Biodata - Salina

Biodata
Salina Hj. Zawawi is currently the Regional Manager, of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri http://www.pustaka-sarawak.com/pages.php?do=campus_miri the Northern Region branch of State Library, Sarawak, Malaysia. She has more than 15 years working experience as information professional.

Working Experience
She joined Pustaka in September 2000, working as a cataloguer at Technical Services Division, largely responsible for electronic resources before she had been entrusted to lead and pioneering the Business Information Services (BIS) in April 2001. BIS is a fee-based informational professional brokerage service in getting objective advice for the identification, repackaging and solution for information needs of clienteles. BIS was launched by the Chief Minister of Sarawak in July 2001. Other than BIS, she was also responsible for onsite and offsite services of Pustaka such as the core business of reference and referral services, circulation, information literacy programmes and so fourth. She was also appointed as Lincoln Corner Librarian in 2004, looking after the programmes and service initiatives and collections funded by US Embassy. In 2007, she was appointed as the Head, Information Services (IS), Division before she was promoted and transferred to Miri as Regional Manager for Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri in 2009 until now.

Qualifications and Areas of Interest

This Mirian and Malay descendant holds a Bachelor Degree in Political Science [Hons.] and Masters in Library and Information Science [MLIS] from International Islamic University, Malaysia. She has written a few articles, mainly published in Pustaka’s bulletin - Fountain of Knowledge and local newspapers. She had also contributed articles to Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, wrote and presented papers at local and international seminars and conferences.

Her areas of interests are in planning and management of information services, collaborative initiatives, information literacy provisions and local content creation. She has extensive experience in quality and innovation management such as ISO 9001:2015, heading the Awards Committee and Advisor to Innovative and Creative Circle (ICC) groups, 5S, Key Focus Area (KFA) on top of her social and community commitments such as committee and active members for local associations namely Persatuan Lembaga Amanah Kebajikan Melayu Miri, Persatuan Jatti Miriek etc.