The aim of the research project was to assess the information literacy competency skills of practicing nurses at KNH with the objective of establishing, the information needs of practicing nurses, awareness of potential sources of information in nursing profession, ability to evaluate the retrieved information and establish their knowledge of ethical, legal and social-economic issues surrounding information use. The research adopted a case study focusing on single case of KNH, with a tar...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the effects of information literacy programs on adult users in public libraries in Kenya by conducting a case study at Embu County public library. Public libraries have been operating with little information on the effects of the literacy programs on the adult users of the public libraries. To achieve this goal, the study sought to pursue the following objectives: to investigate the policy on information literacy; assess the methods used to conduct Infor...
ABSTRACT The existence of libraries in Africa goes back to the colonial period. A number of African nations have legislated the establishment of national libraries through Acts of parliaments. From such legislation, the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) was established by an Act of parliament in 1967, with a mandate to establish libraries in the country (Mulindwa, 2010). Due to lack of capacity, such libraries have done little to establish community libraries in the slums of Kenya, and ...
ABSTRACT There is a natural and indispensable human need for information and so do Catholic seminarians have information needs to quench their quest for knowledge. Ecclesiastical seminary library within the context of a seminary is an institution meant to meet information needs of seminarians. In order to meet their (seminarians) information needs, ecclesiastical seminary libraries must be well equipped, with sound and current collection of information sources, adopt, and integrate the use ...
ABSTRACT Access to agricultural information influences the farming practices adopted by farmers. Information centres are charged with the responsibility of ensuring that there are adequate, relevant and up-to-date information resources for all. Dairy farmers need frequent access to information on nutrition, breed, health status, environment, and among others to cope with modern dairy farming practices. Inefficient access and dissemination of dairy agricultural information can negatively affec...
Abstract Past studies done on library graduate user needs have revealed that although graduate students are assumed to know how to utilize library resources this is usually not the case as results have shown that, they are faced with enormous challenges in information seeking. It is through such studies that gaps are identified and filled in the libraries. This study was carried out in Kenyatta University Postmodern library. The purpose of this study was to find out what the information needs...
ABSTRACT Consortium building by libraries underpins their existence in the current world of information Communication and Technology (ICT). The study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of Kenya Libraries Information Services Consortium (KLISC) in provision of electronic resources in Laikipia University Library in Laikipia County. The study set out to ascertain adequacy of e-resources training and marketing approaches by the consortium as well as identify challenges faced while using th...
ABSTRACT This study focused on marketing strategies for information service in Kaduna state public Library. The study was basically narrowed to only public libraries in Kaduna State Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to identify the type of marketing strategy adopted by Kaduna state Public Libraries, to assess the marketing strategies adopted by Kaduna State Public Library, to investigate the level effectiveness of the strategy in marketing information services to library users, to ide...
ABSTRACT This work focuses on utilization of multimedia resources in Kenyatta university and JKUAT libraries. Th0 main aim of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of the existing resources in these libraries. The research adopted a descriptive study approach to gather data on utilization 0 r multimedia resources. Authority to conduct the research was sought in the respective Ii raries questionnaires were issued to 45 students from each library and 6 staff selected randomly. Resu...
ABSTRACT Increased research output in academic institutions has led to generation of lots of research content, thus bringing about issues on storage and preservation of the research content, these has led to establishment of institutional repositories by institutions of higher learning. The aim of this study was to establish the perception and attitude of the postgraduate students of St Paul’s University Limuru Campus towards IRs. The study was guided by the following objectives: to assess...
ABSTRACT As Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic continues to spread the information-produced chronicling the epidemic continues to grow. Since this far no cure for HIV/AIDS has been found, the importance of this information cannot be underestimated as it forms the basis of education and strategy for survival for both the affected and infected. The purpose of this study was to carry out an investigation of information requirements of peopl...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the evaluation librarians’ acceptability levels and use of cloud computing for library services in academic libraries. The study was narrowed to only academic libraries of Kaduna state, Nigeria. The background covers the levels of acceptance of cloud computing from the global, regional and national perspectives. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the librarians’ acceptability and use of cloud computing for library service in academic libraries. The obj...
ABSTRACT Though the OER movement has been in existence for over a decade now, less has been said on their integration in the academic Libraries. Academic libraries may hold institutional content such as syllabi and past exam papers but Inclusion of lecture notes, presentations, and assessment materials has not been a common practice in the university libraries. It was noted that even if the materials are found in electronic formats these contents remains closed in virtual learning environment...
ABSTRACT The researcher evaluated librarian’s awareness and uptake of open source library software in Federal Colleges of Education in North-East Nigeria. The study discussed on open source software for libraries. The study investigated on the uptake situation, level of awareness, benefits and problems of open source for library service. The purpose is to recommend the best open source software for the Federal Colleges Library for their uptake operations. Literatures was reviewed which incl...
ABSTRACT University libraries should consider institutional repositories as ongoing projects in order to cater for the changing needs of modern scholarly communication. Many universities have not made all research outputs from their scholarly communities available in their IRs. A number of research outputs available in IRs of universities in Kenya are not available in full-text and only available in abstract form thus making such resources less useful to the users they are meant for. Universi...