Who’s Who: Bandar Almobark, general manager of King Abdulaziz Public Library

Bandar Almobark. (Supplied)

Bandar Almobark is the general manager of King Abdulaziz Public Library in Riyadh, a position he has held since 2020.
At the public library, Almobark is assigned to manage all the projects for the library, like King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation, Prince Mohammad bin Salman Award for Cultural Communication between Saudi Arabia and China, and the Arab Union Catalog.
Prior to his current position, Almobark was dean of Giftedness, Creativity, and Excellence at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University from 2018-2019.
From 2016 to 2018, Almobark held the position of vice dean of library affairs for administration, finance, quality, and development affairs at the same university.
Almobark was deputy general supervisor of the Saudi Digital Library at the Ministry of Education from 2013 to 2015.
He was a director of the Saudi Digital Library Development Project at the Ministry of Education from 2012 to 2013. He also held the position of deputy general supervisor of the information technology department at Al-Yamamah Press from 2010 to 2012.
He was the deputy general supervisor of the Riyadh Center for Information and Consulting Studies at Al-Yamamah Press from 2008 to 2012.
He earned his Ph.D. in Libraries and Information from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University.
In 2002, he took his Master’s in Library and Information Science from the North Carolina Central University in the US.
He obtained bachelor’s degree in libraries and information from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in 1997.
Almobarak became a member of the National Center for Documents and Archives in 2021.