Professional activities of Paul Nieuwenhuysen

Hoogleraar, voltijds (Professor, full-time) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (V.U.B.)

Visiting professor at University of Antwerp

Involved in the management of the University Library, V.U.B.

Coordinator of University Library with Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering, V.U.B.

Teaching: courses related mainly to (computer-based) information retrieval and presentation

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Board member:

• Section Scientific Documentary Information of the V.V.B.A.D., the Flemish Society of library, archive, and documentation professionals

• Inter-university post-graduate study programs
  in Documentation and Library Science, and in Information and Library Science,
  organized at the University of Antwerp

Member of the editorial board of scientific and professional journals:

• Bibliotheek & Archiefgids; Bibliotheekkunde  http://www.vvbad.be/

• Associate editor of LIBRES available from http://libres.curtin.edu.au or http://aztec.lib.utk.edu/libres/ 

• (Login until end 1996, and of) Informatie Professional since 1997

• UNESCO-IOC-IODE-OceanTeacher open access digital library on information management

• World Digital Libraries: an international journal (starting from 2008)

Other professional activities:

• Once in a while consulting and teaching
  (for KIT Amsterdam, Eurydice, Unesco-IHP, Unesco-MAB, Unesco-PGI, Unesco-IOC, UNDP-GEF, OFO,...)

• Organizing international training programs on information retrieval and management.

• Scientific research.

• Development cooperation with Sokoine University in Tanzania, Africa.

• Involvement in UNESCO-IOC-IODE-ODINAFRICA.

• Involvement in UNESCO-IOC-OceanTeacher.

Member of scientific and professional societies:

• http://iatul.org IATUL the International Association of Technological University Libraries

• http://www.abd-bvd.be ABD/BVD

• http://www.eahil.net/ EAHIL The European Association for Health Information and Libraries is an active professional association uniting and motivating librarians and information officers working in medical and health science libraries in Europe.
  EAHIL encourages professional development, improves cooperation and enables exchanges of experience amongst its members. The association counts about 400 members from 25 European countries.
  

• http://www.euraslic.org/ European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres, EURASLIC 
  

• http://www.iamslic.org IAMSLIC

• IRT (Internet/Information Retrieval Tools) Working group

• http://www.vogin.nl VOGIN

• http://www.vvbad.be/ V.V.B.A.D.  

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Since 1983, Paul Nieuwenhuysen is a full-time member of the academic staff at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, nowadays as professor.
These days his functions include: member of the management board of the University Library, science and technology librarian, as well as teaching courses on online information retrieval and presentation.
At the University of Antwerp inter-university postgraduate program in Information and library science, he is guest professor responsible for courses on information technology and on the information market.

At the University of Antwerp he received the degrees of Licentiaat in Physics in 1974, Doctor in Science in 1979, the Belgian post-doctoral degree (named Geaggregeerde voor het Hoger Onderwijs) in 1983, and the inter-university postgraduate degree in Documentation and library science in 1986.

He has organized international training courses on management of information in science and technology and has been project leader of a co-operation with the National Agricultural Library of Tanzania 1998-2008.

He is author or co-author of more than 30 refereed publications in international scientific/technical journals, he is a member of several societies and of the editorial board of journals in the area of information science, and he has been a consultant for various international agencies.

Paul Nieuwenhuysen is voltijds hoogleraar aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Hij behaalde de diploma's van licentiaat, doctor, en geaggregeerde voor het hoger onderwijs (in de wetenschappen), plus de Speciale Licentie in Bibliotheek- en Documentatiewetenschap, aan de Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen.
Hij draagt zorg voor de informatievoorziening in de wetenschappen en technologie en doceert i.v.m. wetenschappelijke informatie en communicatie.
Daarnaast is hij gastprofessor aan de Universiteit Antwerpen.
Hij is actief in het kader van wetenschappelijke verenigingen, tijdschriften, projecten, congressen, consultancies, ontwikkelingssamenwerking en internationale trainingprogramma’s.

document updated most recently 2009-06

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