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The aim of the research project was to assess the information literacy competency skills of  practicing nurses at KNH with the objective of establishing, the information needs of  practicing nurses, awareness of potential sources of information in nursing profession,  ability to evaluate the retrieved information and establish their knowledge... Continue Reading

The increasing provision of Web-based information resources has moved from a simple text interface to dynamic and interactive designs. While this move has provided people with a more creative and flexible experience, there are dangers that some people will be excluded because they cannot use standard methods of access. In this light, this... Continue Reading

The purpose of the study was to find out how the library leadership has initiated and managed change at The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi in order to meet the expectations of diverse categories of users and get support from the parent organization and donors. The study was guided by the following objectives: To identify the... Continue Reading

Information literacy in the 21st century is considered as a tool to individual empowerment and community development it forms the basis for lifelong learning it‟s common to all disciplines, to all learning environments and to all levels of education; however underutilization of electronic information resources in Kenyatta university... Continue Reading

Integrated Library Systems are adopted by libraries in order to meet the ever changing needs of their users and make the library staff more efficient and effective in conducting their work on a daily basis. In recent years’ libraries have made huge investments in acquisition of these systems. This study has established the effects of... Continue Reading

 Research is a major component to national development. Local research content is  closer to most of the problems affecting the society and the people. The government  of Kenya has continued to support research activities by allocating a lot of resources  towards research and universities and other research institutions are daily engaged in ... Continue Reading

The university libraries are libraries established to cater for the academic and research needs of the university. They serve the reading and research interests of undergraduates, lecturers, researchers, and other users. University libraries are big repositories of information and knowledge from all fields of learning to the academic... Continue Reading

The study was carried out to determine the information and communication technology use for scholarly communication among academics in Nigerian universities, with specific reference to knowledge generation and communication. It also looked at the difficulties faced by academics in generating and communicating knowledge. The study was... Continue Reading

This study investigated the training needs of librarians for digital library projects in the federal university libraries in South-South zone of Nigeria. It examined the skills required by librarians for building digital libraries as well as rendering digital library services, technological skills possessed by librarians for digital... Continue Reading

Despite the processing and propagation of library resources, a key trait of a university library is the services based around personal interaction between users and the library staff. Libraries should make sure that these services show proper levels of customer care and that the information given to the users is useful and at the right... Continue Reading

The construction of females in the media and popular culture remains a topical discourse. Dominant literature in the subject shows that the media are phallocentric and patriarchal. This study examines the construction of South African women in the film Isibaya. The study is guided by Africana Womanism and Critical Political Economy of the... Continue Reading

Abstact INTRODUCTION This study examines the socialness of online social media, specifically WhatsApp and Facebook. Literature (Papacharissi 2010, Bauman 2013), shows that online social media helps in creating communities, bonds, socializing and gatherings just like organic communities. Facebook users can claim to have hundreds of friends in their... Continue Reading

This study examined peace reporting by Nation newspapers in the run up to the 2013  elections. In the run up to the 2013 general elections, Kenyans were constantly reminded  of the 2007/2008 post election violence through newspaper reporting. Since the media is  inextricably connected to elections, seemingly there was the need to interrogate... Continue Reading

Social media platforms have revolutionised the way users communicate, by providing an open and vast platform to discuss about the sensitive and stigmatized issues of the society. Social media is increasing with ubiquity, this research aims to seek and understand the role of social media and its engagement with users for diffusion of... Continue Reading

The research was conducted at the Parliament of Uganda. The parliament is situated in Central Division Kampala District. Much of the field work was carried out at the parliament premises, though other tours were made at the head offices of Uganda Human Rights Commission (Ntinda Nakawa Division). The researcher carried out the research on the Topic... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS viii ABSTRACT ix CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Introduction I I . I Background to the Study .~ I . I . I Contextual Background 2 I . 1 .2 The Present Context: Refugee and asylum seeking procedures in Uganda 4 I .2 Statement of the... Continue Reading

TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT iv TABLE OF CONTENTS V LIST OF TABLES vii LIST OF FIGURES viii ABSTRACT IX CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction I Background of the Study 1 .2 Contextual background 3 1.3 Problem Statement 6 1.4 Purpose of the Study 7 1.5 Objectives of the study 7 1.6 Research Questions... Continue Reading

The study aimed at accessing the relationship betweei. Uganda’s Mm istry of Foreign Affairs and policy implementation in East African Community. The objectives of the .study were; to examine the role of Uganda’s .Minis~y of Foreign Affairs on policy implementation in East African community, to identify the challenges faced by... Continue Reading

Spectrum is a vital requisite for growth enhancement in this Digital Economy, and the efficient way of managing the use of the spectrum resources is very important. In recent years, wireless and mobile data traffic in Nigeria has increased dramatically and requires significant portion of spectrum. However, accommodating this unprecedented... Continue Reading

Institution of higher education face a higher level of information security incidence and compromise such as data and information theft, malicious program infection, attack on the information systems infrastructure and computer network. The antagonistic impact of information security incidence includes compromise of confidential data and... Continue Reading

Modern-day businesses have come to realise the importance of collaborating business processes and functional areas within an organisation. Enterprising Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been developed to fulfil that role - seamless integration of functional areas and business processes across departments of an organisation. In-line... Continue Reading

The aim of this project is to design and construct an automated irrigation and monitoring system for a greenhouse. In this project, we design a system that uses data’s related to a greenhouse environment and yield status to control the designed system for the greenhouse. A greenhouse requires regular monitoring. The current system of... Continue Reading

Academic libraries have become one stop information access points for members of the university and its community. In keeping pace with technological trends, academic libraries are focusing on the larger social and spatial context; through provision of electronic information resources for both local and remote users to enhance access to... Continue Reading

The process of selecting pipeline route is very complicated, selection of the optimal path is based on a verity of considerations (environmental and technical considerations) such as topography, geology, land use, population distribution and soil of the study area. The study area of this research is the South Kordofan. The least cost path... Continue Reading

The management of Jigawa State College of Education had made several efforts to educate both staff and students on the importance of using c-library resources. In the face of all the efforts, the utilization of the college c-library resource by the students and staff is still low. This study investigated the factors that affect the... Continue Reading