UNIVERSITY OF DARES SALAAM

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

INFORMATION STUDIES PROGRAMME

FIELD PRACTICUM REPORT

FROM 01 AUGUST - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018
 UNIVERSITY OF DARES SALAAM

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

INFORMATION STUDIES PROGRAMME

FIELD PRACTICUM REPORT

FROM 01 AUGUST - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018

Name of the Organization: MOROGORO REGIONAL LIBRARY

Name of the Student: SILIKO, ZIADA H
Registration Number: 2017-04-02274
Name of the Course: BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
STUDIES
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ABSRACT
The field practical report is conducted to bring out the requests of University of Dares Salaam at
the end of first year. It has been conducted at Morogoro Regional Library and the major library
duties like maintenance of cleanness, dusting, repair of the books, shelve reading, shelving, to
assist users querying, cataloguing, classification, stocktaking, Weeding, lending, multimedia
library, reference services and registration was performed to the utmost expectations. Problems
that uncounted are short of computer peripheral, internet connection, loss of books; deficient in
space was fretful for the duration of the field practical, but challenges transformed into
opportunity for success.

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to thank the almighty God, merciful and compassionate for his grace who gave me good
health since I started this study up now; I believe that without him I could not complete my Field
practical. I am gratefully to my fellow staffs from Morogoro regional Library who paid attention
and teach me different library activities. This chance take to thanks Morogoro regional my
Library staffs members, regional manager Mr. Fungo I. Luyanji, I. David, R. Mdakirwa, Devotha
Ndunguru, Mbeketu, Isso, Juma Kayuya and I. Luyanji.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

DDC Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme

RD Third
ST First
TLSB Tanzania Library Service Board (TLSB)
Tsh. Tanzania Shilling
TV Television
US$ USA Dollar
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Illustration above shown organization structure...................................................... 2

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................................
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................................
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LIST OF
ABBREVIATIONS ..........................................................................................................................
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LIST OF
ILLUSTRATIONS .........................................................................................................................
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................................
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CHAPTER
ONE ....................................................................................................................................……1
1.0 TYPE OF LIBRARY/INFORMATION CENTRE
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1.1 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION .........................................................1
VISION ..............................................................................................................................1
MISSION ............................................................................................................................1
1.2 MAJOR ACTIVITIES/SERVICES ..............................................................................1
…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
1.3 ORGANIZATIONAL/LIBRARY STRUCTURE ........................................................2
1.4 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ........................................................................................3
1.5 ICT FACILITIES .......................................................................................................... 3
1.6 TYPE OF USERS ...........................................................................................................3
Membership Fee Structure at Present ...................................................................................3
Temporary Membership Fee Structure at Present ................................................................3
Opening Hours ......................................................................................................................4
Goals and Objectives of the Organization ............................................................................4
The Relationship of the Organization Functions and Library ..............................................4
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CHAPTER TWO.............................................................................................................................5
DUTIES PERFORMED.................................................................................................................5
2.1 First Weeks of the Practical Field………………......................................................................5
2.2 Second Week of the Practical Field...…………........................................................................5
2.3 Third Week of the Practical Field..............................................................................................5
2.4 Fourth Week of the Practical Field............................................................................................6
2.5 Fifth Week of the Practical Field ……………………………………………………………..6
2.6 Sixth Week of the Practical Field……………………………………..………………………6

2.6 OUTLINE OF CHALLENGES FACING THE FIELD PRACTICAL .................................. 6

……………………………………………………………………………………………………7
2.6 THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS. .............................................................................. 7
2.7 EXPECTATIONS ................................................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER THREE....................................................................................................................... 8

3.0 CONCLUSION .....................................................................................................................8

3.1 RECOMMENDATION OF THE ORGANIZATION ............................................................ 8
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................... 9
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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 TYPE OF LIBRARY/INFORMATION CENTRE

