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The library consists of the following departments: |
| Office of the Chief Librarian |
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| Ms. Sheilla Ndlovu |
Chief Librarian |
207 2293 |
| Mrs. Judy Grobler |
Senior Librarian |
207 2092 |
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| Mrs. Margaretha Olivier |
Secretary |
207 2205 |
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| Department: User Services |
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issue and receive circulating material promptly and accurately; |
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maintain accurate records of users, short loan and study collection records; |
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maintain a short loan collection service which efficiently allows a maximum number of students access to limited material; |
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maintain accurate statistics of library use; |
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assist users in obtaining desired material out on loan; |
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maintain and improve accessibility to the general collection through the prompt and accurate shelving of materials; |
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remind patrons of overdue material and ensuring that this material is returned to stock; |
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gives library training through an orientation program and library user skills lectures; |
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does library marketing. |
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| Ms. Maria Aipinge |
User Services Librarian |
207 2013 |
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| Mrs. Renathe Thomas |
Senior Library Assistant |
207 2616 |
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| Mr. Wessel Smit |
Senior Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
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| Ms. Damalie Najjuuko |
Senior Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
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| Ms. Erika Afrikaner |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
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| Mrs. Katriena Cloete |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Anne-Marie de Klerk |
Library Assistant |
207 2618 |
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| Mrs. Monica Eiman |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Yolande Geises |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Mr. Sylvanus Goraseb |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Mr. Engelhardt Hamaseb |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Dawn Husselmann |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Mr. Kendrick Husselmann |
Library Assistant |
207 2618 |
| Mrs. Justina Jahs |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Liina Kamenye |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Viviane Kandundu |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Mr. Abed Kantewa |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Gordlla Karuuombe |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Womba Makuwa |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Diana Nakuumba |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Ms. Angelina Shitaleni |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Mrs. Anna Swartbooi |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Mr. James Tawana |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
| Mr. Alex Tjingava |
Library Assistant |
207 2022 |
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| Department: Subject and Research Services |
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| Subject Librarians provide a range of services to staff and students, which focus on a particular area or discipline. They keep their assigned departments informed about events in the Library and learn from the departments about their library needs. Their main goal is to support, facilitate and enhance the research, study and teaching activities of students, staff and researchers. |
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| Subject Librarians have the following responsibilities: |
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Serving as liaisons between the Library and one or more of the University's academic Schools, Departments or Programs to ensure that the Library's stock and services support the teaching, study, curriculum and research of the Polytechnic. |
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Developing a thorough familiarity with the information sources in their assigned subject area |
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Investigating and analysing course offerings and keeping abreast of developments in their assigned Schools and Departments |
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Attending Board of Studies and other meetings that provide opportunities to promote and enhance the Library’s role as an educational partner |
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Informing faculty on important Library policies and procedures |
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Creating print and web-based guides and tools required for the effective use of resources within assigned subject areas |
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Assisting in developing and maintaining areas of the Library’s website related to assigned subject and service specialities |
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Creating and maintaining subject portals for use by their assigned Schools |
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Preparing subject-based accessions lists, bibliographic guides and other publications in support of the Library’s collection and electronic resources |
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Assisting researchers to manage their citations and bibliography |
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Developing and presenting library and information skills training/information literacy classes to students |
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Developing and presenting subject-oriented bibliographic instruction to classes or groups, as well as to individual faculty members and students |
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Promoting library & information skills/information literacy and bibliographic instruction to faculty |
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Providing a specialised research consultation service and assisting students and faculty to find subject specialised information for assignments, reports and research |
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Assisting assigned Schools/Departments with the selection and evaluation of materials in all formats, in consultation with the Head of Acquisitions who manages the acquisitions budget |
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Making online past exam papers available to Distance Students in their schools |
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| Ms. Bernadette Chanetsa |
Subject Librarian:
-School of Business
-School of Commmunication
-School of Engineering |
207 2326 |
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| Ms. Menete Hamukwaya |
Subject Librarian:
-School of Natural Resources
and Tourism
-School of Information
Technology |
207 2627 |
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| Department: Acquisitions and Technical Services |
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| The Acquisitions and Technical services Department support research and education at the Polytechnic of Namibia, by ordering, receiving and paying for material added to the library's collection and by maintaining records management systems that provide information about the library's orders, receipts and budget expenditures. |
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Ordering all books, periodicals, audio-visual material, etc. which are purchased from the library budget and departmental resource centre budgets. |
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maintain accurate records of users, short loan and study collection records; |
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Accessioning all incoming purchased and donated material. |
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Answering enquiries about all materials ordered by the Department. |
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Budgetary control and communication with Library Committee Members and lecturers regarding the funding and ordering for individual departments/faculties. |
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Informing lecturing staff of the latest publications in their field by sending them publishers' catalogues. |
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Regularly sending out Acquisitions Lists |
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Cataloguing and classification of all new materials, according to DDC and LCSH. |
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Creating and maintaining quality bibliographic records and authority control according to national and international standards. |
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Providing and maintaining physical access to the Library's collections through accurate inventory control and physical processing of materials. |
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Cooperating with and attributing to SABINET and other tertiary institutions to enrich the cooperative southern African databases. |
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The Inter-Library Loan services is also situated in this department. |
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Staff details |
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| Ms. Margrit Hoffmann |
Acquisitions Librarian |
207 2041 |
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| Mrs. Veronique Kankindi |
Cataloguer |
207 2613 |
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| Ms. Ingrid Ngarizemo |
Senior Library Assistant |
207 2612 |
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| Ms. Esmeralda Bugan |
Library Assistant |
207 2613 |
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