Welcome

Welcome to the following staff members:-

Mr Aaron Mogale

 

Getting to know Aaron Mogale – Information officer at the Oliver R Tambo Law Library

1.  Are you an early bird or night owl?

Early bird.

2.  How do you prefer to start your day?

With a positive mind.

3.  What advice would you give your teenage self?

Respect everyone, be educated, embrace yourself and believe in what you want to achieve in future.

4.  What’s one thing you’re currently trying to make a habit?

Securing a bright future for my children.

5.  Are you a dog person or cat person  (or neither)

Neither.

6.  Do you have a hidden talent? What is it?

Yes, I am a motivator.

7.  What’s your favourite sport to watch and which team do you root for?

Rugby and I root for the Blue Bulls.

8.  Which season Is your favourite?

Winter.

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Ms Busisiwe Mmalefahlo

Getting to know Busisiwe Mmalefahlo - Information Officer: Music Library

1.  What do you do at the Department of Library Services and in what circumstances would I come to you for something?

I’m an Information Officer, clients come to me to check books in and out, for library enquiries and I assist with Interlibrary loans and help clients search for books/journals on the UP library catalogue. 

2.  What’s one professional skill you’re currently working on?

I am currently studying, doing my Honours degree in Information Science    

3.  What’s the best advice you were ever given? Who was it from?

You cannot make everyone happy, and it’s ok.  It was a former colleague of mine.

4.  When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a journalist.

5.  If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Meat (braaivleis to be specific lol!)

6.  What’s your most hated household chore?

Washing dishes (just wish I had a magic wand to use for that chore)

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Ms Emely Mabala

Getting to know Emely (Mmatlou) Mabala - Cataloguer

1.     What do you do at the Merensky 2 Library and in what circumstances would I come to you for something? 

 I am a Cataloguing Librarian. I am processing library materials according to their subjects; modify and create records for library materials by verifying and assigning Dewey Decimal Classification  (DDC) system call numbers and selecting appropriate Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH).

2.    What’s one professional skill you’re currently working on?

I am currently working on time management, change management, communication, ability to work under pressure and conflict management skills.

3.    Who has influenced you most when it comes to how you approach your work?

My former manager.

4. What behavior or personality trait do you most attribute your success to, and why?

Self-Managing. Self-managing means being able to prioritize my goals and being responsible for accomplishing those objectives. 

5.    How do you prefer to start your day?

By prioritizing my to do list.

6. What drains you outside of work?

Helping my son to do his school projects.

7. What’s your favorite way to unwind after a busy day?

To take a warm shower.

8. What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?

I am a shy person.

9. What’s one thing you’re currently trying to make a habit?

A habit of reading.

10. Do you have a hidden talent? What is it?

Singing.

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Mr Lubabalo Booi

Getting to know Lubabalo Booi – Information specialist Oliver R Tambo Law Library

1.  Are you an early bird of a night owl?

I'm an early bird.

2.  How do you prefer to end your day?

I prefer ending my day on a positive note. I like to feel that I have done something constructive or achieved a particular task

3.  When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a clinical psychologist.

4.  What’s the best advice you were ever given? Who was it from?

"In every dark cloud there is always a silver lining" from my grandmother.

5.  Which season is your favorite?

Winter

6.  What book are you reading now?

“7 habits of highly effective people” by Stephen Covey.

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Ms Zamantungwa Khanyile

 

​Getting to know Zamantungwa Khanyile – Copyright Officer

1.  Who has influenced you most when it comes to how you approach your work?

Monica Sonqishe, SNR Information Specialist at GIBS.

2.  How do you prefer to start your day?

With a cup of coffee.

3.  How do you prefer to end your day?

Catching up on TV series at home.

4.  If you could add one thing to your Merensky 2 Library office, what would it be?

Glass offices

5.  What’s something—big or small—that you’re really bad at?

Talking softly

6.  What’s your favorite way to unwind after a busy day?

Having a glass of Gin and juice.

7.  What three words would your friends use to describe you?

Kind, honest and silly.

8.  If you could choose a name for yourself, what would it be?

It would be just “Zama” and not Zamantungwa.

9.  If you could only have three apps on your smartphone, which would you pick?

Instagram, Google Maps and WhatsApp.

10.  If you were the only human left on Earth, what would you do?

Pray for death as I will be miserable and lonely.

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