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MASENO UNIVERSITY GENERAL INFORMATION

THE LIBRARY SERVICES Some specialist Areas within the Library
• Special Collection, Manuscripts and Books
The University Library system is comprised of the College Campus • Science, Education, Arts, Engineering, Medicine
the Siriba Campus, the Resource Centre, the School of Graduate studies, • Social Science
and Kisumu Campus Libraries. The numerous numbers of the • Law
Libraries underlines its importance to all the faculties. • 50 PCs with full access to the Internet, data bases and with printing
The Library service has a combined stock of approximately 140,000 facilities
volumes of journals and other reading materials. In addition, the Library
subscribes to over 30,000 ejournals and eBooks for access by registered Library Services Provided
members through the elibrary at http://elibrary.maseno.ac.ke.
• Specialist Information Staff to help and guide you with your subject
Consult the library assistant on the outline plan of the book stock, which areas
is organized in accordance with the Library of Congress Classification • Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
Scheme. Once you are a registered student at Maseno University, you will • Off- campus access to digital information aided by the use of EZproxy
receive an ID card and 4 library cards. This automatically entitles you to • Library Orientation Tours in first semester for the new students
full membership of the library. • General Information Service to direct and help you on where to go and
As well as printed sources, Information Technology is being increasingly whom to talk to for your Library needs
employed by the Library to ensure comprehensive and easy access to the • Subject-based Research Information Service
growing electronic resources available locally and other data networks. • Access to the Internet available at the Library
Books in demand, stored at the resource section, may be borrowed for • Photocopying and Printing facilities
2hours, others for an overnight. Certain categories of material, i.e. desk • Bindery services
reserve, reference and periodicals may only be consulted in the Library. • Access past examination papers

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