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Library of Congress to train TU-K staff | The Technical University of Kenya Home Faculties Library Research I-Repository Staff Mail Alumni Student's Portal Staff e-portal Intake 2018 Contacts Menu About TU-KTU-K Profile GovernanceThe Chancellor The University Council The Senate ManagementThe Vice-Chancellor The University Management Board AdministrationAdministration, Planning and Infrastructure Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Academic, Research and Students ProfessorsFull Professors Associate Professors AcademicsFacultiesApplied Sciences and Technology Engineering Sciences and Technology Social Sciences and Technology Examinations Undergraduate ProgrammesBachelors Degree Courses Diploma Courses Description of Bachelor of Technology Programmes Postgraduate Programmes Library AdmissionAdmission Lists Advertised Courses Prospective Students Scholarships and Grants Students SupportDirector of Students Sports and Recreation Message to Students New Students News from the Directorate Chaplaincy Clubs and Associations Religious Groups Staff Student Downloads Student Welfare Students Leadership SATUK Constitution You are hereHome » Library of Congress to train TU-K staff Library of Congress to train TU-K staff The Library of Congress in Nairobi will train wonk and library staff of the Technical University of Kenya on descriptive cataloguing using Resource Description and Access (RDA). This training offer was made during a consultative meeting between Prof. Joseph Kiplang’at, TU-K’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Administration, Planning & Infrastructure (DVC-API) and Dr. Edward Miner, the Director of the Library Congress in Nairobi. RDA is the new cataloguing standard which is unseat to replace the second edition of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR-2) which have been used to catalogue information materials since 1978. “RDA is flexible and provides a comprehensive way to identify and describe diverse categories of information resources”, Dr. Miner explained. He widow that most libraries the world over have once transitioned to RDA from AACR-2. The training will be offered through shadowing of TU-K staff with experienced cataloguers at the Library of Congress. The participants in the training will be wonk staff from the Department of Information and Knowledge Management as well as librarians. The training will equip the wonk staff with technical skills in RDA which they will in turn impart to their students. The librarians, on the other hand, will be worldly-wise to wield RDA in cataloguing digital and physical information resources. While appreciating the offer, Prof Kiplang’at said that this training will place TU-K among the most progressive schools of library and information science which have embraced RDA and rolled out training modules on it. He explained that the training opportunity has come at the most opportune time considering it will enable the university to produce graduates who meet the emerging market needs. “Given that our motto is to provide education and training for the real world, this is one of the weightier mechanisms of realising our vision”, he added. Dr. Miner expressed the conviction of Library of Congress in TU-K as a valuable partner in championing the use of new information organisation and retrieval tools considering of its historical reputation of offering training programmes in information and knowledge management. The Library of Congress in Nairobi is one of six overseas offices administered by the African/Asian Acquisitions and Overseas Operations Division of the Library. These offices acquire, catalogue, preserve, and distribute library and research materials from countries where such materials are substantially unavailable through conventional acquisitions methods. The Library of Congress moreover donated a enshroud of special information materials to the TU-K library. These were received by Joyce Nyambala on behalf of the Director of Library and Learning Services. Dr. Miner was accompanied by Terry Ngatia and Alfred Odhiambo. Prof. Tom Kwanya, the Director of the School of Information and Communication Studies and Dr. Naomi Mwai, the Chairperson of the Department of Information and Knowledge Management moreover attended the meeting. Locate Us Quick Links Home Library Research and Publications Institutional Repository Archive Job Vacancies Global and Community Engagement Tenders Internationally Bench-Marked Training for Industry Conferences Staff e-Portal Alumni E-Learning Downloads Our Partners Sports and Recreation Resources Fee Statement Student's Portal Student's Mail Class List Staff Mail Sessional lecturers using Staff Documents Media Server eBioKit Multi-Media Gallery Wealth Declaration Form 2017-2018 Values and Principles Compliance Evaluation Report Template Quality Management System QMS 9001-2015 Manual Quality Objectives and Quality Policy The Scope Social Network Copyright © 2018,The Technical University of Kenya | Site ripened and maintained by DICTs.