Miriam W. Ndungu
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 The JKUAT library is planning a series of activities geared towards creating sensitization and awareness of the open access movement and open access information resources during this week.  Some of…Continue

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Open Access Week @JKUAT

 The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Library participated in Open Access Week (OAW) for the first time in 2010. The concept was introduced to JKUAT by Ms. Jane Gikandi who was the then Head of the ICT section and has moved on to a different university. The library entered the INASP OAW 2010 competition and won a grant of 300$. This helped us in printing of promotional materials.The success of our OAW activities can largely be attributed to our partnership with…See More
Oct 24, 2012
Miriam W. Ndungu posted a blog post

JKUAT library partners with JKUMUN students

The JKUAT library in partnership with JKUAT students has previously participated in the OAW 2010 and 2011 with activities such as workshops, exhibitions, competitions and a beauty pageant which has now become an annual event. This year the library will be working with JKUMUN students to create awareness of the JKUAT Institutional Repository which is based on the Open Access model of publishing. The students will be visiting the various academic departments and demonstrating the JKUAT…See More
Oct 3, 2012
Miriam W. Ndungu posted a blog post

JKUAT IR Sensitization workshops

JKUAT INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY (IR) SENSITISATION WORKSHOPJKUAT Library plans to sensitize the JKUAT community on the JKUAT OA policy and IR. The first workshop will be held on 14th September 2012 and will be targeting Teaching staff and researchers, editors, ICT staff JKUSO representatives, BPS representative, JKUAT IR policy committee, Campus representatives. The second workshop will be targeting JKUAT management and will be combined with a launch of the repository by the Vice Chancellor and…See More
Aug 29, 2012
Miriam W. Ndungu posted a blog post

JKUAT IR

We are excited that our JKUAT IR policy was launched on June 22nd. We are now embarking on the challenging task of populating the repository. With cooperation and commitment from all our stakeholders, we know we can will make it.  See More
Aug 2, 2012
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Kenya Open Access week

All Kenyan Information Professional plan to make the Open Access week, a week of difference this time roundSee More
Jul 25, 2012
Miriam W. Ndungu posted a status
"JKUAT library will be populating our IR during this year's oaw."
Jul 25, 2012
Miriam W. Ndungu commented on Jennifer McLennan's blog post OPEN ACCESS T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE
"......how do you go about it?"
Oct 18, 2011
Miriam W. Ndungu posted a blog post

JKUAT open acceess week a success

The JKUAT open access week finally took place!! We were able to successfully carry out all the planned activities. The facilitators of the workshops on plagiarism, referencing tools and web web 2.0 did a superb job. The workshops were very informative. They elicited interesting debates such as whether the students were ready to have their work run through the plagiarism detector softwares in preparation for uploading on the proposed JKUAT institutionary repository. The exhibition had visitors…See More
Oct 26, 2010
Miriam W. Ndungu posted a blog post

JKUAT LAUNCHES ITS OPEN ACCESS WEEK

JKUAT LAUNCHES ITS OPEN ACCESS WEEKJKUAT launched its open access week on Monday the 18th with an exhibition at our graduation pavilion. The students’ interest in the exhibition and their participation has been very impressive. The library had previously sensitized a group of students who havebeen working with the library to reach to other students with the open accessmessage. They have been so creative. Some of the students have designed orange bandanasto wear during the week. Those who are…See More
Oct 21, 2010
Miriam W. Ndungu received a gift from Jane
Oct 17, 2010
Miriam W. Ndungu and Anne Powell are now friends
Sep 24, 2010
Miriam W. Ndungu left a comment for Anne Powell
"Hi. Thanks. I had not seen that. Will let our students know about it. Miriam"
Sep 24, 2010
Miriam W. Ndungu left a comment for Anne Powell
"Hi. I had not seen that. I will let our students know and see if they can participate. Thanks"
Sep 24, 2010
Anne Powell commented on Miriam W. Ndungu's blog post student participation at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
"Hello, I wonder if you saw the message sent to the IFLA listserv by Jennifer McLennan about the Sparky awards student video contest. http://www.sparkyawards.org/ "Calling on students to articulate their views in a two-minute video, the contest…"
Sep 24, 2010
josephat ngig commented on Miriam W. Ndungu's blog post student participation at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
"this a nice way of helping students to explore the world"
Sep 24, 2010
BEATRICE WIRIMU commented on Miriam W. Ndungu's blog post student participation at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
"THANK YOU ANN POWEL"
Sep 23, 2010

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First name
Miriam
Last name
Ndungu
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Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology(JKUAT)
Type of institution
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Librarian
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Miriam W. Ndungu's Blog

Open Access Week @JKUAT

 The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Library participated in Open Access Week (OAW) for the first time in 2010. The concept was introduced to JKUAT by Ms. Jane Gikandi who was the then Head of the ICT section and has moved on to a different university. The library entered the INASP OAW 2010 competition and won a grant of 300$. This helped us in printing of promotional materials.

The success of our OAW activities can largely be attributed to our…

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Posted on October 24, 2012 at 7:45am

JKUAT library partners with JKUMUN students

The JKUAT library in partnership with JKUAT students has previously participated in the OAW 2010 and 2011 with activities such as workshops, exhibitions, competitions and a beauty pageant which has now become an annual event. This year the library will be working with JKUMUN students to create awareness of the JKUAT Institutional Repository which is based on the Open Access model of publishing. The students will be visiting the various academic departments and demonstrating the JKUAT…

Continue

Posted on October 2, 2012 at 7:11am

JKUAT IR Sensitization workshops

JKUAT INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY (IR) SENSITISATION WORKSHOP

JKUAT Library plans to sensitize the JKUAT community on the JKUAT OA policy and IR. The first workshop will be held on 14th September 2012 and will be targeting Teaching staff and researchers, editors, ICT staff JKUSO representatives, BPS representative, JKUAT IR policy committee, Campus representatives. The second workshop will be targeting JKUAT management and will be combined with a launch of the…

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Posted on August 29, 2012 at 5:20am

JKUAT IR

We are excited that our JKUAT IR policy was launched on June 22nd. We are now embarking on the challenging task of populating the repository. With cooperation and commitment from all our stakeholders, we know we can will make it.  

Posted on August 2, 2012 at 5:34am

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