ZAMASWAZI NOMZAMO HLATSHWAYO
Senior Librarian
Wasbank,KwaZulu-Natal
Summary
Senior Librarian leading library promotion, community outreach, and branch supervision across municipal and rural service points. Coordinates reading campaigns, reading and writing clubs, staff performance reviews, fleet oversight, and daily administration while strengthening access to information for non-users and deep rural communities. Builds service reach through interdepartmental liaison, report writing, and support for satellite libraries.
Overview
2
2
Languages
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Librarian
Alfred Duma Municipal Library
03.2023 - Current
- Managing everyday administrative operations of library
- Supervision and coordination of physical the library and human capital
- Strategizing, coordinating, and implementing library marketing initiatives.
- Enhance community engagement by promoting library services to non-users and cultivating reading awareness
- Engage with supervisors from various departments and community members to collect and share information about library services.
- Engaged with supervisors from various departments and community members to gather and disseminate information about library services.
- Collaborated with underserved communities to foster reading culture among diverse age groups, from young children to elderly individuals.
- Developed reading and writing clubs to promote community engagement and implemented library services designed for deep rural populations.
- Oversight of three satellite libraries' staff and operations.
- Evaluate employee performance according to the EPMDS
- Period: 3 years
- Acquired 3 months of experience in the role of acting Library Manager while library manager was unavailable at Alfred Duma Local Municipality.
Librarian
Edenville Public Library
04.2019 - 02.2023
- Provided library and information resources to community, increasing accessibility and engagement
- Enhanced library utilization and fostered reading culture through targeted initiatives and outreach
- Development and enhancement of library collection and various resources
- Supervise library cash fund
- Conducting asset verification on monthly basis
- Resolving employee concerns
- Compiling monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
- Coordinated programs for library visitors, including holiday program, reading club, and computer literacy training, to promote community involvement and learning
- Reason for departure: career upgrade
Librarian
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD): Master of the High Court JHB
09.2015 - 03.2019
- Supervise and control of all the library materials and assets
- Managed circulation of library materials, including borrowing, returns, and renewals
- Developed and maintained library collection to meet user needs and promote resource accessibility
- Promoted library materials and services to enhance community engagement and increase usage
- Asset verification
- Conduct quarterly meeting for library improvements and collection development.
- Cataloguing and classification of the library materials
- Subscription creations and renewals
- Library materials purchasing and marketing
- Budgeting and expenditure
- Liaise with the suppliers and service providers
- Database searches (Sabinet and Lexis Nexis)
- Duration: 4 years
- Reason for departure: diverse experience
Assistant Librarian
EThekwini Municipal Library
03.2015 - 08.2015
- Selection of new books and non- all the library for purchase
- Writing monthly reports and statistic of the library material usage
- Perform library orientation for new library users and conducting reference interviews.
- Patron's enquiries and new membership
- Training of new staff
- Supervisory duties in the absence of the librarian, counter duties.
- Conducted library orientation for new users.
- Duration: 6months
- Reason for departure: Career upgrade
Library Assistant (Cataloguing and Acquisitions)
EThekwini Municipal Library Services
11.2011 - 02.2015
- Purchased materials (books and non-book) for ninety-five EThekwini Municipal Libraries using integrated library system (Symphony).
- Liaised with various book suppliers for new or latest editions to enhance library materials.
- Verified purchased assets against invoices prior to payment processing via library system linked to suppliers.
- Creating bibliographic records using DDC22, MARC 21, AACR2 and RDA for all the materials, and LCSH
- Cataloguing fiction and non-fiction including the CDs and DVDs
- Retrieving records from OCLC.
- Accessioning of the purchased materials
- Dispatching ready materials according to designated libraries
- Participating in training staff in procedures and routines
- Engaged in departmental group activities, focusing on book discussions and reviews. Completed courses to support ongoing education and skill enhancement.
- Period: 4 years
- Cause for departure: advancement
in-service trainee
EThekwini Water and Sanitation Library
06.2009 - 06.2009
- Perform circulation desk duties
- Handled e-mail enquiries to provide timely information to library users.
- Shelving and shelf-reading
- Prepare circulating periodicals
- Covering new books
- Attend e-mail enquiries
- Executed clerical duties including photocopying, faxing, typing, and answering telephone calls to support daily operations.
- Conducted reference interviews with library users to assist in locating resources and information.
- Duration: 2 months
In-service trainee
Newcastle Public Library
06.2008 - 06.2008
- Covering and mending of the books
- Weeding and discarding of materials
- Prepared engaging library displays to promote reading and library resources weekly
- Book exchange visits
- Outreach programs
- Storytelling for the children
- Assisted patrons at circulation desk, providing support and information to enhance their library experience
- Stock taking
- Managed daily cash procedures and clerical duties to ensure smooth operations
- Duration: 2 months
Education
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - Library and Information Studies (LIS)
Durban University of Technology (DUT)
Durban, South AfricaHigh School - undefined
Limehill High School
Ladysmith, South AfricaSkills
- Library management
- Staff supervision
- Budget management
- Library systems management
- Records management
- Cataloguing and classification
- Collection development
- Acquisitions processing
- Circulation services
- Community outreach program coordination
Timeline
Senior Librarian
Alfred Duma Municipal Library
03.2023 - Current
Librarian
Edenville Public Library
04.2019 - 02.2023
Librarian
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD): Master of the High Court JHB
09.2015 - 03.2019
Assistant Librarian
EThekwini Municipal Library
03.2015 - 08.2015
Library Assistant (Cataloguing and Acquisitions)
EThekwini Municipal Library Services
11.2011 - 02.2015
in-service trainee
EThekwini Water and Sanitation Library
06.2009 - 06.2009
In-service trainee
Newcastle Public Library
06.2008 - 06.2008
High School - undefined
Limehill High School
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - Library and Information Studies (LIS)
Durban University of Technology (DUT)