Shafiq Ur Rehman is an Associate Professor & Head, Information, Learning & Research Commons (ILRC), Deanship of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrehman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He earned his doctorate from France with the highest distinction. He has more than 20 years of experience teaching, conducting research and professional experience at university level in France, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. He has published more than 50 research articles, supervised many postgraduate research theses, worked for some research journals as editor, reviewer and editorial board member and conducted various trainings on research methodology and information literacy. His research interests focus on library service quality, user satisfaction, LIS research, knowledge sharing, library leadership and bibliometrics.