Ms. Plaxedes Chaitezvi is the Women’s University in Africa Librarian with effect from 1
December 2021. She leads efforts to cultivate information services that support the
teaching and research of the Women’s University in Africa community and the
international community of scholars. She administers the Women’s University in Africa
Libraries system, comprised of five libraries and a state-of-the-art, repository. She also
works closely with the university’s deans to ensure that the libraries are contributing fully to Women’s University in Africa teaching and research initiatives.

• MSc Library and Information Science from the National University of Science and Technology
• Post Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Science from University of Botswana
• BA in Economic History from University of Zimbabwe

• Prior to being named University Librarian in December 2021, Chaitezvi served as Sub
  Librarian and eventually Deputy Librarian of Women’s University.
• Member of the Intellectual Property Advisory Council where she
  participated in the Zimbabwean Government ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty and
  approval of the National Intellectual Property Policy and Implementation Strategy.
• Country Coordinator of the Intellectual Property issues in the Librarianship
  arena
• Country Coordinator of the Open Access Movement
• member of the ZIBF Program and Logistics Committee Member; the
  Zimbabwe Universities Libraries Consortium (ZULC): Zimbabwe Library Association
  and Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR).
• Multimedia Librarian for Radio and Broadcasting
  Services in Botswana.

• Open Educational Resources and
• Open Science
  movement and digitalics.