WILLIAM ZITCHOKA MGABADERE
Mzuzu
Summary
Knowledgeable professional librarian with more than 7 years of experience in different types of libraries. Dedicated to serving the community by providing assistance in information retrieval and research techniques. Committed to promoting literacy in the local area by supporting reading programs and other adult education initiatives. Extensive knowledge about materials, research databases, circulation and other aspects of archiving. Experience working with and supervising staff and supporting library operations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Librarian
Mary Catholic Secondary School Library
09.2016 - Current
- Select and order a wide variety of age-appropriate materials for the library, including over 1,000 books, audiovisual materials and periodicals
- Collaborate with, heads of departments, and educators at the school to develop rich literacy and learning programs for the youth in the region
- Train and lead a staff of 2 other library associates in the department to help support the learning and reading goals of the school
- Ensuring the school subscribes to COSOMA for copyright agreements
- Conduct library user satisfaction surveys
Records Officer, Internship
Regional Records Office,
08.2023 - 09.2023
- Filing and Indexing
- Listing of records of Transmittal list
- Records processing
- Records labeling and Shelving of records in storage boxes
- Tracing records
- Records survey
- Records appraisal and transfer
- Conservation and Document Restoration Services
- Handling requests for Information
Library Assistant, Internship
University Of Livingstonia
03.2022 - 05.2022
- Guided students and researchers who were seeking information by directing them to specific library databases, unique collections and other reference materials
- Processing library information resources
- Handled the check-in and check-out process of library books and materials at the circulation desk and kept over 500 records up to date.
- Conducting information literacy programs to library users
- Providing reprographic services to both staff and students
Education
Bachelor of Science - Library And Information Science
Mzuzu University
Mzuzu, Malawi07.2022
Associate of Science - Information Sciences
Mzuzu University
Mzuzu, Malawi04.2019
Skills
- Strong writing skills, which have helped in writing successful grants for supplementary funds for the library budget for special projects
- Excellent communication skills when answering questions from patrons about topics at the information desk
- Solid organizational ability and attention to detail, allowing me to keep the library bookshelves and materials neat and orderly
- Committed to delivering great customer service to all library patrons when they need help with a question or assistance with a library issue
- Proficiency working with KOHA Library Management software (Integrated Library System)
- Ability to actively engage an audience when teaching to give community members a worthwhile experience
skills
- Research
- Documentation
- Curation and cataloging
- KOHA, library management system
- Collection analysis
- Organization
- Critical thinking
- Teamwork
Certification
- Certificate in Library and Information Science - (2016)
- Certificate in Research and Proposal Writing in Science - (2020)
- Certificate in Search Strategies - (2020)
Affiliations
- Malawi Library Association (MALA) - (2016)
hobbies & interests
- I am an avid reader and witer. My writing focuses on critical issues concerning Malawi. I am also a volunteer at the Young Adults group, which raise funds and help less privilege children and families. Thrice a year, we go into rural areas and identify the less privileged to pay them school fees or help build houses
Featured Newspaper articles.
Learn from Cyclone Freddy, April 03, 2023, The Nation News Malawi
Utilise NRB Data Bank, January 10, 2022, The Nation News Malawi
Timeline
Records Officer, Internship
Regional Records Office,
08.2023 - 09.2023
Library Assistant, Internship
University Of Livingstonia
03.2022 - 05.2022
School Librarian
Mary Catholic Secondary School Library
09.2016 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Library And Information Science
Mzuzu University
Associate of Science - Information Sciences
Mzuzu University
- Certificate in Library and Information Science - (2016)
- Certificate in Research and Proposal Writing in Science - (2020)
- Certificate in Search Strategies - (2020)
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