Sections

The library consists of the following sections:

Office of the Director: Library and Information Services

Staff details 

SECTION: Client Services

The section offers circulation related services and services to branch libraries.

 SECTION: Faculty & Research Support

Faculty and Research Support Librarian provide a range of services to staff and students, which focus on a particular area or discipline. They keep their assigned departments informed about events in the Library and learn from the departments about their library needs. Their main goal is to support, facilitate and enhance the research, study and teaching activities of students, staff and researchers.  The section is also responsible, among others, for:
Assisting researchers to manage their citations and bibliography.
Developing and presenting library and information skills training/information literacy classes to students
Developing and presenting subject-oriented bibliographic instruction to classes or groups, as well as to individual faculty members and students
The Inter-Library Loan service (interlibraryloans@nust.na), which assists in cases where researchers sometimes need material that is not available at the NUST Library.
The Research Commons, which offers research and study support to postgraduate students and staff.

SECTION: Acquisitions Services & Bibliographic Services

The Acquisitions and Bibliographic Services responsible for ordering all books, audio-visual material, maps, etc., and providing and maintaining easy access to the Library's collections.

SECTION: Online & Serials

The section supports research and education by identifying, licensing, acquiring, and providing access to electronic and printed journals and serials.

SECTION: Digital Collections

The section deals with the digital preservation of and access to all physical and digitally born materials of the institution. It collects and preserves the news articles about the institution, photos, videos, important documents and academic programs offered by the institution, which will be of great value for future activities and research.  It is also responsible for the Digital Namibian Archive (DNA), a project that develops a rich digital resource. In cooperation with the National Namibian Archives, its mandate is to document images, videos and audio recordings of historical value to Namibia.