MSUL | Midlands State University Library

Mr. Felix Masunungure

Deputy Librarian

Main Campus Library

Main Campus Library

The Main Campus Library is located at the MSU's Main campus. The Library serves both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as staff from all the faculties and institutes of MSU. The library has its own Electronic resource center with a capacity of 78 students at any given time. The Main Campus Library also has 500 laptop power connection points.

Borrowing Limits

Item Category	Academic Staff	Non Academic Staff	Students
Open Shelf Books	6	4	2
Reserve Books	2	2	1
Core Collection	1	1	1
Dissertations (In-House use only)	1	1	1

Loan Periods and Fines

Collection Category	Students	Teaching Staff	Non-Teaching Staff	Overdue Fine
Open-Shelf Books	1 Week	4 Weeks	4 Weeks	$ 1 per day
Reserve Books	1 Day	2 Weeks	2 Weeks	$ 1 per day
Core Collection	3 Days	2 Weeks	2 Weeks	$ 1 per day
Dissertations and Thesis	2 hours	2 hours	2 hours	$ 1 per hour

Main Campus Library Sections

Caston Munhu

Client Services Librarian
Extension : 2405

About Client Services Section

The Client Services Section is a service unit that directly interacts with library users. Our services include the following:

Borrowing Services
Interlibrary Loans
Reference Services
User Education
Collection Maintenance
Weeding
Stocktaking

Elias Posvo

Content Management Librarian
Extension : 2065

Content Management

The content management section is responsible for cataloguing and classification of all library resources. The section uses the latest international standards and procedures in these activities to ensure that all materials are adequately described and captured in the catalogue for easier discoverability by all clients.

Ruzivo Masimbiti

Special Collections Librarian
Extension : 2343

About Special Collections Section

Most of the materials circulated in the Special Collections are for in-house use with the exception of novels written by African writers. Other materials which can only be borrowed for in-house use include dissertations, newspapers, past examination papers, journals, CDs, DVDs, cassettes, reports, magazines, professional journals and all statutory instruments.

Kasta Tokwe

Acquisitions Librarian
Extension : 2466

About Acquistions Sections

The Library Acquisitions Section is responsible for library procurement activities in support of the Midlands State University’s Research, Teaching and Learning , Community Engagement, Innovation and Industrialisation endeavours . These include the following:

Hard Copy Books
Hard Copy Journals
Electronic Books
Electronic Journals
Newspapers, and
Library Systems and Software

Ruzivo Masimbiti

Systems Analyst
Extension : 2344

About Systems and Digital Services Section

This section of the Library is in charge with managing and maintanance of all library's ICT resources, this includes the following:

Library Systems Development and Management
Electronic Security Systems
Library Network Maintanance
Hardware Maintanace