Library and ICT Directorate Innovations Launch

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Richard Omolo Midigo

The JKUAT Library in collaboration with the JKUAT ICT Directorate has implemented the Koha Integrated Management System. Students can now self-register to be able to use the library. The campuses have also been networked and are therefore able to use the same system. The Off Campus Access to our e-resources is also a fruit of this collaboration. It is now possible to access all our e-resources from whatever location by using the Off Campus Access link on http://vpn.jkuat.ac.ke/login As JKUAT celebrates 20 years as a full-fledged University, we will be launching the Koha Self Registration,… Continue reading →

Visit by Science Direct Publishers

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Richard Omolo Midigo

Karen Metcalf who is the Solutions Sales Manager with Elsevier Publishers visited the JKUAT Library on 16th September 2014. She was received by Dr. Roselyne Man’gira, who is the JKUAT University Librarian and Miss Miriam Ndungu, the Acting Head, Digital Services Section. Among the Elsevier Publishers’ products are the Science Direct Books that we have been accessing since 2013. These are available on the JKUAT Library website on http://www.sciencedirect.com/ The database is rich in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular biology, Biomedical Science, Medicine and Dentistry, Chemistry, Computer Science and Energy, Material Science and… Continue reading →

NURSING COUNCIL OF KENYA VISITS JKUAT LIBRARY

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Richard Omolo Midigo

The Nursing Council of Kenya paid a visit to the JKUAT Library on 11th September 2014. The council is in the process of accrediting institutions that train nurses. The delegation was received by Dr. R. Mang’ira, the JKUAT University Librarian, Miriam Ndungu, who is the Acting Head in Charge of Digital Services and Esther Mwangi who is the current the Deputy Head of the library’s processing section. The team wanted to be appraised on the resources that JKUAT Library has that would support the JKUAT Nursing program that JKUAT is proposing to offer. They were… Continue reading →