Review of augmented reality in academic and research libraries

Abid Hussain (abidmardan@gmail.com) is Deputy Director Library, at the Library, Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan. He is a veteran librarian based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Currently, he works as Deputy Director Library at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). His research interests include library leadership, Digital Library services, Web-based Technology, information literacy and bibliometric and information services. Before his current position, he served as a Digital Library in charge at National Defence University Islamabad (April 2009 to April 2017) and Assistant Librarian at Air University Islamabad (May 2005 to September 2007). He has contributed 27 research papers to National and International reputed journals, whereas three of his articles are in the pipeline. He also has published more than 70 columns, essays and opinion articles in various English dailies, magazines and blogs pertaining to library issues in Pakistan and abroad. He is regularly writing for five English dailies those are Pakistan observer, Daily Times, Pakistan Today, The News and The Nation. His whole contributions can be viewed here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=GdVB77sAAAAJ. He also contributes regular articles to the quarterly newsletter of the International Association of school libraries (IASL).He designed, implemented, coordinated and assessed the library instruction program; he also trained fellow librarians Master’s in instructional theory and methods. He is an MPhil Scholar at the Department of Library and Information Science, the University of Peshawar in batch 2021–2022 and earned his Master’s degree in Library and Information Sciences from the same university in 2006; for dealing with social science scholars, he completed his Master’s Degree in Political Science in 2011 from the university of Peshawar; for the instruction of library customers, he attained a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree from the Sarhad University Peshawar in 2016.He is an active member of the American Library Association (ALA), the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Canadian Library Association (CLA), Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Pakistan Library Association (PLA), etc.He raises library issues through TV Programs, Radio talk shows and other social blogs. He keenly raises Pakistan’s role in library scenario at National and International conferences, Webinars and seminars.During his career, he completed many projects by digitizing various libraries in Pakistan. His few praiseworthy projects are as follows:(1) Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan (IPRI).Website: http://iprilibrary.org.pk/(2) Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, Pakistan.Website: http://issilibrary.org.pk/(3) National Defence University Library Islamabad-based.Website: http://111.68.99.107/libmax/opac/index.aspx(4) Ghazi Library Command & Staff College Quetta.Website: https://cscquetta.gov.pk/library/(5) Islamabad Business School Library, Pakistan (IBS).https://ibs.edu.pk/library/