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Naifa Eid AI-Saleem

Dr. Naifa Eid Saleem is an assistance professor at the Department of information studies and the assistant dean of training and community services, Sultan Qaboos University. He has a BA in library science and documentation in 1993. In 2001 she obtained her MA in information management from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. She got her PhD from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom in 2006. Dr. Naifa areas of interests are: e- learning, research methodology, information seeking behavior. She published several articles in both Arabic and English in Refereed journals.

Publications

The Reality of Use of WhatsApp as a Tool for Distance Education in Teaching and Learning: The Case of the Faculty Members at the Department of Information Studies at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

This research aims to investigate the reality of WhatsApp use among faculty members at the Department of Information Studies (IS) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in the...

Preface

This Preface is included in the book Promoting Interdisciplinarity in Knowledge Generation and Problem Solving.

Historical Development of the Interdisciplinary Studies

In a fast-changing world, which depends on science and technology, it is very hard for disciplines to remain isolated and hide away from each other. When disciplines are...

Investigating Faculty Members' Beliefs About Distance Education: The Case of Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

This research paper aims to investigate the beliefs (perceptions) about distance education(DE) held by the faculty members of Sultan Qaboos Uuniversity (SQU) at the Sultanate of...

Information Access and Library User Needs in Developing Countries

While high quality library and information services continue to thrive and strengthen economic and social development, much of the knowledge that exists on user’s needs and...