Information Specialist 5.0

Name: Sesemane Cyril 

Surname: Tlomatsana

Cell:  079 887 9391

Email: Tlomatsana.sc@gmail.com

I am a self-disciplined and proactive Librarian with the ability to manage various types of libraries and knowledge resource centres. Currently, I am a campus Information Specialist (Librarian) responsible for research support to academic staff and students. 

I am knowledgeable in regards to innovative, marketing and promotion of information Centre resources and assist students with academic writing, referencing and search skills. Furthermore, I am capable to develop and maintain a hybrid information collection and manage and control good conduct in learning spaces. In addition, I am a technologically savvy individual with digital age librarian skills particularly for research, teaching and learning support. 

All this background proves my people’s management skills and competencies, which developed through a lengthy period of academic support for students and the academic team.

My qualification is Bachelor of Information Studies, and my major subjects are Organisation of Information Sources; Organisation of Knowledge (Cataloguing and Classification using AACR 2, RDA and DDC 23); Management and Administration of LIS; Information Systems and Networks; and Records and Documents Management; information user's and use; information ethics; indexing and abstracting. 

Currently, I am pursuing Masters's Degree in Information Science through the University of South Africa. My research area interest is academic writing, information seeking behaviour and library databases usage, open access, intellectual integrity, higher education curriculum development support.