Roderick Samson Mabomba
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Roderick Samson Mabomba (September 25, 1948 – June 7, 2001) was a library leader in Malawi. He worked to make information science an important subject in Malawi and to bring libraries to the attention of the Malawi government. He spoke at numerous conferences, where he presented his papers giving exposure to libraries from Africa.
Mabomba attended St. Patrick's Secondary School.[1] He received his technical education at the College of Librarianship (today the Department of Information Studies at Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales) from 1968 to 1970.[2] Mabomba earned a Master of Librarianship from the University of Wales in 1985.[3]
Career
Mabomba worked as Library Assistant at the Chancellor College University Library (1968);[4] as Assistant Librarian at the University of Malawi (1971–1975);[5] as Chief Librarian at the British Council of Malawi (1975–1978);[6] and finally as National Librarian at the National Library Service of Malawi (1978–2001).[7]