Library Services
ZNDU Library provides comprehensive information services, research support, and learning resources to empower academic excellence.
Library Overview
The Zimbabwe National Defence University Library is a dynamic intellectual hub that fosters knowledge, discipline, and creativity for upcoming users. As a member of the Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium, the library has benefited immensely through the provision of leadership in access to knowledge and the promotion of information resources sharing and networking in support of human capital development. Scholarship and service coexist in this dynamic setting, where knowledge facilitates decision-making. The library is a center for leadership development and intellectual resilience outside of the classroom. It promotes interdisciplinary cooperation, ethical leadership, and critical thinking.
The university library supports teaching, learning, research, and innovation. It provides access to a wide range of information resources, services, and facilities designed to meet the academic and research needs of students, participants, faculty, and the wider community. Our library offers a balanced collection of print and electronic resources, including textbooks, reference materials, scholarly journals, e-books, and online databases. These resources are carefully selected to align with the university’s academic programmes and research priorities.
Vision
Empowering Zimbabwe National Defence University research and learning community with deep expertise, innovative services and outstanding collections strengthened by strategic partnerships.
Mission
To promote a culture of broad inquiry in supporting the University’s mission to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge and creative expression.
LIBRARY STAFF
Meet the dedicated team behind the ZNDU Library’s services and collections
Lieutenant Colonel
Lettinah Moyo
LIBRARIAN
MSc LIS (NUST), Post Grad Dip LIS(NUST), BSc Special Needs Education (ZOU), DDSS (UZ)
Warrant Officer Class 1
Fainos Moyo
SUB-LIBRARIAN
MSc LIS (NUST), BSc LIS (ZOU), Dip IRM (ZOU), HND LIS (Harare Poly), ND LIS (Harare Poly), NC LIS (Harare Poly), Cert Instructional Skills (NUST)
Colour Sergeant
Mcmill Nziramasanga
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
Cert ICDL
Sergeant
Macdonald Shawarira
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
Cert ICDL
The Enquiries Desk is the clients' first pot of call for various issues on Library products and services. The desk handles general to specific clients' requests and is also a good referral point to various enquiries – ranging from; the catalogue, location of books on shelves, clients' induction, comprehensive literature searches and online searching of electronic resources subscribed by the library.
Email: reference@zndu.ac.zw
General orientation is given to all first year students during the orientation week and to new members of staff by arrangement. Specific orientation to groups on Library services and products is also offered by arrangement.
Specific Orientation: Available for groups by arrangement
The Library offers circulation services, which facilitate physical access to the Library collection for outside the Library use and in some cases within the Library (closed/ special collections). There are different borrowing privileges for Students and Staff.
Borrowing Privileges: Different privileges for Students and Staff
The Library from time to time also holds Information Literacy Skills training workshops to train clients. Information Literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information for academic purposes. Information Literacy is increasingly becoming important in the contemporary environment due to technological change and proliferating information resources.
Information Literacy: Recognize, locate, evaluate, and use information effectively
ZNDU Main Library
Zimbabwe National Defence University, Harare | library@zndu.ac.zw