Dr. Eric Ormsby : USA/UK Islamic Scholar & Poet

Dr. Ormsby has a long history of academic librarianship, Islamic scholarship, and poetry publications. From Institute of Ismaili Studies website:

Deputy Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, Professor Eric Ormsby has held positions with several university libraries and collections in North America including: Director of Libraries at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. from 1983-86; Director of Libraries at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and Associate Professor in McGill's Institute of Islamic Studies from 1983-86; and from 1996 to 2005, full Professor and Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.

He has been a prolific book reviewer as well.