Education:

B.Com; G.C.G,Chandigarh 1997;

B.Lib.& Inf.Sc. PU Chandigarh 1998;

M.Lib.& Inf.Sc. PU Chandigarh 1999;

Ph.D, PU Chandigarh 2011

Positions held: Assistant Librarian, M. S. Randhawa Library, PAU, Ludhiana (2005-till date)

Field of Specialization: Preservation of Manuscripts; Digitization

Research Interests: Preservation; Conservation ; Digitization

Research Projects: Nil

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Sharma, A., and Vermani, S. (2019). Resource sharing in digital environment: a study of document delivery requests at Punjab Agricultural University, 2019. International Conference on Digital Transformation: A Cognitive learning towards Artificial Intelligence” (ICDT 2019)
2. Sharma, A., and Vermani, S. (2019). Awareness and use of CeRA consortium by Research Scholars and postgraduate students of Punjab Agricultural University: A study. Indian Journal of Agricultural library and Information Services. 35(1), 2019): 36-45.
3. Sharma, A., and Vermani, S. (2018). Role of Library Consortia in Strengthening Agricultural Education: an exploratory study of CeRA. Indian Journal of Agricultural library and Information Services. 34(1), 2018: 29-36.
4. Sharma, A., and Vermani, S. (2017). Agricultural libraries and their role in sustainable development-go green: some initiatives. J Lib. Inf. Communication Techno. 6(1): 45-48
5. Sharma, A. and Vermani, S. (2017) Publishing: Ethics and Dilemma. In: D. V. Singh (ed) Proceedings 63^rd Annual Conference of Indian Library Association International Conference on Sustainable Development of Library and Information Science Profession ICSDLP- 2017. Pp: 123-130. Indian Library Association, Delhi. ISBN 978-81-934120-0-8