I appreciate you taking your valuable time to visit the Ekwendeni College of Health Sciences (ECOHS) Library website. All our facilities, services and resources are aligned to the College strategic plan, and geared towards supporting the College academic and research goals. This website is our virtual space in the global web of information, but it only represents part of the library services. It therefore gives me great pleasure to invite you to also visit our physical space and discover a wealth of book and print journal
collections specifically acquired to support the College curricula.
We are committed to supporting you with your informational needs. However, we are also mindful of the fact that no library in the world can claim to be self-sufficient. If you can’t find what you are looking for, consult our library staff to get the resources you need through Inter-Library Loan service. Our competent librarians are there to provide timely responses to your academic and research information needs. The library’s operating hours goes beyond 17h00 most of the days during the academic terms. So you have ample time to interact with our librarians and access our rich collections. You may also bring your laptop to access Internet via our wireless network.
I invite you to visit and explore our library’s rich collections, inspiring spaces and innovative services and hope that they will help you achieve your academic or research goals and enrich your experience at ECOHS.
Membership
Membership Is open to all lecturers and registered students of Ekwendeni College of Health Sciences and University of Livingstonia.
Visiting students and other visitors on recommendation and production of a letter from the head of department to which such students or visitors are attached. Membership is valid for the duration of their attachment to ECOHS.
Other users may under special consideration by the Librarian be permitted to use the Library for reference only.
Loans Entitlements
- Lecturers: 5 books for a period of 3 weeks.
- Students: 3 books for a period of 2 weeks.
- Others: 2 books for a period of 2 weeks.
General Library Guidelines
- All library items may be borrowed only upon production of a valid ECOHS Identity Card.
- All registered members shall be held responsible for loss or damage of items that they borrow.
- No person is allowed to use another person’s Identity Card.
- All items that are overdue shall attract fines.
- At the end of each semester, all students are required to be cleared by the Librarian to ascertain that they have returned all Library materials.
Library Collection
- Reserve Collection:Books that can be used on a two-hour loan period and be borrowed for overnight use thirty minutes before the Library closing time. They must be returned to the Library the following morning by 8.00 am.
Only one item is allowed per user from the reserve collection. - Reference Collection:Must not to be taken out of the Library.
- Malawiana:A Library collection that consists of books on or about Malawi that can be used within the Library only.
- Journals:Are available for reference purposes only.
E-Resources
You can also gain access to the world’s largest collections of biomedical and health literature of journals and e-books on WHO HINARI (Link : www.who.int/hinari/en/). Log-in details are available at the Library counter. Other e-books may also be accessed free of charge on pdfdrive (Link: www.pdfdrive.com) website.
Internet
Access to the Library internet is only available to lecturers and registered students of Ekwendeni College of Health Sciences, therefore, you are required to provide your log-in details at the Library counter.
Photocopying and printing Services
Library has provided one photocopying station and a printer so as to facilitate easier research among its clients at a reasonable fee.