Curricula for Oriental Research Material Organization", in Studies in Librarianship. By Mohamed Taher. v.3. New Delhi, Anmol, 1997. pp. 334-349.
Oriental Studies, as the name goes for the study and research of the Eastern hemisphere, has its own library related interests, and the training of professionals for this material organization is a special activity. (Key words: Education for Librarianship, Oriental Libraries)
"Curriculum for In-service Training of Health Science Librarians", in Academic Librarian, Ed. by Raman Nair. New Delhi, 1995.
"Health for all by 2001 A.D." is possible only if libraries also join hands with other agencies. Librarians can play a major role in this if they have an intensive training and also opportunities for continuing education. The paper presents a curriculum for the Inservice training of health science library professionals. (Key words: Health Science Libraries, Medical Libraries )
"Education for Oriental Librarians in India: A Proposal", (coauthor: Dr. Mohammed Burhanuddin), paper presented at National Seminar on Hundred Years of Library Education and its Future, Nagpur, 1987.
Presents a study based on the observation of Oriental libraries which is sadly a most neglected component of Indian librarianship. The paper presents a case of initiating a training program (minimum of certificate to begin with) consisting of special papers designed from a point of view of its requirements. The paper recommends the course material which should be included in curriculum and provides a select list of oriental libraries in India. (Key words: Oriental libraries, Education for Librarianship)
"Islamic Librarianship: Research Perspectives", in ILA Continuing Education Seminar, New Delhi, 1984.
Highlights a virgin area for research and study. It enlists the problem areas and discusses the process in a novel way. The areas for analysis are classification scheme for manuscripts and printed books; solution for the problems of Muslim names in cataloguing; patterns of coverage of Islamic literature in book indexes and periodicals; evaluation of existing systems for indexing and processing of materials; quantification of the literature by variables, such as, physical form, subject, language of publication, country of origin; comparative study of libraries holding materials in this area; analysis of problems of bibliographical control of the literature in the field; etc. (Key words: Islamic librarianship, Oriental libraries, Education for Librarianship)
"Islamic View of Education & Training for Library Manpower: Trends & Prospects", in Congress of Muslim Librarians and Information Scientists, Iran, 1995
Education and training according to a particular view makes a lot of difference in the orientation and reinforces a lot of spiritual values in the would be professionals. (Key words: Islamic librarianship, Oriental libraries, Education for Librarianship)
"User Education", in Encyclopedic Dictionary of Library and Information Science (Routledge, 1995).
Defines the different contexts of user education, bibliographic instruction, information literacy; Traces developments in methodology; highlights the role of educators; future perspectives (Key words: User Education, Bibliographic Instruction, Information Literacy).
"Library Instruction: Needs for a Course in Library Schools", in Studies in Librarianship. By Mohamed Taher. v.3. New Delhi, Anmol, 1997. pp. 350-361.
(Key words: User Education, Bibliographic Instruction, Information Literacy, Library Instruction )
"User Education", in Studies in Librarianship. By Mohamed Taher. v.3. New Delhi, Anmol, 1997. pp. 136-141,
Education of user and understanding the demands on librarians if they have to educate the user is the main focus. Identified need, traces history, educational skills of the mediators, future trends of the field of user education. (Key words: User Education, Bibliographic Instruction, Information Literacy, Library Instruction )
"Library and Information Science Education in 1987: A Bibliographical Essay", presented at National Seminar on Hundred Years of Library Education and its Future, Nagpur, 1987.
Reviews the literature out put in the year 1987 in the context of centenary of LIS education. (Key words: Education for Librarianship)
"Professionalism: Issues and Prospects", in Studies in Librarianship. By Mohamed Taher. v.3. New Delhi, Anmol, 1997. pp. 362- 373.
The profession of librarianship is undergoing a transition. The issues and prospects of this one hundred year old profession are ripe for reassessment and evaluation. (Key words: Library Profession, Information Profession, Professionalism).
"Research in Islamic Social Sciences", Islam and the Modern Age, 1989.
A growing field, Islamic social sciences, re-classifies all that deals with society and culture of Muslims and the paper deals with this world view of Islamic research. (Key words: Islamic literature, Islamic social sciences, Religion and social sciences)
"Research in Islamic Studies", in Studies in Librarianship. By Mohamed Taher. v.1. New Delhi, Anmol, 1997. pp. 11- 26
Deals with the area of religion and culture of Muslims and identifies a guide line for research method and process in the specific field. (Key words: Islamic literature, Islamic social sciences, Religion and social sciences)