Category: Library News

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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About Kopernio: A free browser plugin

Save time accessing full-text PDFs with the free Kopernio browser plugin. Kopernio is a free, easy-to-use browser plugin that helps you save time accessing full-text journal articles by bringing your institutional subscriptions as well as open access content into your workflow at your point of need. Kopernio simplifies the authentication process, enabling access to legitimate […]

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Present your innovative idea in 3 minutes

Image from https://www.tcc-africa.org/ Falling Walls in partnership with NACOSTI and TCC Africa are hosting Falling Walls Lab, Nairobi, which, will be done via Facebook Live on 25 September at 10:00AM EAT. Students, entrepreneurs, early-career researchers, & academics of all disciplines are invited to participate. Participants, also known as Labsters, are given the opportunity to present […]

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Summary of Mendeley training

Go to Mendeley- https://www.mendeley.com/ Create an account Download Mendeley Set up Mendeley by installing the following under Mendeley tools Build your Mendeley library Cite within the word document by following the pop up prompts Insert bibliography- An option within the Mendeley reference tools that reside under the word reference tools Choose style Always sync for […]

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OpenCourse resources

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to publish  learning materials for undergraduate and graduate level- The resources are freely available. You can search the resources by topic. You can read more about the courseware * Please note that anybody with access to internet can access the MIT courseware (it is open access)

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How to Scan a QR (Quick Response) Code

Library catalogue A Quick Response (QR) code is a mobile phone readable matrix of barcodes made up of black and white pixel patterns that is created to embed links to online content. A QR code reader is used to quickly and easily scan the code’s content. Guide on using QR codes Download a free QR […]

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