Name of Organisation : IIE Varsity College
Postion: Information Specialist (Research & Postgraduate Support)
Period : May 2023 - Present
Duties
➢ Plan and design annual training programmes (IL) for researchers and postgraduates students;
➢ Assist students and researchers in the use of plagiarism prevention and research tools;
➢ Measuring research impact and develop best practices for use and dissemination of information;
➢ Postgraduate research support to students by educating and providing academic support;
➢ Research support to academic staff and assist students to find academic research material and provide support on research related queries;
➢ Play an active role in research by performing own research and produce research output and activities;
➢ Conducts library orientation for new students and staff;
➢ Create research profiles for researchers and lecturers and disseminate information accordingly;
➢ Process interlibrary loans and Research Capacity Building Support;
➢ Designs posters and Information Centre packs to market Information Centre resources on the campus;
➢ Actively take part in academic forums on campus to create awareness of the value chain of library services within Teaching and Learning;
➢ Conducts class visits and live interactive training sessions for students and lecturers (contact & online);
➢ Assists students with Academic writing, referencing and search skills;
➢ Keep up to date with new developments, innovations in the Information Centre sector and participate in professional groups and Professional Learning Networks;
➢ Monitor adherence to all library and library related policies and research policies and report progress or anomalies;
➢ Ensure that library collection has up-to-date resources on research methods and methodology per discipline;
➢ Submit completed research to the research repository ;
➢ Introduce postgraduate students to peer reviewed articles;
➢ Conduct bi-annual stocktaking project and compile a report;
Name of Organisation : IIE Rosebank College
Postion: Campus Information Specialist (Librarian)
Period : December 2019 - April 2023
Duties
➢ Manages day-to-day library operations;
➢ Planning, administering, organising and delivering the online information centre’s services;
➢ Create good working relationships with management, colleagues, students, and suppliers;
➢ Actively and meaningfully participate in meetings and webinars;
➢ Follow-up on the subscriptions of journals and periodicals;
➢ Ensure and monitor excellent information-centre services;
➢ Conducts library orientation for new students and staff;
➢ Plan, design and facilitate research capacity workshops and programmes including research literacy, academic literacy, and meta-literacies in general;
➢ Process interlibrary loans and Research Capacity Building Support;
➢Provides information service to students and academic staff;
➢Promotes usage of library resources and services;
➢Provides information service to students and academic staff;
➢Supervise Assistant Information Specialist and conduct Interviews for vacant positions.
Name of Organisation : Damelin
Position: Campus Librarian
Period : June 2018 - November 2019
Duties
➢ Cataloguing and classification of library resource with DDC 23;
➢ Acquisition and procurement of library books and resources;
➢ Maintaining Inter-Library loan agreements with other external libraries;
➢ Capturing library resources metadata on ICAS library management system;
➢ Administer and participate in forums and advisory groups and committees at the local, state, and national level;
➢ Responsible for financial management of library;
➢ Provide professional and personal assistance to learners in answering queries, locating information and interpreting resource catalogues;
➢ Managing and supervision of library assistants.
Name of Organisation : Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology
Position: Cluster Librarian
Period : August 2017 - May 2018
Duties
➢ Perform original and copy cataloguing for library information sources;
➢ Promote the Library & Information Centre’s and its products and services amongst all cluster campuses;
➢ Promote culture of reading and proactive knowledge sharing among students;
➢ Compiling and editing of library workshops reports;
➢ Represent the Library & Information Centre’s at internal and external meetings and functions.
Name of Organisation : United Nations Information Centre
Period : March 2017 - June 2017
Duties
➢ Cataloguing and Classification of UNIC Library materials;
➢ Manage audio-visual and electronic materials on the Library Management System;
➢ Administrate the UNIC Library Management System;
➢ Establishment of outreach programs;
➢ Cataloguing and classification of UN agencies reports and distribution of newsletters;
➢ Perform and help library users with research queries.
Name of Organisation : Human Science Research Council (HSRC) - Students Experiential Learning
Position: Experiential Learning Intern
Period : June 2016 - July 2016
Duties
➢ Assisted in original and copy cataloguing and classifying variety of information materials on library management system;
➢ Assist in maintaining of knowledge Management systems;
➢ Researched information required by researchers on different information databases;
➢ Uploading and updating Institutional Repository;
➢ Shelving and updating library stock on the shelves;
➢ Assisted in data conversion and analysis of data on the institution repository.
Name of Organisation : University of Limpopo (Computer Literacy Facilitator)
Position: End User Computing Facilitator
Period : February 2016 - December 2016
Duties
➢ Teach students end user computing and ICT applications;
➢ Teach community and staff from department of health Basic computer literacy through intel projects in partnership with University of Limpopo.
Name of Organisation : University of Limpopo (Computer Lab)
Position: Computer Lab Assistant
Period : February 2015 - December 2015
Duties
➢ Assist students with retrieving bibliographic information from the library's online catalogue;
➢ Assist students with using student’s portal;
➢ Assist students with printing, typing and manipulating ICT applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher;
➢ Troubleshooting and computer maintenance such as changing operating system, network configuration and updating databases.