Background
Sharify, Nasser was born on September 23, 1925 in Tehran, Iran. Came to the United States, 1953, naturalized, 1972. Son of Ebrahim and Eshrat (Saghafy) Sharify.
Sharify, Nasser was born on September 23, 1925 in Tehran, Iran. Came to the United States, 1953, naturalized, 1972. Son of Ebrahim and Eshrat (Saghafy) Sharify.
Licencie es Lettres, University Tehran, 1947. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1954. Doctor Library Science, Columbia University, 1958.
Editorial staff Teheran journals Rah-e Now, Jahan-e Now, Saba, Jonb va Jush, 1943-1951. Translator, announcer All India Radio, 1948-1949. Librarian, deputy director Library of Parliament Iran, Tehran, 1949-1953.
Cataloger Library of Congress, 1954-1955. Program assistant libraries development section United Nations Educational, Paris, 1959-1961. Acting chief servicing section Department Education, 1962-1963.
Director general Ministry Education, Tehran, 1961-1962. Assistant professor library and information science and international education University Pittsburgh, 1963-1966. Founder, director International Library Information Center, 1964-1966.
Visiting lecturer State University of New York Albany School Library Science, summer, 1966. Director international librarianship and documentation, internat studies and world affairs State University of New York, Oyster Bay, 1966-1968. Dean, professor graduate school library and info science Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1968-1987, chairman institute research council, 1971-1989, distinguished professor, dean emeritus school computer, information and library science, since 1987.
President B.E.L.T., Inc., international planning consultant, since 1981. Director Graduate Library Training Program, United Nations Educational Mission, National Teachers College, Tehran, 1960. Iran's Official delegate to United Nations Educational Conference Educational Publications, Geneva, 1961, Southeast Asia Education Secretaries Conference, Murree, Pakistan, 1961, Internation Conference, on Cataloging Principals, Paris, 1961, Central Treaty Organization Library.
Development Conference, Ankara, Turkey, 1962. Chairman standing committee for preparation reading materials for new literates United Nations Educational, Tehran, 1961-1962. Member United States Agency for International Development Mission, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, 1966.
Director Conference on International Responsibility College and University Librarians, Oyster Bay, 1967. United States delegate 33d Conference and International Congress on Documentation, Tokyo, 1967. American Library Association delegate United Nations Conference on Non-Governmental Organization, 1969.
Consultant United States Agency for International Development, Conference on Book Development, 1967. Member advisory board Encyclopedia Library and Information Sciences, since 1969. Chairman Pre-American Library Association Conference Institute on International Library.
Manpower, Education and Placement in North America, Detroit, 1970. Member American delegate International Federation Library. Association Conference, Liverpool, England, 1971, Budapest, 1972, Grenoble, France, 1973, Washington, 1974, Brussels, 1977, Montreal, 1982, Chicago, 1985, Barcelona, 1992.
Organzier United States Agency for International Development sponsored Global Information Village Conference, Rabat, Morocco, Brooklyn, New York, 1997, speaker, 1997. Building consultant Learning Resources Center, National Teachers College, Iran, 1972-1973, consultant campus planning, 1972-1973. United Nations Educational consultant missions to plan and evaluate National School Information Science, Morocco, 1973-1974, 79-81, 89, 96-.
Consultant United States Information Agency, Morocco, 1991, 92, 95. Chairman Conference on Organization and Control of Info for Islamic Research, 1982. Chairman board consultant to National University Iran, 1974-1975, Pahlavi National Library of Iran, 1975-1977.
Speaker Symposium International sur l' information Economique, Casablanca, Morocco, 1990. Inaugural speaker Center Documentation et D'Information Multimedia, Rabat, Morocco, 1995.
Author: cataloging of Persian works Including Rules for Transliteration Entry and Description, 1959, Book Production, Importation and Distribution in Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, 1966. Beyond the National Frontiers: The International Dimension of Changing Library Education for a Changing World, 1973. The Pahlavi National Library of the Future, 17 vols., 1976, other books. Contributor to Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 1969, American Library Association World Encyclopedia Library and Information Services, 1980, 86, library journals, since 1973, Bookmark, 1972, Library Education in the Middle East, 1991, Remembering Rangathan: A Sentimental Reflection, 1992. Contributor poetry to various journals and anthologies, 1947-1951, 67, 91-93 lyrics to Iranian motion pictures and recordings, 1948-1952.Works on display at Archieves of Hoover Institute on War Revolution and Peace, Stanford University. Contributor to: film script for motion picture Morad, 1951-1952.
Trustee Brooklyn Public Library, 1970-1982. President Maurice F. Tauber Foundation, since 1981. Member American Library Association (chairman committee equivalencies and reciprocity 1966-1971, member United Nations Educational panel, member nominating committee 1970-1971, chairman Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Morocco, and Middle East Resource panels, international library education committee since 1973, member committee international library schools div. library education 1968-1972, coordinator country resources panels, international library education committee library education div.
1973-1978, Citiation extraordinary and exemplary service international librarianship 1999, John Ames Humphry Online Computer Library Center Forest Press award 2004), New York Library. Association (director library education section 1969-1972), Public Library. Association (task force on international relations 1981-1986), American Library Association Schools (chairman governmental relations committee, 1984-1988), American Society Information Science, Special Library.
Association, International Federation Library. Associations (advisory group library education 1971-1973, vice president library schools section 1973-1977).
Married Homayoun Taslimy, June 14, 1950 (div. 1978); children: Sharareh, Shahab.