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Victor Kamau Experience

Title Duration Organization What it Involved
Senior Knowledge Management Officer July 2020 to Present Kenya Forestry Research Institute(KEFRI)
  • In-chargeof information (library) and knowledge management in the institute
  • Identifying, capturing, storage, organizing, sharing, use and reuse of both tacit and explicit knowledge
  • Advising, developing, monitoring and evaluating policies and proceduresforrecords and archives management;data management; andinformation and knowledge management
  • Designing, developing, implementing, and backstopping data, information and knowledge management systems
  • Training andawareness creationto develop and maintain a knowledge sharing culture.
  • Team leader of Knowledge Management component in all KEFRI projects
  • International Standards Organization (ISO) Integrated Management System (IMS) Championand auditor
Knowledge Management Officer September 2015 to June 2020
Assistant Librarian - Digital Library November 2012 to - August 2015 Kenya Methodist University (KEMU) - Nairobi Campus
  • Digital libraries:I am in charge of and coordinates digital libraries in all campuses
  • Library website:responsible for design, development and updating of the library website
  • Electronic services:responsible for sourcing, designing, providing, monitoring and evaluationof electronic library services
  • Electronic resources:coordinates access, use, monitoring and evaluation of all e-resources
  • Library Management system (Koha):responsible forand manages its use and access byboth users and library staff in all KeMU Campuses
  • Information literacy:Trains on search, retrieval and use of online information sources –E-books, E-journals and online databases.
  • New Technology:searches for and coordinates testing, proposing, integration and use ofnew library technologies. Currently am working on dedicated software for searching bothlibrary management system (Koha) and Institution Repository (Dspace
Senior Library Assistant August 2007 to October2012 Kenya Methodist University (KEMU) - Nairobi Campus
  • Digital Library:Designed and established Digital Library for KeMU –Nairobi Campus
  • Ebooks:
  • Past Papers Management System:Developed and designed this software.
  • KeMU Library website:was responsible for design, development and updating of thewebsite.
  • Cataloguing and classifying:using both online and hard copy classification manuals forcataloguing and classifyingboth paper-based and electronic information resources
Editor November 2013 –December 2015 Kenya Library Association(KLA)
  • In charge of Editing of KLA publications (print and electronic)
  • Chairman of Editing and Publishing Committee
Assistant Editor May 2011 –October 2013 Kenya Library Association(KLA)
  • Editing KLA journal, books, Magazines, brochures
  • Developing content for website
  • Web-master.
Part-Time Teaching August 2009 –December 2015 Kenya Methodist University –Nairobi Campus
  • Automation of Library and Information Centers
  • Advanced Automated Information Retrieval
  • Management Information Systems
  • Organization of Knowledge (Cataloguing)
  • Archives Management
  • Information Communication Technologies in Libraries
Topic revision: r6 - 31 May 2021, AdminUser
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