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Pervaiz Meer
Senior Information Research Analyst/Unit Leader

Pervaiz Meer was born and raised in Pakistan, where he attained honors from the University of the Punjab, Department of Library Science. He migrated to the United States in 1989, where he completed his Master of Information and Library Science degree from the University of Hawaii's School of Library & Information Science. Currently Pervaiz is fulfilling requirements for a Ph.D. degree in the Communication & Information Sciences Program. Prior positions to his assignment at the Center include project assistant for the Rural Health Information Clearinghouse & Database Project, Hawaii State Department of Health and Human Services, cataloger for the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, and consultant and librarian on assignments in Pakistan.

Pervaiz was also an instructor and computer lab supervisor at the University of Hawaii's Library Information Science Program. He worked as Junior Information Research Specialist at the Research Information Services Department of the East-West Center. Pervaiz is currently a member of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) and Beta Phi Mu (International Library and Information Science Honor Society). His published accomplishments include "User-centered assessment of two web browsers: errors, perceived self-efficiency, and success" and a survey on agricultural libraries of Pakistan. With the Center since November, 1997, Pervaiz's responsibilities include identifying, collecting, organizing and disseminating Asia-Pacific disaster information to in-house staff and faculty, the Center's partners, and other affiliates using both public and commercially available databases.

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