Mrs Chiku Mnubi-Mchombu
centre/Department: human rights and documentation centre
| Mrs Chiku Mnubi-Mchombu |
| M.A (Library and Information Studies); BA (Accounting &Public Administration); and Diploma(Library and Information Studies) University of Botswana. |
| Senior Documentalist- Human Rights and Documentation Centre, Faculty of Law |
Main Campus, Mandume Ndemafayo Avenue, Windhoek
Private Bag 13301, Windhoek.
Ground Floor, Old Library Building, Block F, Room 020 |
| Tel: (264) 206 3664/ 206 3146 ;Fax (264) 206 3293 |
| cmchombu@unam.na |
Mrs Mchombu joined the UNAM, Human Rights and Documentation Centre (HRDC) in 1997 as the Documentalist. In 2003 she was promoted to Senior Documentalist to the present. She has also served as the Centre’s Acting Director and Coordinator during her time here. Her role here includes managing the Centre’s large human rights collection as well as assist in organising workshops, conferences and seminars on human rights.
Prior to joining the UNAM faculty she served as librarian to Botswana Library Services, Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance and UNICEF in Botswana where she helped establish documentation centres. She also served as library assistant at the Westwood International School in Gaborone and Library Officer for Tanzania Library Services. |
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Modern Library Practice HISI 3712
Collection Management and Technical Services ISI 3252/ILS 2272
Library Practice ILS 2231;
Basic Information Science and Special Libraries and Documentation Centres ILS 2252 and ISI 3352 |
Information Provision to Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Library and Information Science;
HIV/AIDS; |
| Mchombu, Chiku (2009) “Access to Information by Orphans and other Vulnerable Children.” In Children’s rights in Namibia. Edited by Oliver C.Ruppel. Windhoek: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung ,p363- 374
Mchombu, C. M, Mostert Janneke and Ocholla Dennis (2009) “Information Needs and Information-seeking Behavior of Orphans and Vulnerable Children and their Caregivers in Okahandja, Namibia”. In African Journal of Libraries, Archives & Information Science. Vol.19 No. 1 p39-52
Mchombu, C M and Mchombu K J (2008) “Overview and Information Issues Concerning the HIV/AIDS Situation in Africa”. In Global Scenerio on HIV and AIDS: is there a way out? Edited by V.V Ramani and Naveen Kumar, Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press, p12-34
Chiku M Mchombu and K.J.Mchombu(2007) Overview and Information Issues Concerning the HIV/AIDS Situation in Africa. Co-authored with Mchombu K J. Paper was Co presented at the World Library Congress and Information Congress which took place in Durban, South Africa on 21st August 2007
Mchombu, C. M, Mostert Janneke and Ocholla Dennis (2009) “Information Needs and Information-seeking Behavior of Orphans and Vulnerable Children and their Caregivers in Okahandja, Namibia”. In African Journal of Libraries, Archives & Information Science. Vol.19 No. 1 p39-52
Chiku Mnubi- Mchombu (2006) “The Role of Traditional/Community Leaders in Assisting Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Namibia.” In Librarianship as a Bridge to an Information and Knowledge Society in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. By Tanzania Library Association, p.533-546
Chiku Mnubi-Mchombu (2006) “A Comparison of Customary Law Programs in Southern African Universities”. In The Shade of New Leaves Governance in Traditional Authority: a southern African perspective. By M. Hinz and H.Patemann. Berlin: Lit Verlag p.429-438 Chiku Mnubi- Mchombu (April 2005) Traditional Leaders Urged to Care for OVC (2005) In the New Era, 28th April 2005 Vol. 10 N0 177 p.5 |
Conference/Short course/Attachments
Attended a Special Conference for Eastern, Southern and Central Africa Librarianship (SCECAL) which took place in Lusaka, Zambia from 14th-18th July 2008
Attended a training On Measuring Democracy, Governance and Human Rights, 2008,through Web-based training from 15th May to 12th June and Classroom Session in Windhoek, Namibia from 16th to 27thJune 2008 sponsored by InWent Centre for Economic Environmental and Social Statistics,Germany
Attended the World Library Congress and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA general conference and council, which took place in Durban, South Africa from 19th to 23rd August 2007
Attended a workshop on HIV/AIDS and Leadership Skills which took place at Fursternhof Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia from 01 – 03 August 2007
Attended a workshop on Library and Information Service Sector Strategic Planning Workshop which took place in Harmony Seminar Centre, Windhoek, Namibia from 6th -8th March 2007
Attended a conference on Thinking Outside Your Borders: Library Leadership in a World Community Phoenix, Arizona, USA 18th -20th February 2007
International Visitor Leadership Program - Visited various libraries, museums, HIV/AIDS and human rights centres in the United States of America from 21st February to 2nd March 2007
Attended a workshop on Treaty Reporting organised by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with Southern Africa Human Rights Trust, held in Windhoek Namibia, 2nd - 5th October 2006
Attended a Special Conference for Eastern, Southern and Central Africa Librarianship which took place in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania from 10th -14 July 2006
Attended a workshop on HIV/AIDS which was organised by the University of Namibia and University of Toronto in Windhoek, Namibia from 29th May – 9th June 2006
University Committees
Member of Bursary and Awards Committee
Member of Library and Information Technology Committee
Member of the Bookstore Task Force
Professional Memberships
Member of Namibia Information Workers Association (NIWA)
Member of International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) Awards
Long Service Award (2007) in recognition of 10 years of dedicated service to the University of Namibia
Community Services
Teaching Traditional Secretaries on Introduction to Computers sponsored by the Finnish Embassy - 23rd March 2006, Windhoek Namibia |
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