Introduction:
Dr. Nosheen Fatima Warraich serves as Professor at the Institute of Information Management, University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore, Pakistan, an institution recognized as the top-ranked in the country according to the QS Subject Rankings. In addition, she holds a visiting professorship at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2024. As a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, she conducted research at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY), in 2015-2016. Dr. Warraich currently serves as the Editor of the Pakistan Journal of Information Management & Libraries, which is indexed in SCOPUS, and as Associate Editor for Heliyon (Impact Factor: 3.776). She is also a member of the Editorial Board of Libri (Impact Factor: 1.0). Furthermore, she holds leadership roles in the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), currently serving as Chair of the Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) and as the Past Chair of SIG-InfoLearn for the 2024-2025 term. Dr. Warraich's professional achievements have been recognized with the ASIS&T New Leader Award (2017-2018) and the esteemed James M. Cretsos Leadership Award (2023). She is also the recipient of the Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP) “Aspiring Leaders: Developing Female Leadership in Higher Education in Pakistan (2023)” award from Michigan State University and HEC sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
She is a highly dedicated and passionate scholar in information management. She began her academic career as a lecturer in the Department of Information Management 2008. Dr. Warraich earned her PhD from the University of the Punjab (2005-2011), becoming the first PhD graduate of the department’s regular MPhil to PhD program. Her professional journey seamlessly integrates librarianship with academic instruction. She completed her undergraduate studies at Lahore College for Women University in 1999 and obtained her master’s degree from the Department of Library & Information Science, University of the Punjab, in 2001. With over 110 publications to her credit, including articles in impact factor journals, contributions to national and international HEC-recognized refereed journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters, Dr. Warraich has made significant contributions to the field. Dr. Warraich is a highly prolific author, and her extensive contributions to the field of information management are reflected in the significant number of citations her work has garnered, as demonstrated by her Google Scholar profile. Additionally, she has supervised and continues to mentor numerous research theses at the master's, MPhil, and PhD levels.
Dr. Warraich frequently presents her research at prominent conferences within the field of information science, including ASIS&T, IFLA, ICoLIS, A-LIEP, and ICADL. Her scholarly work has been featured in a wide array of prestigious journals, including Electronic Library, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, Library Hi Tech, Information Development, Journal of Education and Information Technologies, Journal of Information Science, Journal of Academic Librarianship, Journal of Interactive Learning Environments, SAGE Open, Serial Librarian, Global Knowledge Memory and Communication, Information and Learning Science, Public Library Quarterly, Education for Information, Library Management, and LIBRI, among others. Notably, she was awarded the SIG-III International Paper Contest (IPC) award in 2017 and 2023.
She served as Convener of Program Advisory Committee of the Centennial International Conference on Information Management and Libraries, 2015, and co-editor of conference-published proceedings. She was the Secretary of the 2nd International Conference on Information Management and Libraries in 2018. She is also serving as a member of the Board of Governors of the Punjab Library Foundation. She completed many research projects funded by the University of the Punjab, the Punjab Library Foundation, and the US State Department. She can be reached by email at nosheen.im@pu.edu.pk
She is a group leader of the research group “Information Technology: People & Information Organizations” The research group focuses on ICT's and AI impact on information users’ behaviour and the work of information organisations in a Semantic Web environment.