The Lubuto Library Partners: An Insider’s Perspective
Channel: SJSU School of Information
Date: 2015-01-29

Podcast Links:
http://amazon.sjsu.edu/slisPod/colloquia/sp15/collMukondeSP15.mp3
http://amazon.sjsu.edu/slisPod/colloquia/sp15/collMukondeSP15.mp4

Abstract:
This talk will review recent developments in Lubuto Library Partners such as the opening of the first rural library, Mumuni. The speaker will also reflect on the state of the LIS profession in Zambia and Lubuto’s mandate by the government of Zambia to provide expertise on youth services librarianship. Opportunities and challenges for the future of youth library services in Zambia will also be discussed.

Biography:
Thomas Kasonde Mukonde began work with Lubuto in November 2013, joining the Zambia Office as the library services advisor. Kasonde Mukonde is a native of the town of Kitwe, in Zambia’s Copperbelt. He graduated with a B.A. in History from Georgetown University in 2012. Kasonde Mukonde first learned about Lubuto while at Georgetown in 2010, after attending a talk by one of the Advisory Board members, Mulenga Kapwepwe. After teaching elementary school for a year in Washington D.C., he decided to return home to Zambia and give back to his community. He is currently enrolled at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to obtain his Master's  degree in Library and Information Science.