Annual Report - University of Namibia

esources. The information resourceswere distributed to all UNAM campusesand branches throughout the country inorder to support learning and teachingwith new and up-to-date material. TheArchives Unit, which is the repository forUNAM’s memory continued to seek moreinteraction with UNAM’s departments inorder to ensure the preservation of therecords of the University.Research and PublicationsLibrary staff contributed immensely toresearch through presentation of researchpapers at professional meetings andworkshops. The encouragement is for moreof these research papers to be furtherdeveloped into journal publications.Community ServicesMs Jacobina Mwiiyale served as theChairperson for the Namibia InformationWorkers Association (NIWA). Ms EllenNamhila and Ms Jacobina Mwiiyale alsoserved as members of the Namibia Libraryand Information Council (NLIC), whileMr Joseph Ndinoshiho represented theUNAM Library on the NLIC’s Legal DepositCommittee. Both the Main Library and theOshakati campus Library continued toenjoy the Legal deposit status. Ms Namhilaalso assisted the Ministry of Education inevaluating a consultancy report on Libraryand Information Service Sector’s StrategicAssessment Study, Human ResourceCapacity, and Expenditure Framework.She was also a member of the NationalHeritage Council and the Namibia Libraryand Information Council. Books thatwere not suitable for the UNAM Library’sown use were donated to the NamibiaNational Library and the WindhoekPublic Library. Researchers who were notaffi liated to UNAM and secondary schoollearners continued to make greater use ofthe library resources and facilities duringthe academic year under review. SomeLibrary staff volunteered to work on theKalimbeza Rice Project near Katima Muliloin the Caprivi Region.Annual Report 2009 -51-