Latest News & Announcements

On April 23, 2025, the Library received a generous donation of 600 science books, primarily focusing on biology, from Dr. Maarten Kapelle, a renowned scientist and currently the Chief of the Scientific Assessment Branch at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This valuable contribution significantly enhances the Library’s scientific collection and supports academic and research efforts in the biological sciences.

The library held an open user engagement forum for students with disabilities on 17th April 2025 in the board room. This is a forum where the library staff meets with various groups of users to discuss how best they can deliver services to them. This was the second forum for students with disabilities; the first one was held in June last year.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Margaret Jesang Hutchinson, visited Kisumu Campus on Thursday, March 27, 2025, accompanied by senior members of the University management, including the Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Brian Ouma.

During her visit, she toured the library, where she was received by the Librarian in charge, Madam Jane Opiyo. She assessed the library’s readiness ahead of the arrival of first-year Module One students expected in the coming intake.

A group of Law students from North Western University, USA, visited the UoN Law library. The team was accompanied by one of our fourth-year law students and had a guided library tour conducted by the Law library staff. The students are in Kenya, conducting legal research on the use of social media by law students. They were very excited by the fact that they could locate some of the print resources in the Faculty of Law library that they use back at their university, a confirmation that the UoN library is an excellent world-class information center. 

Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) is a university-based program. SAWBO transforms extension information on relevant topics, such as agriculture, disease, and women's empowerment, into 2D, 2.5D, and 3D animations, which are then voice-overlaid into a diversity of languages from around the world.

The 69th United Nations Habitat, World Bank, University Librarians Workshop was held at the United States International University (USIU) on the 28th of February, 2025. Mr. George Nyalwal represented the University of Nairobi on behalf of the Director of Library Services.

Mr. Nyalwal, the Deputy Director of Library Services and in charge of planning, presented a report on the state and progress of the University of Nairobi library, including efforts to migrate to the open-source KOHA library management system from V-Smart, a commercial system.

The Library department is pleased to inform you that the University Of Nairobi now has single sign-on

The Better Evidence for Training Donation Program for Up-to-date team visited the Faculty of Health Science at the University of Nairobi on Monday, December 9th, 2024.

The visit was meant to provide the library with an opportunity to showcase its contribution towards the mission of the implementation of up-to-date programs at the university for future consideration for donations. Currently, the donation is for a period of five years from 2021 to 2026. At the moment, we have David Kimani (Lead Champion) Nelly Odiambo, and Kefa Makori as the Up-to-date Champions.

During the biannual International Mau Mau Conference, organized by the Department of History and Archaeology, the library received a donation of two titles - "Mau Mau detainee" and "Kizuizini", from Mr. Joseph Muthee Murage, the author and former Mau Mau war veteran.

The Department of History and Archaeology held its Biannual Mau Mau Conference, October 16th to 18th 2024, themed “Mau Mau; Transitions & Contours of the Postcolonial State.”

The Library department was invited to participate alongside other exhibitors.

In line with the Conference theme, the library mounted an exhibition showcasing resources from