Morogoro Regional Library

1.1 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION
Morogoro Regional Library is a public library which established in 1974 under the umbrella of
Tanzania Library Service Board (TLSB) under the ministry of education vocational training
established by the 1963 act of parliament, and later on repealed by the 1975 act. The Act
required board to promote, established, equip and develop libraries, information Centre’s and
documentation Centre’s in Tanzania. Morogoro regional library has the role of ensuring that it
provides information to roll all groups of people including children, youth, adults and
disadvantages groups (Scheme of service, 2013).
VISION
“Be a leading class library by provide timely and accurate information to a wider public without
discrimination for education development, current environment issue and leisure and to inculcate
and promote reading habits”.
MISSION
“Provide and disseminate quality information resources and services to serve all people in
accordance with community standards in putting knowledge to work for the benefit of decision
makers, Government, local researchers and society as well as encourage appreciation of local
tradition and support lifelong education and peoples enjoyment of reading, to preserve
information materials for future use and to serve as the people’s community information Centre
with the support of the people, local and central government.”
1.2 MAJOR ACTIVITIES/SERVICES
  Advisory and consultancy services to all other types of libraries for example government,
Institutional, schools and college libraries

 Children multimedia Resource Centre

 Computer trainings

 Lending services

 Meeting room

 Membership registration

 Outreach services

 Reading space for its users

 Reference services
1.3 ORGANIZATIONAL/LIBRARY STRUCTURE
Regional Librarian

EDWARD JOBU FUNGO

Assistant Librarian

GRACE MHINA KETTO

Shift Leader Shift Leader

DEVOTHA NDUNGURU ADOLFINA FRIDOLIN NTWIRU

GRACE MHINA KETTO ISSO DAVID

MASHAKA MUSSA NYAMA REBECA ROBART MDAKILWA

IMELDA BERNARD LUYANJI MWANAHARUSI ALLY MBEKETU

MWAJUMA CHAMKWILA BOCHELLO

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1.4 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
Morogoro Regional Library there’s Ten (10) employees’ staffs.
1.5 ICT FACILITIES
Library have Laptops and computer Desktops for library users, for the purpose of access
different kind of information materials also for trainees as well as there’s computers for Library
staffs. Also Morogoro Regional library have CCTV camera.
1.6 TYPE OF USERS
The person in the society has the right to be provided with library services as long as one
becomes a registered.
Membership Fee Structure at Present
 Adult (citizens) Tsh.10,000/=

 Adults (foreigners) US$25

 Secondary school students (citizens) Tshs.7,000/=

 Secondary school students (foreigners) US $20

 Primary school pupils (citizen) Tsh. 5,000/=

 Primary school pupils (foreigners) US $20

Temporary Membership Fee Structure at Present

 Adult and children (citizen) Tsh. 1000/=

 Adult and children (foreigners) US $2

Registered member is provided identity card and 2 tickets to allow Him/her to borrow two books
at a time for a period of 14 days. A book can be renewed if it has not been requested by another
member (library rules, 2017)
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Opening Hours

Monday – Friday 9:00 – 7:00pm

Saturday 9:00 – 2:00pm

Sunday & public holiday not opened.
Goals and Objectives of the Organisation
The main goals and objectives of the Morogoro regional library reflect with the strategic Plan,
Education Sector Reform policy, National Development Agendas as well as the millennium
Development goals with a focus of taking the library services to the grassroots where it is needed
most to bridge the information and knowledge gap.
In connection to that it drives towards enabling the nation to have highly informed citizens that
can contribute positively and constructively to the national development by diversity of
challenges including scarcity of resources. Rapid advancement of information needs by the
community. Challenges can be equally transformed into an opportunity for prosperity
(Mcharazo, 2016).

