UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (DUCE)

Library Research and Information Management

The Department has three units that are Research and Scholarly Communication, ICT Services, and Teaching and Consultancy Management.

The Department deals with content acquisition, collection lifecycle management and metadata services. It deals with research data and information management as well as scholarly communication. The Department administers activities of preparing technical proposals for training and funding in the area of information management, designing and maintaining the Library newsletters, books, and reviews of documents. In addition, it conduct research and consultancy, and organizes various professional and academic training for Library staff and all users (staff and students) on the information literacy (IL), customer care, editing and reviewing of Library documents.

The Department ensures suitable operation of Library information systems, Library digital development, management, planning and innovation. The Department deals with the Library computer network and internet service including conducting review and implementing Library's ICT policy. In addition, the Department administers Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) and bibliographical data entry into the College Library system. Moreover, the Department is responsible for selection, acquisition, and installation of Library software and hardware. It also maintains library website, and other Library web-based pages available on social networks.