Category: Library News

Understanding your rights as an author

To find out the dos and don’ts pertaining to your rights as an author, visit the Sherpa Romeo site. The site summarises open access self-archiving permissions and conditions of rights that are given to you as an author by different journals and publishers. Where archiving permission is given, it means that your article can be uploaded on […]

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Dr. Clay Westcott donates books to the Kenyatta University Post Modern Library

From left Dr. G. Njoroge (CUL), Mr. S. Muthami (Research), Mr. Muchai (Bibliographic) and Dr Kiruthu, Director City Campus Dr. Clay Westcott, a World Bank consultant has donated 747 textbooks to Kenyatta University courtesy of Dr. Felix Kiruthu, the Director Kenyatta University City Campus. Most of the books are on public policy, administration and governance. […]

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Mendeley Advisor of the month: Merceline Obwaya

Merceline Obwaya, who works as a Library Assistant in the Kenyatta University Post Modern Library has been featured as a Mendeley advisor of the month. Merceline who is passionate about training on Mendeley and other information services shares her secret with these words “I love the hunt and the power of having the right information […]

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MEDBOX: A database of health publications

MEDBOX is an open access database of health related publications. The idea of MEDBOX was conceived by the Medical Mission Institute in Wuerzburg during an UN-organised Health Cluster Meeting in Myanmar in 2008. Participants shared their challenges in accessing WHO guidelines and other related guidelines. In December 2015, two years after its launch, the MEDBOX […]

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Library support for staff and postgraduate students’ research

The Kenyatta University Post Modern Library has dedicated the Research & Special Collection Library & Research Commons Section for support to staff and postgraduate students’ research. This sections aims at meeting all the user needs of postgraduate students and staff of Kenyatta University. It is located on the fourth floor of the Library with an […]

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Kenyatta University has implemented Online Journal Systems (OJS) to host journals published in the University. Authors can register with any of the journals hosted and submit their publication for consideration for publishing. The system is freely available to all Kenyatta University Schools that have a journal. OJS is optimized for search engine discovery hence enhancing […]

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Google Scholar Profile/Account

Google scholar is a search engine that indexes metadata of full text scholarly literature. Scholars can create their profiles Why do you need a Google scholar account? Provides a very simple way of collating your publications You can track your citation metrics Gives you visibility as an author Collectively gives institutions visibility Improve on our […]

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Kenyatta University Primary School Pupils visit the Library

  The 2019 class eight pupils of Kenyatta University Primary School visited the Kenyatta University Post Modern Library on 5th September 2019. The pupils were welcomed to the Library by Dr. G. Njoroge, the Chief University Librarian. Ms. Kageni from the Circulation Services Section gave a motivational talk to the students. The University recently donated […]

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Do you have an ORCID account?

ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. The ID is a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher. Your ORCID account profiles you as a researcher. What are the benefits of having an ORCID? With an ORCID account you can showcase all your publications from a single account regardless of varied name […]

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