The Relationship of the Organization Functions and Library

Morogoro Regional Library is running under the Tanzania Library Services Board whereby the
major function is provision of library services. In connection to that this is the place whereby the
expectations meet.
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CHAPTER TWO

ACTIVITIES PERFORMED
(01 AUGUST - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018)
2.0 DUTIES PERFORMED ALL DEPARTMENT
The field started while the library operation services to users closed for stocktaking, therefore the
student involved on stock taking for first 4 weeks whereby major duties was done was weeding
process and stock counting. The fifth week services were opened to the library user and the
student performed as follow:
2.1 First Weeks of the Practical Field (1st – 10th August)
 Orientation, distribution of work
 Shelf reading and counter
 Shelf leading and reference services
 Shelf leading, statistic and circulation
 Shelf leading and bag deposit
 Shelf leading and reference services
 Shelf leading and reference services
2.2 Second Week of the Practical Field (13rd -17th August)
 Shelf leading and reference services
 Shelf reading and circulation
 Shelf reading and circulation
 Shelf reading and bag deposit
 Shelf leading and reference services
2.3 Third Week of the Practical Field (20th -24th August)
 Shelf reading, cataloguing and classification
 Shelf reading, cataloguing and classification
  Shelf leading and book processing
 Shelf reading, creating book cards and book pockets

2.4 Fourth Week of the Practical Field (27th -31st August)

 Shelf reading, news paper processing and reference services
 Shelf reading and book processing
 Shelf reading and creating spine labels
 Shelf reading and reference services
 Shelf reading, statistics and circulation
2.5 Fifth Week of Practical Field (3rd -7th September)
 Shelf leading, statistic and reference services
 Shelf leading, statistic and bad deposit
 Shelf leading and reference services
 Shelf leading, , statistic and reference services
 Shelf reading , statistic and reference services
2.6 Sixth Week of the Practical Field (10th -14th September)
 Shelf leading, statistic, circulation and membership registration
 Shelf leading and circulation
 Shelf reading, statistics, circulation and bag deposit
 Shelf leading and reference services
 Shelf reading and circulation
2.7 OUTLINE OF CHALLENGES FACING THE FIELD PRACTICAL
 Every day the number of readers is increase and some of them have no place of reading.

 Misplacement of some document in the library.

 Lack of material such as text books some books are not found example History o-level,
Novel books, Swahili books.
  Outdate materials the library has many materials which not used.

 Electronic problem that affect users when they need to find information through Internet.
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 Some of books are removed chapter by students/readers.

2.8 THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEMS.

 The library should find enough materials through any way so as to fulfill the need of the
users.
 To find good ways this can be able to use as investment in the organization.
 Due to a lot of readers/students the board of library should expand the building and
increase the facilities e.g.; Tables and chairs.
 Establishment of security of material like alarm system.
 The library should find enough materials that updated lather than having outdated which
are not needed by user.
 They should find other electronic sources that will mitigate the problems.
2.9 EXPECTATIONS
Generally the duties that performed meet the expectation because it has covered all necessary
library services and information management.
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CHAPTER THREE

3.0 CONCLUSION
Public library plays an important role in people’s lives as a source of accessing information and a
place for knowledge creation. It has shown that public libraries are important informational,
educational, cultural, and social institutions. Public library and Education, One of the public
libraries’ significant and fundamental roles is education. Public libraries provide books and other
materials for people to read and use. These materials are educational and lead to self-
improvement and develop basic literacy skills. Public Libraries have always seen as an
educational resource for all people. The educative role of public libraries has expanded to
include supporting both formal and informal education. Public library and literacy, Literacy is
the ability to read and write. In libraries culture, this concept is expanded to include the
knowledge or education in one or several fields required to develop individual and communities’
skills. Learning today is not a luxury limited only to selected group, but it is essential for
survival. Expansion of literacy needs reading and writing material. The public library is the local
center for providing a wealth of information through learning facilities and materials to support
literacy to the general public. Literacy is also achieved by providing literacy programs and
activities for different groups and ages. Public libraries continue to play a major role in fostering
literacy in communities and societies, particularly among those groups of the populations that
need special assistance in developing literacy skills, such as preschool and elementary school
children. Children literacy is one of the educative roles of public libraries. Public libraries
concern in providing children and exposing them to high-quality reading materials and rich
language experiences during the crucial preschool and elementary school years.
3.1 RECOMMENDATION OF THE ORGANIZATION
The trainee would like to advice the organization Morogoro Regional Library to introduce and
improve their services by using electronic system rather than using manual system in order to
enable the library member and librarian to get and provide different materials or information
without using a lot of time effort.

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