On December 1st, 2022 the Kisumu County Deputy Governor Dr. Mathews Ochieng Owili and his team visited Kisumu Campus Library and was impressed at the enormous resources and modern infrastructure put in place by the University.
His visit came at the invitation of the Associate Dean Prof. Charles Rambo and was led on a tour of the library by member of staff Mr. Solomon Matanda
Professor Sari Anne Lindblom (Rector) Professor Hanna Kylikki Sneillman (Vice Rector) and Dr. Anna-Maria Kristina Salmi (Head of Development, International Affairs) University of Helsinki Visited Mahatma Gandhi Graduate library on 29th November 2022.
On the 18th of November 2022, a team from the library, led by the Director, LIS was hosted at Koitaleel Samoei University College at a training event tailored to transfer knowledge.
Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library was privileged on 17th November 2022 to be visited by one of the schools from Nairobi county namely Nairobi Milimani Secondary School.
Members of staff on hand engaged them by taking them through our services as well as our vast collection of information resources.
JOVE Product Specialist Keyu Sumaria paid a courtesy call to the Director Library & Information Services on 11th November 2022. The courtesy call marked the end of Keyu’s trip to Kenya where he visited various academic institutions.
The Library has organized its 9th Open Access & Academic Integrity week. This gives the Library an opportunity to interact with stakeholders for service feedback and to market its services. This is a university-wide occasion that aims to increase awareness on digital library and the importance of academic integrity to students, staff and other stakeholders.
Professor Adrian Wekulo Mukhebi donated two copies of his biography titled "The Climb to the Mountain Top: The Making of a Professor" to the Library & Information Services department on October 14th, 2022. Professor Mukhebi retired from UON Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics.
He is currently a Professor Emeritus at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science & Technology.
The Library in collaboration with JOVE has organized for training/sensitization of the JOVE products. The JOVE team will visit the University of Nairobi on 26th, 27th and 28th October 2022 to demonstrate how the products work.
The University Annual Sports Day was held on Friday, 14th October 2022 at the Chancellor’s Court. This is a day when the university community get to engage in sporting activities together, appreciate talents and defend championships.
Sports for competition include: Football, Basketball, Rugby and Volleyball, Handball, Swimming, Athletics, Badminton, Scrabble, Chess, Darts, Creative games and Tug-of-War.
On the 22nd September 2022 two library staff attended an informal DSpace users meeting
