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REMINDER: WAIVER AND AMENDMENT OF OVERDUE CHARGES

We wish to inform all library users that all overdue fines accrued between 17th March 2020 and 30th November 2020 have been waived. However, overdue fines accrued before this period will be charged as usual in line with the library rules and regulations.  We also wish to inform you that w.e.f.  1st December 2020; all overdue charges shall be amended upwards as follows:  Short […]

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The Observatory of International Research

Search for Scholarly Journals to Publish your Research Papers at The Observatory of International Research (OOIR) website which hosts papers published in 792 peer-reviewed journals across the social sciences: Political Science Sociology Law Geography History Communication The choice of journals is based on Web of Science ‘s SSCI (Social Science Citations Index). The journals listed cut across Open Access to Closed Access models. Some of the Journals listed […]

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Prof. Judith Ndombi Waudo donates books to the Library

From Left Ms. Mercy Wangai (Social Sciences Library), Mr. J. Thuku (Deputy University Librarian),  Ms Rael Sum (Dept of Food, Nutrition & Dietetics) Prof. Judith Ndombi Waudo, the Director Centre for Gender Equity and Power Empowerment and KU WEE Hub Leader has donated the following books to the Kenyatta University Post Modern Library: Nutritional needs […]

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The Kenyatta University Post Modern Library receives book donations

From left, Dr. Rachel W. Kamau-Kang’ethe, Ms. Litzer Opiyo & Dr.  Gitau Njoroge The library has received the following book donations with appreciation: Book titled “The Nexus of Culture and Christianity: Complexity of Masculinity in Africa” donated by Dr. Rubai Mandela, Department of Educational Foundations Book titled “Measures Applied in the Identification of Gifted and […]

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WAIVER AND AMENDMENT OF OVERDUE CHARGES

We wish to inform all library users that all overdue fines accrued between 17th March 2020 and 30th November 2020 have been waived. However, overdue fines accrued before this period will be charged as usual in line with the library rules and regulations.  We also wish to inform you that w.e.f.  1st December 2020; all overdue charges […]

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Library Online Orientation for year 2020/2021

To access the Library Online Orientation for year 2020/2021 go to the following youtube link: https://youtu.be/AKYD7TV28pQ For any further enquiries you can reach us on maktaba@ku.ac.ke or on our “Lets chat” platform found on our library website and the maktaba platform

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Waived International Water Association APCs for authors from Kenya

EIFL has signed a new agreement with the publishing arm of the International Water Association (IWA Publishing) which guarantees a waiver (100% discount) on Article Processing Charges for authors from Kenya when publishing an article in one of their 15 fully open access and hybrid journals. The agreement runs until December 2023, and the offer […]

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Waived Brill APCs for authors from Kenya

EIFL has signed a new agreement with Brill Publishers which guarantees a waiver (100% discount) on Article Processing Charges for authors from Kenya when publishing an article in one 314 fully open access and hybrid Brill journals. The agreement runs until December 2023, and the offer is available to CORRESPONDING authors. Instructions for authors:  Authors will be recognized automatically when they select Open […]

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Impact Factors

Image from Thomson Reuters Archives – Computer … cscitconf.com What are they? Impact Factor (IF) is used to measure the importance of a journal by calculating the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal. IFs are useful in comparing journals in the same discipline. How are IFs measured? Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides […]

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