Joseph Mwanzo is a librarian at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development with over 15 years of experience in cataloguing, classification, indexing, and web design. He is passionate about using his position to empower people through disseminating information. He has a Bachelor's degree in Information Science from Moi University and volunteers with the Kenya Library Association.

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Joseph Mwanzo
Librarian at Kenya institute of Curriculum Development
jmjmwanzo@gmail.com
Summary
Iam a humble,God fearing and hardworking gentleman who is always willing to learn and acquire new
knowledge.Iam passionate about using my position in the society to empower the people through disseminating
information for human development in print and computer mediated media like Social networking sites and
Web 2.0 tools.
Experience
Librarian at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development -KICD(Former KIE)
2000 - Present (15 years)
General user services cataloguing classification indexing Webdesign
Librarian at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development(KICD)
August 2000 - May 2013 (12 years 10 months)
Cataloguing Classification Indexing User Education services Web design Research Librarian on education
matters
Intern at United States International University Africa Library
January 1999 - July 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Data entry Barcording Reprographic services Multimedia services like setting of VRC and projectors for
Lecturers Charging and Discharging library materials Indexing and abstracting
Languages
Kiswahili, English and Luhya
Publications
Impact of social media on dissemination of research information in Libraries
jmjmwanzo.blogspot.com May 8, 2013
Authors: Joseph Mwanzo, Individual work.
It is an abstract that Illustrate how Social networking sites can be used by information professionals to
disseminate research information through an interactive platform.
Courses
Bachelor in information sciences, Information
Science

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Moi University
Cataloguing;Classification;
Indexing;Programming;Media studies;Electronic
publishing, Data communication, Printing, Psychology,
Art of writing,Enteprneur education, Research Methods
etc
200; 300; 100
Projects
KICD Library Website
January 2013 to May 2013
Members: Joseph Mwanzo, Personal initiative
As a student in the school of information science at Moi university, I applied my Webdesign skills:to develop
an informative and interactive website that will disseminate Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development
information and services provided by the Educational resource division in section constituting:Material
development, Print and publication, Library and last but not the one stop Multimedia bookshop
Skills & Expertise
Digital Libraries
Library Science
Library Management
Information Literacy
Collection Development
Library
Cataloging
Metadata
Digitization
Teaching
Information Retrieval
Indexing
Editing
Research
Archives
Information Management
Academic Libraries
Library 2.0
Library Instruction
Electronic Resources
Education
Moi University
Bachelor in information sciences, Information Science, 2010 - 2014
Activities and Societies: Sports including soccer.

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Tande primary;Bushiangala Sec School; Malava Boys and Kivaywa High school;Sigalagala; Moi
University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information science, 1982 - 2014
Activities and Societies: Physical education School traditional dance Soccer
Organizations
Kenya Library Association(KLA)
Volunteer Experience
Library Assistant at United states International University -Nairobi Campus
June 1999 - Present (16 years 7 months)
Honors and Awards
Second class honours Upper division in Bachelor of Science Information sciences in during the 30th
graduation ceremony at Moi University
December 2014
Conferred with Bachelor of science degree in information science for successfully completing the four year
degree course in school of information science at Moi University.

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Joseph Mwanzo
Librarian at Kenya institute of Curriculum Development
jmjmwanzo@gmail.com
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