International Awards: 
U.S. Fulbright Scholars Program administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) for research and teaching at the American University of Kuwait, Kuwait 2016-2018 (blog); U.S. Fulbright Scholars Program administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) for research and teaching at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt, 2010-2011 (blog); 1982-1984: Foreign Students Fellowship from the Middle East and North Africa, America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST). A scholarship was awarded to attend the School of Library and Information Sciences, Catholic University of America, Washington DC.

National and Professional Awards:
ALA ALCTS Margaret Mann Citation recipient, presented by the Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (ALA CaMMS 2015); ALA ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award recipient for the book "RDA: Strategies for Implementation," Chicago: ALA Editions, 2013 (ALA CaMMS 2014); ALA ALCTS Presidential Citation, for outstanding leadership of the ALCTS Steering Committee for Implementation of Non-English Language Task Force Recommendations (ALA ALCTS President 2009). 

Publications:
“RDA: Strategies for Implementation.” Chicago: ALA Editions, 2013.   

Selected Book Chapters:
(2015) “Multilingual Subject Retrieval – Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Subject Authority File and Linked Subject Data.” Springer E book. 550 pages. (2010) “Sharing Cataloging Expertise: Options for Libraries to Share Their Skilled Catalogers with Other Libraries.”  Cataloging and Classification Quarterly: Special Issue. Bradford Lee Eden, editor. 48(6-7), 525 – 540. (2010) “Program for Cooperative Cataloging: BIBCO Records: Analysis of Quality”. In Cataloging and Classification Quarterly: Special Issue. Rebecca L. Mugridge, editor. 48(2–3), 1-16. (2004) “Technical Services between Reality and Illusion: Reorganization in Technical Services at the Ohio State University-- Questions and Assessment.” Brad Eden, Editor.  Libraries Unlimited, 379-398.

Selected Journal Articles:
(2018) "RDA implementation and the emergence of BIBFRAME" published in JLIS.it Italian Journal of Library, Archives, and Information Science" 9, 1 (January 2018): 66-82. doi: 10.4403/jlis.it-12443.

(2013). “Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Model for Arabic Name Authority Control.”  Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS). 57(1), 1-15. (2011) “An Assessment of the Need to Provide Non-Roman Subject Access to the Library Online Catalog.” Cataloging and Classification Quarterly. 49 (6), 457-483. (2008) “Cataloging and Classification: Review of the Literature 2005-06.” Library Resources & Technical Services. 52(2), 148-163. (2007) “New Strategies for Delivering Library Resources to Users: Rethinking the Mechanisms in which Libraries are Processing and Delivering Bibliographic Records.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship.  33(2), 228-242. (2007) “Open WorldCat and Its Impact on Academic Libraries.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 33(1), 55-66. (2004) “Metadata and Cataloging Practices.” The Electronic Library. 22(3), 238-24885.

For more information about Magda’s professional activities, visit her website.