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Prof Emily Akuno Opens Information Skills Workshop for Academic Staff The library held a one day workshop for academic staff on 25th May 2017. The workshop attracted 30 participants The workshop was opened by Prof Emily Akuno, the Deputy vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs). In her remarks, Prof Akuno said that the conference was spot on as academicians were going to set the standards of how things should be done. She pointed out that the only universities that were going to survive were those that would be able to use the right strategies. She said that if the lecturers can learn how to access the e-resources then they can pass it on to the younger ones since the physical hard copy printed books will not always be there for users. The DVC also thanked Esther Obachi for her time and effort to share her expertise.The morning session covered e-journals and e-books, reference management and citation software (Zotero). Google applications to facilitate collaboration, design research survey and track citations using Google scholar was also covered. Other topics included creating a researcher ID. Researcher ID provides unique identifiers to resolve author ambiguity or distinguish publishers with similar names or name changes. https://orcid.org/ , http://www.researcherid.com/ The afternoon session focused on key factors to consider when choosing the right journal to publish. The participants were taken through online submission process like scholarone and editorial manager http://www.ariessys.com/journals-list/. These are automated solution for manuscript submission, peer review and manuscript tracking for scholarly publishers The workshop wrapped up with an lively and interactive open discussion on predatory publishers http://beallslist.weebly.com/.and how to determine them http://thinkchecksubmit.org/ The facilitators were Jane Gikandi, Victor Njogu and Esther Obachi of University of Nairobi The participants commended the facilitators of the workshop and suggested that such workshops be organized more often.

Varsity on a Reading Campaign in Kibera, Nairobi The Co-operative University of Kenya (CUK) and The Kenya National Library Services, Kibera organized a reading promotion; campaign for children living in the slum areas at the Kibera Community Library, Nairobi’. Several primary schools from the Kibera slums benefited from the event having had been taught how to use the library services and the motivational talks delivered by keynote speakers among them the CUK’s director of Nairobi campus Ms. Monica Nderitu, CUK Librarian Ms. Jane Gikandi among others. These schools included Hope primary, Langata West Primary, Church on the Rock Primary and others. Further the schools participated in various competitions like; composition writing, drama, poetry and mashairi, dancing and comedy which saw them receive prizes for those who won. Kibera’s KNLS librarian Ms. Mary Kinyanjui encouraged the pupils to take advantage of the library and make use of it by coming to read and do their homework there as there are many books and the environment is conducive and quite for them to concentrate. She added that the library caters for both school going children and the community since it also has adult content. Kibera slum is one of the largest slums in the World.

Cuk Joins the Word to Mark the 2017 International Day of Co-operatives The Co-operative University of Kenya joined the Kenyan Co-operative Movement in marking this year’s International Day of Co-operatives at the Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The event which brought together the vast movement was preceded by a series of events included the Co-operatives Environmental day, sporting activities, Ushirika blood donation among others. This years’ theme was ‘Inclusion; Co-operatives Ensure No One Is Left Behind’. The event was graced by the Governor Nairobi City County H. E. Dr. Evans Kidero and the Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Trade Industry and Co-operatives Mr. Adan Mohamed among other key leaders in the Kenya’s Co-operative Movement. The team from CUK was led by the University’s Council Chairperson Dr. Gladys Mwiti, The Ag. Vice Chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau, the Registrar Finance, Planning and Administration Chris Kathoka among others. Tens of Co-operatives from within the Nairobi County exhibited their products showcasing their products with the University exhibiting its key academic programmes, and models of key projects expected to kick off this year notably the Learning Resource Center (LRC) to house a Modern Library Facility, State of The Art Recreation Centre, The Co-operatives Incubation and Innovation Center and The Co-operatives Cultural Centre. The project is to be completed at an approximate cost of Kshs. 3 Billion.