Egerton University - MR. ROTICH KENNETH

MR. ROTICH KENNETH

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Designation: ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN I
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Job Category: Non-Teaching
Phone Number: +254722324351
Division / Faculty: Division of Academic Affairs
Directorate / Dept: UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Section: Main Campus
Office Extension No.: 3453
Address: P.O. BOX 536 EGERTON

SUMMARY

ORCID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=srOCnUkAAAAJ
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=srOCnUkAAAAJ

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

January 2023- :Candidate, Phd Information Science, Kirinyaga University

2010-2013: Master of Library and Information Science, Kenyatta University

2005-2007: Bachelor of Information Sciences, Moi University

1991-1994: Diploma, Kenya Polytechnic

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Digital Libraries
Systems Librarianship
Research Data Management

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Systems Librarianship
Research Data Management
Library Information Science

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Rotich, K. K. (2021). Investigating the Relevance of Library Information Science Curriculum to Systems Librarians at Kenya’s Schools of Information Sciences. International Information & Library Review, 53(2), 181–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2021.1909268
Rotich, K. (2015). Implementation of discovery tools at St. Paul’s University: challenges, experience and opportunities. Maktaba : Official Journal of the Kenya Library Association, 11(1), 88–96.
Rotich, K. (2013, November). Challenges faced by librarians in implementation of federated search tools: a study on Kabarak University and St. Paul’s University. Kenyatta University, Nairobi.
Rotich, K. (2016). Investigating factors hampering the adoption of ETD technologies by PhD students. Presented at the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2016): “Data and Dissertations.”

CONFERENCES & INVITED PRESENTATIONS

August 18^th -19^th, 2023: Automation of School Libraries. Kisumu City

February 24^th, 2022 and May 11^th, 2022. workshops on Open Journal Systems (OJS) and open science

Kenyatta University and Moi University respectively

May 2^nd, - July 30^th, 2020. Research Data Management Librarian Academy

Online through CANVAS Network

July 3^rd – 4^th, October 2^nd -4^th, 2017: KLISC/INASP capacity building for sustainability - University of Nairobi/United States International University-Africa

May – July 2016: Monitoring and Evaluation of E-Resource Use (MEERU) - E-learning Mode

11-13 June 2016: 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations - University de Lille, France

June 14th-July 4th, 2009: Practical training on establishing Institutional Repositories - University of Pittsburgh, United States

June 2014: Training on Discovery tools - BRAC University, Bangladesh

August 22-23^rd 2010: Web discovery tools - University of Nairobi

Oct.2010: Linux Software training, St. Paul’s University

June 10th-13th, 2009: Symposium on Electronic Thesis and Dissertations - University of Pittsburgh, United States

March 18th-20^th, 2009: Institutional Repositories - University of Nairobi

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