Aubrey Harvey Chaputula

RESPONSIBILITIES

Readers Services Librarian & Part-time Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS)

QUALIFICATIONS

MLIS (UB), BA Ed (Mzuni)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

ICT application in libraries, collection development, library management practices, use of social media, etc.

PUBLICATIONS

Book publications

Aubrey Harvey Chaputula (2012) The development of academic library collections in Malawi: A case study of Chancellor College Library, Saarbrucken: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.

Journal articles

Aubrey Harvey Chaputula (2012) State, adoption and use of ICTs by students and academic staff at Mzuzu University, Malawi. Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, Volume 46 Number 4, pp. 364 - 382.

Aubrey Harvey Chaputula (2011) Impact of the global economic crisis on academic libraries in Malawi: a case study of University of Malawi and Mzuzu University libraries. Library Management, Volume 32 Number 8/9, pp. 565-578.

Aubrey Chaputula & Benzies Y. Boadi (2010) Funding for collection development activities at Chancellor College Library, University of Malawi. Collection Building, Volume 29 Number 4, pp. 142 – 147.

Conference Papers

Aubrey Harvey Chaputula, Training of Library and Information Science professionals in Malawi: challenges and prospects. The 72^nd Norwegian Library Conference, March 16^th – 19^th 2010, Hamar, Norway.

ONGOING RESEARCH

Use of social networking sites (SNSs) by mass media organisations in Malawi (Accepted for publication in Aslib Proceedings: new information perspectives) [Aubrey Harvey Chaputula & Felix Majawa]

Library staff development and training at the Malawi National Library Services (Accepted for publication in Library Review Vol. 62, Issue 6/7) [Aubrey Harvey Chaputula]

Collection development practices in some selected private university libraries in Malawi [Aubrey Harvey Chaputula]

Collection Development Policy: How its absence has affected collection development practices at Mzuzu University Library (Accepted for publication in Journal of Librarianship and Information Science [Aubrey Harvey Chaputula & Allan Kanyundo]

Provision of library services to people with disabilities [Aubrey Harvey Chaputula and Patrick Mapulanga]

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES/AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Malawi Library Association (MALA)