Dr. Nafiz Zaman Shuva is an Assistant Professor at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY). He holds an MA in Information Science and Library Management from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, an international master’s degree in Digital Library Learning from three European institutions in Norway, Estonia, and Italy, and a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His current teaching and research center around information behavior of equity-deserving groups such as migrants, social media, public libraries, and scholarly communication.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2968 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4789-9477 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/nafizshuva/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/@NafizShuva |
| Researcher ID | I-5205-2014 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nafiz-Zaman-Shuva |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Qualitative research
Geographies
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UN Countries
Roles
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Queens College, City University of New York
University, New York, United States
Assistant Professor -
Queens College
Other, Flushing, United States
Assistant Professor -
Western University
University, London, Canada
Assistant Professor (Limited Duties) -
University of Dhaka
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor
Research
“They act like we are going to heaven”: pre-arrival information experiences, information crafting and settlement of immigrants in Canada
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Documentation | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“I actually got my first job through my ex-colleague”: Employment-related information seeking behavior of Bangladeshi immigrants in Canada
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Librarianship and Information Science | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“The journey will be relaxed. You will watch television. Just like a VIP”: Misinformation, secrecy, and the information behaviour of repatriated migrants in Bangladesh
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Open Information Science | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Information experiences of Bangladeshi immigrants in Canada
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Documentation | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Information Practices of the Fishermen in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Open Information Science | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Faculty members’ perceptions and use of open access journals
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva, Radia Taisir |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | IFLA Journal | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Are university libraries in Bangladesh ready to be digital?
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Curriculum Contents of Digital Library Education (DLE) in Europe
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva, Ragnar Andreas Audunson |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Building digital libraries in Bangladesh: A developing country perspective
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | The International Information & Library Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Barcode technology and its use and applications: A study of selected libraries of Bangladesh
| Authors | M.S. Islam, Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | The International Information & Library Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Implementing information and communication technology in public libraries of Bangladesh
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2005 |
| Journal Name | The International Information & Library Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Information behavior and HIV/AIDS/STI awareness among Bangladeshi female sex workers: Do informational programs help?
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva, Radia Taisir, Parvez Sazzad Mallick |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Information Development | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“They act like we are going to heaven”
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“Everybody Thinks Public Libraries Have Only Books”: Public Library Usage and Settlement of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Canada
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Public Library Quarterly | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“You Made a Great Mistake…you left the [your] Job and Moved to Canada”: A Study on the Information Experiences of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Canada
| Authors | Nafiz Shuva, Paulette Rothbauer |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The everyday life information behaviour of immigrants: A case of Bangladeshi women
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI) |
Status of Non-Government Public Libraries in Bangladesh
| Authors | Rowshon Akter, Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Eastern Librarian | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Bridging the digital divide through public, school and college libraries: Case study of Bangladesh
| Authors | Rowshon Akhter, Nafiz Zaman Shuva |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Journal of the Bangladesh Association of Young Researchers | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Curriculum Contents of Digital Library Education (DLE) in Europe
| Authors | Nafiz Zaman Shuva, Ragnar Andreas Audunson |
| Book Title | STEM Education | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
More than a place for social capital creation: Public library as a place for immigrants’ social integration
| Authors | Nafiz Shuva |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Librarianship and Information Science | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |