Lizah Ismail

Background

Ismail, Lizah was born on May 31, 1966 in Singapore City, Singapore. Daughter of Ismail Mohamad Said and Azizah Osman.

Education

Master of Arts in Communications, Annenberg School Communications, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1990. Master of Library and Information Science, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001.

Career

Reference and geneology, local history library McKinney Memorial Public Library., Texas, 2001—2003. Reference, instructional services library Misericordia University, Dallas, 2003—2006, head reference, information literacy, 2005—2007. Assistant professor, coordinator public services Marywood University Library., Scranton, since 2007.

Achievements

• Lizah Ismail has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active volunteer Humane Society, Brookings, South Dakota, 1998—2000, Sherman, Texas, 2002—2003. Volunteer Brookings Public Library., 2000. Active member Scranton Reads, Pennsylvania, 2008.

Member of American Library Association (Association of College and Research Libraries division 1999), Pennsylvania Library. Association, Library. Instruction Roundtable (vice chairman, chair elect 2008-2010), Pennsylvania Library.

Association (North-East chapter) (secretary, treasurer 2008), Association College and Research Libraries (college library division, distance learning division 2003).

Connections

Married Warren J. Bareiss, August 30, 1990. 1 child Benjamin I. Bareiss.

Father:

Ismail Mohamad Said

Mother:

Azizah Osman

Spouse:

Warren J. Bareiss

child:

Benjamin I. Bareiss Ismail