The TCZ library houses a collection of over 14,500 books and receives more than 60 journals and magazines per year. In addition to these print resourses, utilising the power of the computers and the Internet, library members have access to countless digital resources.
The vision of the Library is to support the College in becoming a leading global Christian College by empowering our students, staff, and faculty with the research skills to be self-sufficient, life-long learners.
The Theological College of Zimbabwe Library exists to support the mission of the College by providing information resources in a variety of formats and library services to our students, faculty, staff and to a lesser extent the local church and community.
The library exists as the epicenter for your research and information needs. It is only important for you to know how to fully utilize its resources. For effective use of the library, you need to know resources available and how to use them.
The Adamson Nyoni Memorial Library is a key department of the college. It provides the foundation of reading and research throughout a student’s college career. The library houses a collection of over 14,500 books and receives more than 60 journals and magazines. In addition to these print resources, utilising the power of the computers and the Internet, library members have access to countless digital resources. Besides books, journals and digital resources, the library has an impressive array of multimedia resources, including audio cassettes, DVDs, Bible maps, and other visual aids.
The Theological College of Zimbabwe Library exists to support the mission of the College by providing information resources in a variety of formats and library services to our students, faculty, staff and to a lesser extent the local church and community.
In order to accomplish this mission, the Library has the following goals:
To provide information on the integration of the Christian faith with the various disciplines of knowledge,
As a theological college, 90 percent of our collection falls under the 200 class of the DDC System. However, we also have materials in other classes such as African collections, General Biographies, This collection is comprised of books, Dissertations, Journals, CD’s, Video and Audio cassettes, Maps, and Reference materials.
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The library is closed during public holidays unless it has been specifically communicated.
You can stay with a borrowed book for two weeks and if you steel need the book, you can renew the book once. After this renewal, you have to return the book to the library.
The library is closed during public holidays unless it has been specifically communicated.
Materials on the reference section are for reading within the library, hence you cannot borrow them.
The reserve section is the section where books that are critical and recommended for a particular course by your lectures are placed so that there can be fair circulation of those materials.
Yes you can access e-journals on campus even if you don’t have a laptop. You can use the library computers or you can use computers in the main computer lab
If you need research assistance, you are free to book the librarian through the Ask A Librarian page where you will need to fill up a form exaplining your challenges so that the librarian can know the extent of your cahllenges and slot time for you either physical or online.
The Adamson Nyoni Library strives to provide quality services and access to information resources through quality services. The main thrust is to provide lending services to our registered students, staff and as well Christian leaders in the community. To enhance our services we offer the following services and resources:
In addition to books, the library offer a convenient space for quiet reading
To achieve our goal of supporting curricular, the library also offer research assistance to our patrons. Should you need any assistance you can book in advance through the form below. GOOGLE FORM
Circulation of library materials is done to ensure there is fair access to all our library users. You should be a registered member to be able to access library materials. When borrowing materials, a due date should be stamped on the due date slip. From this due date, each patron is allowed a once off renewal of the items they borrow after which a fine will accrue on a daily basis for each item. The library has a cut off amount for which fines can accrue before your borrowing rights can be terminated.
NB: Fines charges are subject to change anytime.
The library is the hub for non- academic training such as library orientation, soft skills, etc. you are free to request training and this can be arranged either at individual basis or for a group in need.
It is however, mandatory for all new students and any interested student to attend library orientation at the beginning of the semester. Through library orientation one will be equipped with library skills that will facilitate them maneuver around the library, learn how to identify, retrieve and utilize library materials as well get to know how the library operates. For reference purposes, a summarized online orientation is found in the Library Google Class.
Students are strongly urged to familiarise themselves with the College policies on plagiarism and cheating, to avoid failure of courses and/or possible expulsion. (See also the Lifestyle Covenant.) more details on avoiding plagiarism is on LIBGUIDES.
For any help with general and reference service queries, you can be assisted by the front desk. You can also inquire through the WhatsApp platform.
The online catalogue helps users search our collection holdings at the comfort of their homes. One can log into their account and see the materials they have borrowed, place holdings, suggest purchases, and check if they have accumulated any fines.
The purpose for these rules is to help the library protect the common interest of every library user and library staff so that we can operate in a conducive environment, suitable for study and research as well as so that we can be effective in our operations. Everyone’s cooperation is needed to make this possible. The guiding rules for using the Library are as follows:
Membership to the library is open to Registered Students, Staff, Non-academic staff, Alumni, and General readers (members of the community who are interested in reading and research).
TCZ Students:
When you register as student, you automatically become a library member, you are only required to have your library account activated.
Non TCZ student: General Readers
If you are a leader in your congregation or an individual who is interested in reading and research, you can become a library member of TCZ. You only need to register with us in either of the following categories:
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Membership Type |
Amount |
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Membership for a year |
$ 30 |
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Membership for six months |
$ 15 |
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Membership for a month |
$ 2 |
|
Daily Reading |
$ 1 |
LOAN PERIODS
All books from the Open shelves are for loaned out except for the reserve and reference sections which can only be read within the library. The amount of books and the loan periods for each member type are given below:
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Category |
Staff |
Students |
Alumni |
General Readers |
|
|
Open Shelf Books |
15 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Loan Period |
Two weeks |
Two weeks |
One week |
One week |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Reserve Shelf |
– |
1 |
|
– |
|
|
Loan Period |
In-house |
In-house |
In-house |
– |
|
NB: The library reserves the right to shorten the normal loan period to recall library materials before their due date when there are urgent requests such as: when the materials are needed for preparing course materials, when the materials are to be placed on reserve, inta alia.
You are highly recommended to return the books in time to allow for fair circulation of our library resources. In case of failure to return the materials, a fine of $1 per day shall be charged. An accumulation of fines to $ 50 will result in your account being restricted from lending you materials. More information is given in the library policy handbook.
Email: library@tczonline.org
Phone numbers: +(263) 29 2287032
OPENING HOURS
Monday – Friday: 8.00am – 5.00pm
Closed Weekends and Public Holidays