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The University of Nairobi ( uonbi or UoN; Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi) [3] is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest university in Kenya. [4] Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970. During that year, the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities ...
Jacinta Were is a Kenyan librarian. Were has specialised in the management of electronic libraries over the 30 years of her career in librarianship. Were has served as Deputy Director of the University of Nairobi Library at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [1] Were has trained many professional librarians in Africa and is a pioneer in the ...
The McMillan Memorial Library is the only building in Kenya protected by a specific Act of Parliament, the McMillan Memorial Library Act Cap 217 of 1938 which provided that the library was for the exclusive use of Europeans in addition to the usual conditions for preservation of monuments. The library was bequeathed to the Nairobi City Council ...
The National Library and the public libraries are both the functions of Kenya National Library Service [1] which is mandated by the law under Cap 225 of the Laws of Kenya, April 1965. Currently there is one National Library which is located at Community-Upper Hill, Nairobi. There are 64 public libraries spread in different parts of the country ...
Kenyatta University ( KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi, Kenya. [7] It acquired the status of university in 1985, being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984).
The Multimedia University of Kenya ( MMU) is a public university located in Nairobi. [1] The university offers IT & related courses , Mass media, Business, Engineering, Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) and Social sciences education.
Interlibrary loan. Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL, and sometimes called document delivery, document supply, interlending, interlibrary services, interloan, or resource sharing) is a service that enables patrons of one library to borrow physical materials and receive electronic documents that are held by another library.
Were was born on 27 October 1934. He attended Kakamega, and Maseno High Schools, from 1950 to 1956, before joining the Royal Technical College in Nairobi (now University of Nairobi) from 1957 to 1959 where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. He then proceeded to University of Wales, where he earned a PhD graduating summa cum laude in 1966.