School of Information Sciences: Recent submissions

  • Planning for Public Library Development in Developing Countries with Special Reference to African Countries 
    Odini Cephas (International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, 2009-10-19)
    The growing importance of Information Services in general äs vital resources for national development coupled with increased pressure for public accountability has led to greater attention being paid to the way public ...
  • Stimulating the use of information in Kenya 
    Odini Cephas (1995)
    Identifies some of the factors that hinder information use in Kenya as the prevalence of inappropriate information systems, an unstimulating education system, high levels of illiteracy and the language barrier. Makes various ...
  • Collection Development: The Experience of Kenya Polytechnic Library 
    Odini Cephas (MCB UP Ltd, 1994)
    Discusses fundamental problems encountered at the Kenya Polytechnic Library in collection development, particularly the problems of inadequate funding, lack of collection development policy and those associated with foreign ...
  • Trends in Information Needs and Use Research 
    Odini Cephas (MCB UP Ltd, 1993)
    Highlights the major trends in information needs and use in a survey of the literature from the later 1940s to the present time. The shortcomings of early studies, particularly questionnaire surveys, are found to be defective ...
  • Training and development of skills in a changing information environment 
    Odini Cephas (MCB UP Ltd, 1999)
    Presented at the SCANUL‐ECS Conference held in Kenya 23‐26 July 1998. Discusses the challenges posed by the accelerating pace of change in the world of information, especially in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa and ...
  • The construction and development of a library building: Moi University library/faculty building 
    Tirong arap Tanui; Ocholla Dennis (MCB UP Ltd, 1997-02)
    The management of building development and construction processes in various environments is not similar because of the magnitude, functions, location, materials used, cost and of course use of the building. Similarly, ...
  • Standardization of Bibligraphic Data: The African Perspective 
    Tirong arap Tanui (MCB UP Ltd, 1992-12)
    Outlines the development of international standards for bibliographic control. Considers the relevance and use of these standards in Africa and concludes that more appropriate approaches to cataloguing should be sought for ...
  • Library Cataloguing: Relevance to Modern Library Users 
    Tirong arap Tanui (MCB UP Ltd, 1992-12)
    Reviews the role of libraries and of cataloguing within modern libraries in the light of research findings, automation and other changes. Stresses user needs and subject access.
  • Why Marketing?: The experience of Moi University Library, Kenya 
    Tirong arap Tanui; Kitoi Andrew S (MCB UP Ltd, 1993-12)
    Marketing is about the way in which an organization matches its own human, financial and physical resources to the wants of its customers. The Institute of Marketing defines marketing as “the management process responsible ...
  • What is its future in Africa? 
    Tirong arap Tanui (MCB UP Ltd, 1995-01)
    CDROM technology, though inherently part and parcel of computer technology, is considered separately in regard to library/information automation in African libraries. Library automation is a much more complex and expensive ...
  • Staffing Secondary School Libraries in Kenya 
    Otike Japhet (Sagepub.com, 1989-04-01)
    The school library situation in Kenya is on the whole gloomy. Only a handful of schools can afford to employ professional librarians. Out of a total of three thousand secondary schools in Kenya, less than forty have positions ...
  • Bibliographic Control in Kenya 
    Otike Japhet (Sagepub.com, 1989-01)
    Examines the problems facing bibliographic control in Kenya, including the current state of publishing and legal deposit and the production of the Kenya National Bibliography. There is a need to coordinate the activities ...
  • Library cooperation in Kenya 
    Otike Japhet (Sagepub.com, 1989-01-01)
    The article analyses current library cooperation in Kenya. In an attempt to understand the situation, a brief account of the country's information infrastructure is provided. Effort has been made to provide a detailed ...
  • Indigenous Materials in Libraries and Information Centres in Kenya 
    Otike Japhet (Collection Management, 1989-01)
    This work examines the accessibility of indigenous materials to libraries and information centres in Kenya. An attempt is made to define the term "indigenous materials." Sources of materials are examined, and methods of ...
  • The Training of Information Personnel in East Africa 
    Otike Japhet (International Library RevieW, 1989-06)
    This article provides a detailed account of the education and training of Information workers in Hast Africa. A background account pertaining to Information training in the region is provided. It is noted that two out of ...
  • Resource Sharing in Special Libraries 
    Otike Japhet (1990-03)
    his article provides a detailed account of resource sharing in special libraries in Kenya. A brief definition of special libraries is provided, and the characteristics of these libraries highlighted. The current position ...
  • The work of a special library: The experience of the library of the Kenya National Museum 
    Otike Japhet (International Library RevieW, 1990-09)
    The article provides a detailed account of the challenges of an information professional in a special library. Reference has been made to a developing country simply because librarians in the third world have yet to be ...
  • Document Reproduction and Supply in East Africa 
    Otike Japhet (MCB UP Ltd, 1990-12)
    An account is given of the current position in document reproduction and supply in the three East African states of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. A brief account is given of the region′s library/information infrastructure ...
  • The Exchange of Publications Programme in East Africa: Problems and Prospects 
    Otike Japhet (MCB UP Ltd, 1992-12)
    Examines existing systems for the exchange of information materials in East Africa, and notes the lack of formal co‐operation. Considers the library and information infrastructure, and notes widespread informal arrangements ...
  • Collection Development through Exchanges: The experience of the third world 
    Otike Japhet (MCB UP Ltd, 1992-12)
    Provides a detailed account of the predicament of exchange librarians in developing countries. Publishing activity is relatively underdeveloped forcing the majority of the states to rely on foreign book imports. While ...

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