Dr. Wan Ali Wan Mamat was a practising librarian at the National Library of Malaysia (1975-2006). Prior to his retirement in 2006, he was the Director General of the National Library of Malaysia (2005-2006). In 2009, he joined the Department of Library and Information Science, Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology, IIUM.
He has published many conference papers, journal articles and books. His current research is in the areas of Malay manuscripts, preservation and conservation, and mosque library. He is currently a committee member of the Historical Society of Malaysia and Head, Islamic Library Group of Librarians Association of Malaysia.

• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Religious Studies ~ Philosophy of Religion - Malay manuscripts and Jawi scripts

CONSERV. & PRESERV. OF INFO. RESOURCES	2015/2016 2013/2014 2011/2012 2009/2010
DIRECTED RESEARCH PRACTICUM	2017/2018 2016/2017 2011/2012 2010/2011
FIELDWORK	2010/2011
INFORMATION RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT	2017/2018 2016/2017 2014/2015 2012/2013 2010/2011
ISLAM IN MALAY HISTORY AND CULTURE	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
ISLAMICISATION OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE	2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION INSTITUTIONS	2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010
MANAGEMENT OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIO	2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2011/2012 2009/2010
ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC INFORMATION	2010/2011
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR INFORMATION PROFESSION	2015/2016 2013/2014 2012/2013

Completed

2015 - 2019	A Model for Islamic istilahNet in Malay Manuscripts for Big Data Analytics and Liguistic Consortium
2011 - 2014	RU 2011: Webometric Study of World Class Universities Website
2011 - 2013	The Application Of Islamic Concepts In Collection Development Policy And Practices For a Mosque library : The case of Al-Mukarramah mosque library Sri Damansara

On-Going

2022 - Present	Annotated Catalogue of Malay Manuscripts in Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas Library, (ISTAC Library), IIUM
2018 - Present	Adab ketatanegaraan in Traditional Malay Society: An Analytical Study of Malay Intellectual Heritage

Article

2023	Colonialism in the Malay Archipelago: civilisational encounters. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 179 (2) pp. 275-278
2021	Exploring library management support for enhancing self-directed learning: narratives from research-support librarians. Library Management, 42 (8-9) pp. 584-610
2017	Psychometric properties of instruments measuring competencies of research support librarian and self-directed learning traits. Man in India, 97 (19) pp. 183-194
2014	Sejarah perkembangan perpustakaan Tan Sri Omar Mohd Hashim, persatuan sejarah Malaysia1. Warkah PSM, 42 (14) pp. 5-7
2013	Accessing Malay manuscripts worldwide through ICT: the union catalogue project. Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter, (45) pp.
2013	Kutai Inscriptions. Warkah PSM, 37 (13) pp. 11-15
2013	Librarian working with Islamic collections: Malaysian experience. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 3 (2) pp. 127-133

Conference or Workshop Item

2018	Transliteration engine for union catalogue of Malay manuscripts in Malaysia: E-Jawi version 3. In: 2018 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M),
2011	Ke arah memperkasakan pustakawan dan kepustakawanan Islam di Malaysia. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Perpustakaan Akademik (SKPA 2011),
2011	Malay palaeography: a preliminary survey . In: Association of South-East Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) Conference 2011,
2011	Malay paleography: A preliminary survey. In: 26th Association of South-East Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK) Conference,
2010	Penemuan manuskrip Jawi di Mekah. In: Simposium Internasional Pernaskahan Nusantara ke-13,
2010	Penemuan manuskrip Melayu di Mekah, Saudi Arabia . In: Simposium Internasional Pernaskahan Nusantara ke-13,

Book

2014	An introduction to Malay manuscripts. IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674183158
2011	Contemporary issues in library and information science. IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180836

Book Section

2020	The civilisational history of the Malay archipelago: arguing for a new narrative. In: ISTAC-IIUM Publications, ISBN: 978-983-9379-70-9, pp. ix-xx
2011	Evaluating the importance of collaboration among librarians. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180836, pp. 66-71
2011	Malay manuscripts of Bima. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180041, pp. 61-69
2011	Searching for Malaysian government documents. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181031, pp. 203-207
2011	The effectiveness of reference librarians. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180836, pp. 72-78
2011	The need preservation of books in libraries : the environment. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180836, pp. 88-100
2011	The need preservation of library materials : digitization. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180836, pp. 102-106
2011	Training needs of reference librarians. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180836, pp. 60-71
2011	Usage of e-book among university community. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180836, pp. 48-59

Monograph

2019	A model for islamic istilahnet in Malay manuscripts for big data analytics and linguistics consortium. In: ,
2015	Garis Panduan Perpustakaan Masjid. In: PNM,