Bahrain, August 2018
Bahrain Polytechnic has chosen Naseej – The Region’s Leading Knowledge Solutions Provider- to implement Sierra Library Services Platform. Out of its commitment to leveraging state-of-the-art technology to provide its constituencies with cutting-edge academic, research and scientific services, Bahrain Polytechnic has taken this step to ensure optimal services and programs, and to effectively contribute to the educational and training development in line with the 2030 Bahrain Vision.
Eng. Abduljabbar Al-Abduljabbar – Naseej CEO – expressed his deep appreciation of the role Bahrain Polytechnic plays to serve users and offer them the latest technologies that meet the needs of the knowledge community. “Selecting Sierra Integrated Library Services Platform from Innovative Interfaces will make a qualitative leap in both library management and services.”, stated Abduljabbar. Then he added, “Sierra leverages the latest in deployment options, data models and software design to make daily processes easier, more efficient and more integrated than ever before.”
In this regard, Eng. Abdullah Al Turaifi – Naseej vice president – underlined Naseej’s commitment to offering the best to its partners stating, “Fully localized by Naseej, Sierra Integrated Library Services Platform meets all the needs of Arab libraries and their users; thus, overcoming the Arabic-related issues in terms of searching and classification. Also, Sierra offers e-Resources Management (ERM), statistical reports, reviews, union catalogs, inter-library loans, in addition to supporting integration with third-party systems and APIs. This allows the library to develop more APIs and integrate them in the library system, or connect the library system with a third-party system, including Student Information System, e-Learning System, as well as any other campus management solutions. This, among many other features and benefits, makes Sierra the Platform of Choice for Academic Libraries.”
About Bahrain Polytechnic
Bahrain Polytechnic has been established in July 2008 by the Bahrain Government to address the need for a skilled Bahraini labor force, with the aim of supporting economic growth and diversification. Bahrain Polytechnic delivers applied, professional and technical qualifications. Accordingly, graduates will be work-ready; confident and competent, aware of what is expected of them in the professional world, and able to perform to their full potential.
Programs, qualifications and courses, and the underlying methodology of how they are delivered are developed in consultation with businesses, industries, professions, international education and training institutions. This strategy, set by the Board of Trustees, will ensure that Bahrain Polytechnic graduates meet the needs of the labor market, thus supplying Bahrain’s economy with a source of highly skilled graduates.
About Naseej
Naseej is the leading knowledge solutions provider in the Middle East serving the region’s top Academic institutes, cultural centers, and government organizations since 1989. Naseej provides Academic and Higher Education Institutes in the region with comprehensive and integrated solutions and services designed to enable Academic institutions to actively contribute to the success of their students. Naseej employs over 400 highly skilled professionals throughout the region in the fields of Knowledge management, Information Technology and Business Development that work together to deliver cutting-edge solutions to its partners that include, e-learning solutions and services, Campus Management Systems, Knowledge Management Solutions, and much more.