PhD, Archival Studies, University College London;ÌýPost 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû Diploma in Archival Studies, University ofÌýGhana;Ìý Post 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû Diploma in Historical Studies, Girton College, Cambridge;ÌýBA History, University of Nairobi.
Nathan Mnjama is a Professor in the Department of Library and Information Studies, 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû with specialization in Archives and Records Management. . His PhD was on Railway Records: Their Management and Exploitation in Kenya. Prof Mnjama has worked as an archivist and records manager at the Kenya National Archives and was responsible for the location and copying of Kenyan archives from the UK between 1980 and 1985. He has considerable experience in teaching and delivery of archives and records management programmes having lectured at the School of Information Sciences, Moi University Kenya, and since 1996 at the Department of Library and Information Studies 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû where he has been instrumental in the design of archives and records management programmes. Prof Mnjama is a well known speaker and presenter in archives and records management forums in East and Southern Africa, and he has publishedÌýÌýextensively in the field of archives and records management in Africa.Ìý Prof. Mnjama has participated in severalÌý records management initiatives organizedÌý by the International Records Management ÌýTrust aimed at improving archives and records keeping practices in Africa. He has considerable experience Ìýsupervising Masters dissertations and PhD studies in Archives,ÌýRecords Management and InformationÌý Studies..
Archives and Records Management
Migrated archives, preservation and conservation of library and archival materials, management of audiovisual archives, access andÌý archival programming, archival legislation, records management, transparency, accountability and good governance
I have supervised over 50Ìýcandidates in the areas of archives and records management and information managementÌý
- Jain P and Mnjama N (2016). Managing Knowledge Resources and Records in Modern Organizations, IGI Global ISBN: Ìý9781522519652
- Mnjama N (2018). Archival Access and Public programming," in Ngulube P Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation. IGI-Global, ±õ³§µþ±·13:Ìý9781522531371, pp.47-68
- Mnjama N and Lowry JÌý (2017).Ìý A Proposal for a Manifesto on African Archives in Europe ÌýIn Lowry J (2017) Displaced Archives, Farnham, Surrey: Routledge/ Taylor Francis, ISBN-13:Ìý978-1472470690: pp.101-113
- Mnjama N (2015). Migrated Archives: The African Experience, Journal of the South African Society of Archivists, Vol. 44, pp.45-54
- Mnjama N (2014). ICTSÌý and utilization ofÌý archival sourcesÌý for research in eastern and southern Africa. In Olatokun WÌý (eds). ÌýARCIS Book of Readings in Information Science and Technology, Vol. II. Ibadan, Zenith Book House. ISBN 978-978-50793-9-5, pp.159-184