Tigran Karo Zargaryan
Date of birth - 25.02.1954
The area of research interest
Free and Open Source Software solutions for digital libraries,
open standards, distance learning, open educational resources,
Creative Commons licensing schemes,
Libraries automation environments,
Automation of archives and libraries, hybrid paper and electronic record systems.
Membership
| 2010 – present | eIFL consortium advisory board member. |
| 1997 – present |
President of the Armenian CDS/ISIS Users Group Association. URL: www.distancelearning.am |
| 1997 – 2000 | Member of the Standing Committee of “Information Technologies” International Federation of Library Associations |
| 1998 – present |
Member of the Executive Board of Internet Society – Armenia Chapter. |
| 1998 - 2010 | Member of Working Committee “Information Technologies” of NAS RA |
| 1994 – 1997 |
Member of the Executive Board of Library Association of Armenia |
Education
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Yerevan State Engineering University. Diploma, Engineer |
| 1987 |
Ph. D. (informatics) received from Moscow Russian University. (Former name Moscow Historical-Archives Institute). |
Specialty
Digital Libraries, Free and Open Source Software, Information & Technology Literacy, Open
Educational Resources, Distance Learning.
Languages
Armenian, Russian, English
Professional Experience
| 2011-present | Director, National Library of Armenia |
| 2011-present | Scientific Adviser, the Fundamental Scientific Library of the Academy of Science RA |
| 2006-2011 | Director, the Fundamental Scientific Library of the Academy of Science RA |
| 2009-present | Chair of Department ‘Library and Information Science’. International Scientific Educational Centre of NAS RA. |
| 2007-2009 | Project coordinator of eIFL-FOSS ILS programme: http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-foss |
| 1996 – 2006 | Head of Automation Department of Yerevan State University Library |
| 1994 – 2003 | Head of Automation department of Republican Scientific Medical library of Armenia |
Teaching Experience
2008 till now
Academic courses
Information technologies and digital libraries
Machine readable mapping, official records
Cultural memory maintenance
Machine readable mapping
Tel: (+374 10) 524750
E-mail: tigran@flib.sci.am