Bushulaibi: Emirati research wins 22nd “Prize for Library Lit.”

Iman Bushalibi, Director of Sharjah Public Libraries Department, confirmed that the Sharjah Prize for Library Literature 2022 Forum, launched Saturday at the Sharjah Book Authority headquarters, will be held over two days, during which the names of the winners of the first three places of the award in its 22nd edition were announced.

She added to “Sharjah 24” that they discussed the winning research of this year’s prize, which  focused on the theme of management of change and digital transformation in information institutions. The prize witnessed the participation of more than 30 research papers from several Arab countries, and the first place winner was from the United Arab Emirates.

The Director of Sharjah Public Libraries Department stressed that the prize, over the years, has become a distinguished model for the knowledge society that preserves its identity, accumulates experiences and benefits from the various developments surrounding it, in a world full of changes and challenges that impose many opportunities and challenges.

Bushalibi revealed the theme of the 23rd edition of the prize, which will be on "learning, education and libraries .. ways of empowerment and inclusion", aims to expand the scope of research in the field of libraries and information, not only in public libraries, but also in the field of specialised, university and school libraries and other different types of libraries.