CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL RECORD Name : John Kipngetich Chepkwony Date of birth : July 17th, 1962 Sex : Male Religion : Christian Marital Status : Married Nationality : Kenyan Contact Telephone : 0710-124-145 Office Telephone : 020-318262, Ext. 28503 0r 28504 Postal Address : University of , Library Department, P. O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi. Home Address : P. O. Box 42, Mogogosiek, . E-Mail Addresses : [email protected] [email protected]

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2002-2004 : School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, Credit.

1991-1993 : School of Information Studies for Africa (SISA), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Awarded a Master of Science Degree in Information Science (MSIS).

1984-1987 : Faculty of Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree, Second Class Honours (Lower Division), Chemistry Major.

1981-1982 : High School, , Kenya. Awarded a Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education (KACE) with two Principle Passes (Chemistry, Physics) and two Subsidiary (Mathematics, General Paper) Passes.

1977-1980 : Kaplong Boys Secondary School, Sotik District, , Kenya. Awarded a Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) with 15 points (Division II).

1969-1976: Ruseya Primary School, Konoin District, Bomet County, Kenya. Awarded a Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) with 30 points.

1 WORK/EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE 2010-To Date: Senior Librarian in charge of Cataloguing Section, University of Nairobi Library. The duties of the post include; management of the Cataloguing Section in the Library, coordination of cataloguing in the Library System.

2004-2010: Senior Librarian / Systems Administrator, University of Nairobi Library. The duties of this post include; implementation of automation in the Library system, provision of the overall hardware and software support, amongst other things.

1996-2004 : Librarian, School of Business Library, University of Nairobi. The duties of this post include; Cataloguing and classification, user services, library automation, amongst other things

1995-1996: Senior Librarian in charge of the National Library and Bibliographic Division, at the Kenya National Library Service.

1988-1994 : An Assistant Science Secretary, National Council for Science and Technology.

1987-198 : A Teacher, Kanunga High School, Kiamba District, County, Kenya.

1983-1984 : A Teacher, Saseta Secondary School, Konoin District, Bomet County, Kenya.

PUBLICATIONS AND SEMINAR PAPERS 2012 : A book chapter titled, “The Development of Academic Libraries and Information Services in Kenya”. In Libraries in the Early 21st Century: an International Perspective, Volume 2, Ed by Ravindra N Sharma, 2012.

2009 : An article titled, “How to Exploit Scholarly Resources on the Net”. In East African Journal of Information Sciences, Vol. 2 (No. 1), 2009.

2008 : A book titled, Searching the Internet for Scholarly Resources

2006 : A book titled, How to Prepare and Conquer KCSE Exams

2004 : A project titled, ‘Use of the Internet to Disseminate Research Information: a Research Website, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.

1997 : A paper titled, ‘Networking and Dissemination of Health Research

2 Information’ during the National Health Research and Development Centre Workshop held at the Lilian Towers, Nairobi, Kenya.

1996 : A paper titled, ‘Scientific and Technological Information for Industrial Development in Kenya’ during the Kenya Library Association Seminar on Industrial information held at the institute of nuclear Science, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

1993 : A thesis titled, ‘Scientific and Technological Information Support to Industrial Development in Kenya with emphasis on Inter-Institutional Co-operation’ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Master of Science Degree in Information Science at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

SELECTED SHORT COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS 2011 : A one day workshop on Performance Contract Management Information System (PCMIS), held at the ICT Corporate Laboratory, University of Nairobi.

2007 : A three day workshop on ‘Quality Management Systems – ISO 9001:2000’ at the University of Nairobi.

2004 : A workshop on ‘ICT Troubleshooting for Library Personnel’, sponsored by International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), held at Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library (JKML), University of Nairobi. Awarded a Certificate of Attendance.

2004 : A workshop on ‘Web Page Design and Authoring’, sponsored by International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), held at Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library (JKML), University of Nairobi. Awarded a Certificate of Attendance.

1996 : A Seminar on ‘Proposal Writing’, sponsored by the Kenya Library Association, held at Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library (JKML), University of Nairobi. Awarded a Certificate of Attendance.

1994 : A 3 week course on ‘Computer based Agricultural Information Management’ sponsored by CTA/ICRAF/ILCA, conducted at ILCA (currently ILRI) Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The course featured CDS/ISIS as a software for management of databases. Awarded of Certificate of Attendance.

3 1993 : A two week seminar on ‘Speech Writing and Public Speaking’ Seminar, sponsored by the Government of Kenya, held at the Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA), Nairobi. Awarded a Certificate.

1984 : A three Months ‘Pre-University Training Programme’ at the National Youth Service (NYS) Training College in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya. Awarded a Certificate.

Others : Several Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, etc. on various fields/disciplines.

PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2011-To Date : Patron and Member of HEDUWEEC Smart group that was formed in 2011 to Promote; health, education, welfare and economic activities of its members in Ruseya community and beyond.

2010-To Date: Proprietor and Director of ScoreSmart Academy in Ruseya village, Konoin Distrct, Bomet County.

2000-2010 : Served as a member of the Board of Governors for Ruseya Secondary School in Konoin District, Bomet County, Kenya, from the year 2000 to 2010 and was the Chairman of the Board for two Terms.

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