DANISH :a society for promoting knowledge

CUI Lahore Library is a hub of knowledge and provides information services to faculty and students. The library also organized different programs to enhance the reading habits among library patrons. Information literacy programs, orientation sessions, Book Fairs, Celebration of World Book Day are the major sources for the library to not only interact with the library users but also to market the library resources to its patrons.

To organize such programs, the library staff needs human support form faculty particular from students. With the partnership of students, library holds such good events in past and plan to arrange in future as well. Library is also planning to establish "Book Bank", on the basis of donated books from the students and for the students, of CUI Lahore. This is only possible with the support of students. For this purpose, we are going to establish DANISH Society at CUI Lahore.

Purpose

Following are the main objectives of DANISH:

• Book Bank
• Will launch awareness campaign in students and urge senior batches to donate their used course books for Book Bank.
• Will request / motivate faculty members to donate their used / complimentary books to library for Book Bank
• Book Fair
• With the help of library staff, the Library Society members will organize the Book Fair for faculty and students of CUI Lahore.
• Will motivate students to visit the fair and read the latest books on their relevant discipline.
• Celebrations of World Book Day
• Will organize the events to celebrate the World Book Day, to highlight the importance of books and reading material in the society.
• Will motivate students to participate in all the events, organized by the Library Society.
• Information Literacy Programs
• With the help of library officials, the Library Society will organize lectures, workshops, seminars, orientation session to provide the information about library resources and services.

Office Bearers

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

ABDUL BASIT AFZAL CIIT/FA15-CHE-013/LHR President Chemical Engineering 0312-9697449

HOZAN GHAFFAR CIIT/SP15-EEE-029/LHR Vice President Electrical Engineering 0304-6712376

MOAZ-BIN-AMMAR CIIT/FA15-CHE-090/LHR General Secretary 0306-4200502 Chemical Engineering

M. YASOOB-UL-HAQ CIIT/FA15-CHE-003/LHR Joint Secretary 0333-3184433 Chemical Engineering

HAFIZA TARFEEHA TANZEEL KHAID CIIT/SP17-BBA-002/LHR Treasurer Management Sciences

NASIR VIRK CIIT/FA15-CHE-066/LHR Media and Publishing 0336-7488338 Chemical Engineering

ABDUL HANAN CIIT/FA15-CHE-103/LHR Press Secretary 0307-0406219 Chemical Engineering

SYED ZARAK SHAH CIIT/FA15-CHE-054/LHR Coordinator Secretary 0322-5681996 Chemical Engineering

DEPARTMENT COORDINATORS

USAMA ALTAF CIIT/SP15-EEE-029/LHR Electrical Engineering usamaaltaf123@gmail.com

AROOJ MALIK CIIT/FA17-BBA-012/LHR Management Sciences

SYED M. HASSAN GILLANI CIIT/FA17-CHE-089/LHR Chemical Engineering m.hassan.mh531@gmail.com

ANAM CIIT/FA17-BDE-011/LHR Architecture & Design

TAYYABA KANWAL CIIT/SP17-BPY-009/LHR Humanities

WAJEEHA ALAM CIIT/FA14-BSM-002/LHR Mathematics

TALHA CHUGHTAI CIIT/FA15-BCS-088/LHR Computer Science talha.chughtai1999@gmail.com

ABDUL QADEER CIIT/FA16-BPH-043/LHR Physics abdulqadeer321@gmail.com

Selection Criteria

• The Patron will call the applications from students in the start of spring semester.
• Suitable candidate will be called for interview.
• Patron-in-Chief and Patron will conduct the interview session for final selection.
• Departmental coordinators may also be contacted to motivate or nominate their students for departmental representative for Library Society.

Benefits for Office Bearers

• President will be the member of the Library Affairs Committee and will be eligible to discuss only following agenda points:
• Feedback from the library users particular students
• Progress report of the Society
• Social work for community
• Interaction with the authorities
• Official certificate from the patron
• Personal prologue on library website
• Official dinner with Director or Convener Library Affairs

Be a part of DANISH:

Grab an opportunity to become a part of prestigious society of CUI Lahore DANISH. This society will organize different activities such as Book Exhibitions, Celebrations of World Book Day, Information Literacy Programs and will establish the Book Bank with the help of library staff.

Applications are required for the following offices of DANISH:

• President
• General Secretary
• Coordinator Secretary
• Press Secretary
• Department of Management Science, Coordinator
• Department of Computer Science, Coordinator
• Department of Electrical Engineering, Coordinator
• Department of Chemical Engineering, Coordinator
• Department of Physics, Coordinator
• Department of Mathematics, Coordinator
• Department of Architecture & Design, Coordinator
• Department of Humanities, Coordinator

Interested students are instructed to send their application on prescribed Form (available at Library Help Desk) along with their COMSATS ID cards. Applications should reach Library Help Desk before February 20, 2013.