• Quality of Life and Community Wellbeing of Members Associated With Village Savings and Loans Associations as a Model of Sharing Economy in the Least Developing Countries: A Case of Mzuzu City in Northern Malawi, Southern Africa 

  Wu, Xuelian; Munthali, George N. Chidimbah; Mastano O. W, Dzimbiri; Abdur Rahman, Akash; Muhamad, Rizwan; Yu, Shi; Gama Rivas, Daru; Wegayehu, Anbeyle (frontiers, 2022-02-28)

  This study was aimed at examining the impacts of the Sharing economy on the individual and community Quality of Life (QOL) and wellbeing by looking at their associated influencing factors using Village Savings and Loans ...
• Covid-19 Outbreak on Malawi Perspective 

  Munthali, George N. Chidimbah; Wu, Xuelian (MODESTUM, 2020-04-03)

  On 31 December 2019 COVID-19 case was first reported in Wuhan China as a respiratory disease. With the declaration of World Health Organization (WHO) as a global pandemic, Covid-19 Virus is spreading globally at a faster ...
• An investigation of the Sustainability of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) amidst Covid-19 and its impact on household income levels: lessons from Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa 

  Munthali, George N. Chidimbah; Wu, Xuelian; Dzimbiri, Mastano Nambiro Woleson; Zolo, Amon; Mushani, John K.B.; Banda, Lazarus Obed Livingstone (BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 2022-05-31)

  Background: Food security, malnutrition, and poverty are some of the challenges that most of the sub-Saharan African countries have been historically facing. With the coming of Covid-19 pandemic, the sustainability of ...
• Investigation on the use of traditional medicine by mzuzu university staff members 

  Abdullah, Hamis L.; Dube, Gift; Kanyundo, Allan (SCECSAL, 2021)

  There is general recognition of the use of traditional medicine alongside synthetic medicine to cure different diseases in primary health care at the global level. In Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of ...
• Can a university library manage an archives and a records centre? Weighing possibilities and impossibilities at Mzuzu University, Malawi 

  Dube, Gift Alfred; Chawinga, Winner D.; Kanyundo, Allan J.; Abdullah, Hamis Lack (ESARBICA Conference, 2018)

  Historically, the terms archives and record centres have been associated with keeping and preserving historical records. The roles of these institutions have always been different from those of libraries, be academic, ...
• The 21st century librarian as a leader in applying emerging technologies in information management and information service delivery 

  Dube, Gift Alfred B.; Kanyundo, Allan J. (SCECSAL, 2016)

  Technological innovations have allowed people to access information from diverse sources, some with questionable authenticity and credibility. This proliferation of information has changed the way information is managed ...
• Coping with the fire disaster at Mzuzu university: experiences from librarians and students 

  Dube, Gift Alfred B.; Kanyundo, Allan J.; Majawa, Felix P. (SCECSAL, 2018)

  This study provides an account of the experiences of library staff and students at Mzuzu University as they coped with the fire disaster. A phenomenological research design was used to elicit experiences of both library ...
• Technology-based library orientation and user education programme: strides made by Mzuzu university library 

  Chaputula, Aubrey; Kanyundo, Allan; Malemia, Lizzie (XXIV SCECSAL Conference, 2021-02)

  The aim of this study was to explore strides made by Mzuzu University Library and Learning resources Centre in the implementation of a technology-based library orientation and user education programme. The study used the ...
• Data curation needs of researchers at Mzuzu University 

  Majawa, Felix; Ngwira, Fiskani (Mzuzu University, 2016)

  The study examined data curation needed by researchers at Mzuzu University fifty (50) self-administered questionnaires were distributed to purposefully selected academic staffs representing 28% of the total population. 57% ...
• Diffusion of information/ knowledge for growing forest herbs amongst traditional healers: a case of traditional healers at ekwendeni, Malawi 

  Abdullah, Hamis Lack; Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Mwabumba, Lusayo (SCECSAL, 2016)

  The study investigated knowledge sharing practices amongst traditional healers in Ekwendeni, a semi-urban area in Malawi. Findings which were arrived at by soliciting using a questionnaire have shown that traditional ...
• Bringing the gap between the information rich and the information poor in malawi 

  Malemia, Lizzie (SCECSAL, 2021)

  This paper presents the results of the appraisal of the gap between the information rich and information poor in Malawi by focusing on the notable legislations and technological infrastructures that contribute to the ...
• Inclusive academic libraries in the 21st century: a comparative study of mzuzu university library and st. john of God college of health sciences library in mzuzu, malawi 

  Malemia, Lizzie; Abdullah, Hamis; Dube, Gift; Chaura, Maloto (SCECSAL, 2018)

  Provision of library services to all users without discrimination is crucial to libraries in this century. Inclusive academic libraries provide services to all users regardless users’ disabilities. They enhance access ...
• Perceptions of Mzuzu University final year nursing students on the health information systems in malawian hospitals 

  Chaura, Maloto; Kanyundo, Allan; Chipeta, Mep (SCECSAL, 2021)

  This study explored perceptions of Mzuzu University fi nal year nursing students on the health information systems in Malawian hospitals. The study used a qualitative approach in which a focus group discussion was conducted ...
• Role played by an academic library in fostering a reading culture amongst children with special needs 

  Chaputula, Aubrey Harvey (IFLA WLIC, 2018)

  This study was conducted to determine the impact Mzuzu University Children’s Library has had in nurturing a reading culture amongst children with special needs from St John of God in Mzuzu. The study adopted a case study ...
• Empowering women economically through information sharing: experiences from Mzuzu university American corner 

  Kanyundo, Allan; Dube, Gift A.; Chaputula, Aubrey (XXIV SCECSAL Conference, 2021-02)

  This qualitative study investigated economic empowerment of women through information sharing in Mzuzu, Malawi in order to establish their information needs, how storytelling has been used as a tool for sharing business ...
• Relieved at Last: Cataloguing with Librarything 

  Kanyundo, Allan James; Kapondera, Sellina Khumbo (XXII SCECSAL conference, 2016-01)

  This paper argues that LibraryThing (LT), a cheap, user friendly, social networking cataloguing tool can also be used by big libraries to develop library collections’ catalogues as well as a platform for sharing bibliographic ...
• American corners, a new service with a new taste in University libraries: how communities are benefiting from Mzuzu University American Corner 

  Kanyundo, Allan J.; Dube, Gift Alfred B. (Mzuzu University, 2018)

  The purpose of this study was to establish how communities in Mzuzu are benefiting from Mzuzu American Corner. This was a survey study that adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches. It attempted to answer three ...
• Effects of digital devices on noise levels in an academic library 

  Chaputula, Aubrey (Emerald Publishing, 2020-08)

  Proliferation of digital devices amongst patrons implies that libraries are faced with the challenge of providing conducive study spaces to patrons. This study was therefore undertaken to establish effect of digital devices ...
• Technology-based library orientation and user education programme: strides made by Mzuzu university library 

  Chaputula, Aubrey; Kanyundo, Allan; Malemia, Lizzie (2021-02)

  The aim of this study was to explore strides made by Mzuzu University Library and Learning resources Centre in the implementation of a technology-based library orientation and user education programme. The study used the ...
• Provision of library services to people with disabilities in Malawi 

  Chaputula, Aubrey Harvey; Mapulanga, Patrick Makono (2017-01-16)

  The purpose of this paper was to investigate the provision of library services to people with disabilities in Malawi. A mixed methodology was used as the research design. All participating libraries (fifty-six) were sampled ...

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