Lupane State University Library

 

The Library Seeks to provide its users with world class Information Services and Resources. It endeavors to support the University's mandate of providing world class education to Rural Communities by providing top-notch Research facilities that empower the rural communities it serves.

 

Vision

To provide Information and Knowledge for the betterment of Communities.

Mission

To Timeously provide Information Resources that Promote learning, Support teaching, Enhance Scholarly Research and Creative activities for the advancement of Knowledge in Rural Communities.

 

 
Library hours

 

Semester Times

 

Monday to Friday 0900 hrs to 2000 hrs

Saturday 0900 hrs to 1200 hrs

 

 

Off- Semester or Vacation Times

 

Monday to Friday 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs

Saturday Closed

CLOSED ON ALL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

 

 

*Library Opening and Closing hours are

determined by the Library Committee*

 
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Library Bulletin

Library Automation

The Library has been automated using the KOHA Integrated Library Management System.


I.L.S Training

The Library is in the process of finalising the I.L.S manual and schedule for this exciting course.


E-Granary

The Library recently received an E-Granary server from Mthwakazi Foundation, it has over 10 million information resources.


Google Search

Portal to Online Resources

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America is a leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary subject of sound serving physical & life scientists, engineers, psychologists, physiologists, architects, musicians, and speech communication specialists.
  • The AGORA program, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. www.aginternetwork.org
  • Founded in 1967 as an offshoot of the University of Bradford, Emerald Group Publishing has become the world’s leading scholarly publisher of journals and books in business and management with a strong and growing presence in disciplines including LIS, social sciences, engineering, linguistics and audiology.
  • EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) caters to the information needs of researchers at every level by providing libraries and other institutions with the content and services needed to bring the latest and best information to researchers.
  • As a knowledge organization, FAO creates and shares critical information about food, agriculture and natural resources in the form of global public goods.
  • The Geological Society of London is the UK national society for geoscience, and the oldest geological society in the world. The Society provides a wide range of professional and scientific support to over 10,000 Fellows (members), about 2000 of whom live overseas. More than 2000 Fellows are also Chartered Geologists.
  • The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world.
  • The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a leading research partner in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition, and poverty its research for development (R4D) addresses the development needs of tropical nations through enhancing crop quality and productivity & generate wealth from agriculture.
  • IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE's highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.
  • JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content on a trusted platform of academic journals, primary sources, and books
  • IWMI is one of 15 international research centers supported by the network of 60 governments, private foundations and international and regional organizations collectively known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
  • Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
  • Publishing integrated media content in the most promising areas of biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, law, alternative and complementary medicine, philanthropy, and environmental science and sustainability.
  • Online access to journal content is available via Taylor & Francis Online through a multidisciplinary online platform. Created in collaboration with librarians, researchers and scholars, the website hosts journal and reference work content, allowing you to locate vital resources and stay ahead with updates on the latest developments in your field.
  • Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, with strengths in every major academic and professional field and partnerships with many of the world's leading societies.
  • The World Bank eLibrary is the World Bank’s subscription-based collection of nearly 8,000 books, reports, journals, and working papers.eLibrary contains only the final, peer-reviewed versions of the Bank’s formal publications.
  • The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.
  • Beech Tree published three international, peer-reviewed academic journals. They had readers in over 120 countries, mainly in universities and government. They were all on public policy for science and technology, research, or environmental, social, health and other impacts.
  • AJOL is an online aggregator website for African based peer-reviewed journal publications.Over 100 of these journals are open access and their work is free to download.AJOL offers the tables of contents, abstracts and full text from journals published in Africa in most disciplines.
  • PERii is the second five-year phase of INASP's Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information. Focusing on the needs of people in developing and emerging countries, PERii works with partners to support global research communication
  • Ebrary is an online digital library of full texts of over 70,000 scholarly e-books. It is available at many academic libraries and provides a set of online database collections that combine scholarly books from over 435 academic, trade, and professional publishers.