Mr uNtobeko Sikhakhane has been appointed as Manager: Information Resources from 1 August 2021. He holds a Bachelor degree in Information Science (UNISA) obtained in 2010 and enrolled for the Master of Philosophy (Library and Information Studies) at DUT in 2020. Other qualifications include the Certificate in Local Government Administration and Management (UNISA) in 2006, and a Certificate in Management Principles for First-Line Managers (UNISA) obtained in 2015.
His previous work experience includes the following:
He held a position as Senior Librarian and Acting Chief Librarian at Drakenstein Municipality (Paarl) from Dec. 2016 to 31 July 2021.
His main duties were:
•Operations and general management duties
•Financial Management
•Project Management and Implementation
•Quality and Risk Management
•Stakeholder Relations
•People Management (including development and capacity building)
He had an appointment as Librarian, Sol Plaatje Municipality, Kimberley, April 2012 – Nov. 2016 where he provided research and reference services, participated in collection development, people management, manage customer service, cataloguing and classification. He also held a Research Librarian and Archivist position at Engen Petroleum Ltd, Durban where he conducted amongst other duties, maintaining the library and archive collection, classification and digitization of records, handling technical inquiries, subscriptions management, people and financial management. He presented papers at conferences and seminars with the recent paper in 2019 at the Public Libraries Seminar, Cape Town: on “Emerging Technologies: Investigating library user trends with reference to technology”.
We welcome him in the NWU library family and wish him well in his position.
Mr Lindsay Reid resigned as Manager: Library Systems on 30 June 2021. He joined the NWU LIS in November 2018. We wish him the best in his new position at the NMMU.
Mr Lizwi Njani has been appointed as Acting Manager: Library Systems from 1st July 2021. He holds BCom Honours in Information Systems from the University of Fort Hare. He is currently appointed as Business Analyst in NWU IT Academic Support Services and is based in the Library Systems section. His previous experience includes, working as a Developer at IT: Business Systems Development and Support.
Mr Teboho Morajane has been appointed as Faculty Librarian: Education and Health Sciences (Mahikeng) with effect from the 1st of June 2021. He served for a few months as temporary Faculty Librarian in the library on Mahikeng campus.
Ms Banele Khosa was appointed as Librarian: Undergraduate Support from 1 May 2021. She was appointed as Assistant Librarian, Information Services in 2019 and had a brief appointment as Librarian: Special Collections in 2020. In her new appointment she will provide support to undergraduate students with information services and information literacy training, update the Undergraduate LibGuide and liaise with stakeholders such as the Student Representative Council and Disability Office on the Potchefstroom Campus. A key responsibility of this position is the annual update and development of the Information Literacy component in ALDA/ALDE.
Congratulations to Ms Bulelwa Gcawu who was appointed as Assistant Librarian in the Learning Commons at the library on Potchefstroom campus from 1 May 2021. She joined NWU LIS in January 2019 as a Library Assistant at the general information desk. She will be responsible for supporting undergraduate students in the Commons and market the Library and Information Service to this user group. The compliance to the Library Code of Conduct and Covid-19 protocols in the Information Commons are also part of her responsibilities.
Ms Lungile Dlamini has been appointed as Librarian: Cataloguing from 1 April 2021. She will be based in the library on the Potchefstroom campus.
Mr Sakhile Victor Mngomezulu has been appointed as Librarian: Scholarly Communications from 1 April 2021. He is based in the Research Commons in the library on Mafikeng campus, and will report to the Director Open Scholarship. He will work closely with Faculty Librarians and other staff on research matters. Sakhile holds a Degree NQF 8 from the University of Limpopo in Information Studies. He is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Information Science with the University of South Africa. He started working as a Library Intern at the University of South Africa (Main Campus). He then moved on to work as a Librarian at the Management College of Southern Africa. He was then appointed as an Information Specialist at the Varsity college(IIE) providing research support to postgraduate students.