Karim B Boughida

Karim B Boughida is Dean of Libraries a the University of Rhode Island. Previously he was Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Content Management (library executive) at GW Libraries (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA). Karim is leading different new campus-wide initiatives around Digital Scholarship. He is a public speaker and the general co-chair of JCDL 2012 (Joint Conference on Digital Libraries) hosted by GW and the Library of Congress.

Before he was senior information systems architect specializing in digital library and information architecture at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Karim holds a master degree in library and information science from the Universite de Montreal, Canada and has been in the library, computer and information industry for more than twenty four years. Before joining the Getty, Boughida was responsible for digital library products at Endeavor Information Systems in Des Plaines (Chicago, IL). Prior to his position with Endeavor, Karim held senior positions in knowledge / records / information management in various sectors (government, financial, etc.) in Canada and an executive position in his native Algeria.