Library & Information Science Professional

Md. Rifat Mahmud

Assistant Library Officer at North South University, researching library and information science in the Bangladeshi context.

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About Me

Information professional, researcher, lifelong learner

I am an Assistant Library Officer at North South University with a BA (Hons.) and MA in Information Science and Library Management from the University of Dhaka. My research explores how libraries in Bangladesh adopt technology, preserve digital heritage and serve their communities.

What I Do

Services & Focus Areas

Library & Information Services

Reference, circulation and user support that help students and faculty find and use the right information.

Digital Libraries & Technology

Library systems, repositories, web archiving and emerging tools such as AI chatbots.

Academic Research & Publishing

Peer-reviewed research in library and information science, indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.

Featured Research

Recent Work

Academic Librarians’ Perceptions of AI-Based Search Engine Integration in Bangladeshi Private Universities: A Qualitative Study

Understanding how the adoption and perception of AI-based search engines are approached by librarians in Bangladeshi private universities and explore the factors that limit formal adoption and what ethical and institutional issues inform that disconnect.

Biblios: building an AI-powered chatbot for library resource discovery – a practitioner case study

Exploring the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots to enhance the resource discovery systems by addressing the limitations of online public access catalogs (OPACs).

Evaluating AI Excellence: A Comparative Analysis of Generative Models in Library and Information Science

Comparing the performance of GPT-3.5, GPT-4, Bard, and Gemini in answering Library and Information Science (LIS) questions.