Director of 图书馆 Services
教育
- Ph.D., Librarianship; Monash University, Australia
- Master of Arts, Librarianship; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Graduate Diploma, Librarianship; University of Ghana
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons), English; University of Ghana
Areas of Teaching
- Research Methods
- Information Literacy
- 阅读 & 写作
Research Passion
- Quantitative analysis of scholarly communication
- Information-seeking behavior of artisans, professionals and students
- Early printing 和 book trade
- Oral history interviews with the residents of Mepe and its environs
奖
- Monash University Graduate Scholarship, Melbourne, Australia.
- South Africa Research Fellowship, Center for African Studies, University of Cape Town.
- Mellon Research Fellowship, Center for Virginia History, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA.
- Student Liaison Co-Chair, 执行委员会, Special 库, Association Western 加拿大 Chapter, 埃德蒙顿, AB, 加拿大.
- Student Practicum Supervisor, University of Alberta School of 图书馆 & Information Studies 埃德蒙顿, AB, 加拿大.
Background
Dr. Kwasitsu joined the Warner Pacific faculty in 2017 after working for 15 years as a Research Librarian/Information Analyst, 在英特尔公司. Prior to moving to the United States, he was a Prospect Researcher, Development Office, at University of Alberta, 加拿大; 和 Research Services Supervisor, EPCOR, 公司., 加拿大’s first municipally owned electric utility.
Dr. Kwasitsu taught Librarianship at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica 和 University of Ghana. He was a Research Fellow, Center for African Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Kwasitsu served as the Head, Technical Services, University of Maiduguri 图书馆, Nigeria 和 Foundation Secretary of the University’s Senate 图书馆 Committee. He was also a Cataloger/Space Planner, University of Calabar 图书馆, Nigeria. Dr Kwasitsu is an usher at the Palace of Praise, United Pentecostal Church, 在阿罗哈, Oregon and he enjoys traveling and cooking.
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出版物
- “The University of Calabar definitive library building: history and future development”, 利布里 35:3 (1985), 218-226.
- “An estimate of Charles Elliott’s revenue from the Nelson Examiner, 1842-1874”, The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin 9:4 (Fourth Quarter 1985), 121-138.
- “Early libraries in Nelson”, New Zealand 库 45:1 (March 1986), 1-6.
- “The production of the Nelson Examiner in the context of the early New Zealand press”, The Turnbull 图书馆 Record (New Zealand) 19:2 (October 1986), 123-140.
- “Establishing a colonial society: the Melbourne Advertiser 和 Port Philip Gazette, 1831-51”, The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin 10:2 &3 (1986), 46-60.
- “新闻 reporting in the Nelson Examiner, 1842-1874”, The Turnbull 图书馆 Record (New Zealand) 20:1 (May 1987), 31-43.
- “The University of Calabar definitive library building: history and future development”, International 图书馆 Review 19 (January 1987), 73-80.
- “Caribbean publishing, 1711-1900: a preliminary subject analysis”, Scholarly Publishing (加拿大) 22:4 (July 1991), 231-240.
- “The availability and use of books in libraries in nineteenth century Bendito, Australia”, 库 & Culture: A Journal of 图书馆 History (USA) 27:2 (Spring 1992), 143-176.
- “Some aspects of the printing 和 distribution of the Bendigo Advertiser”, The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin 16:2 (Second Quarter, 1992), 75-83.
- “Printing in Victoria, Australia, 1850-1900”, 图书馆 (Great Britain) Sixth Series 16:1 (March 1994), 30-42.
- Printing 和 book trade in early Nelson (Wellington, NZ: Elibank Press), 1996 ISBN:0-9583496-1-4.
- “Information-seeking behavior of design, process and manufacturing engineers”, 图书馆 & Information Science Research 时候(美国)25:3 & 4 (2003), 459-476.
- “Promoting commercial activities in Cape Town newspapers, 1976-1901”, Social Dynamics (South Africa) 30:1 (2004), 170-192.
- “Advertising in Australian newspapers: the case of the Bendigo Advertiser 和 Bendigo Independent”, Publishing History (Great Britain) 56 (2004), 53-70.
- “Publishing in Victoria, Australia, 1851-1900”, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 101:2 (2007), 170-192.
- “Mobile information behavior of Warner Pacific University students”, 图书馆 & Information Science Research Volume 41, Issue 2,(2019), 139-150.