Garissa University
Oasis of Innovation
Construction of A perimeter Wall To Keep Our Students and Staff Safe and Secure
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Construction of A perimeter Wall To Keep Our Students and Staff Safe and Secur...
Garissa University College sensitizes staff on work ethics and professionalism.
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Garissa University College sensitizes staff on work ethics and professionalism.
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Garissa University Students governing council attended leadership induction meant to mentor them
Sunday, 09 April 2017
The students were taken through various topics; financial management and accountability,...
Calls for Unity and Coexistence as the University Mark the Second Anniversary of the Attack
Sunday, 02 April 2017
Calls for Unity and Coexistence as the University Mark the Second Anniversary of...
The library acquires materials through the following methods:
Library Services
Electronic Books and Journals
| Electronic Books in subscription | |
| De Gruyter LIS Books | http://www.degruyter.com/ |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | http://www.britannica.com/ |
| Ebrary | http://www.ebrary.com/ |
| Oxford English Dictionary Online | http://global.oup.com/ |
| SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO) | http://srmo.sagepub.com/ |
| Taylor & Francis | http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/ |
| Electronic Journalsin subscription | |
| American Institute of Physics journals | https://publishing.aip.org |
| American Physical Society | http://publish.aps.org/ |
| Annual Reviews | http://www.annualreviews.org/ |
| ASA - Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) | http://asa.aip.org/ |
| British Institute of Radiology Journals | http://www.birpublications.org/ |
| British Library Direct | http://direct.bl.uk/bld/Home.do |
| Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Journals Online | http://www.cambridge.org/ |
| Cochrane Library | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/ |
| De Gruyter LIS Books | http://www.degruyter.com/ |
| EBSCO Host Research Databases | http://www.ebscohost.com/ |
| EBSCO Religion and Theology Collection | http://www.ebscohost.com/ |
| Edinburgh University Press Developing Countries Initiative | http://www.euppublishing.com/ |
| Emerald Management 120 eJournal Collection | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ |
| Expanded Academic and Health & Wellness Resource Center | http://www.gale.cengage.com/ |
| Geological Society - The Lyell Collection Complete | http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ |
| HST - Libraries in a Digital Age | http://hstalks.com/ |
| HST - The Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection | http://hstalks.com/ |
| IMF eLibrary | http://www.imf.org/ |
| Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) | http://www.informs.org/ |
| IOP Publishing- IOPscience | http://publishing.iop.org/ |
| JSTOR | http://www.jstor.org/ |
| Liebert Online | http://www.liebertpub.com/ |
| Nature Publishing Group Journals | http://www.nature.com/ |
| OSA Journals | http://www.osa.org/ |
| OUP - E-Books Oxford English Dictionary Online | http://www.oup.com/ |
| OUP - Oxford Journals | http://www.oup.com/ |
| Palgrave Macmillan Journals | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ |
| Project MUSE books | http://muse.jhu.edu/ |
| Project MUSE journals | http://muse.jhu.edu/ |
| Royal Society - Royal Society Journals Online | http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journals |
| Royal Society for Chemistry - RSC Journals Archive | http://pubs.rsc.org/ |
| Sage Online Journals | http://www.sagepub.com/ |
| Taylor & Francis eBestseller Packages | http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/ |
| Taylor & Francis Journals | http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/ |
| University of California Press | http://www.ucpressjournals.com/ |
| University of Chicago Journals | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ |
| Wiley Online Library HSS | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ |
| Wiley Online Library STM | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ |
| World Bank eLibrary | http://www.worldbank.org/ |
| Freely Available Electronic Books | |
| Directory of Open Access Books | http://www.doabooks.org/ |
| InTechOpen | http://www.intechopen.com/ |
| FreeBooks4Doctors | http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/ |
| Medical Student | http://www.medicalstudent.com/ |
| Online Books | http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ |
| Open Book Publishers | http://www.openbookpublishers.com/ |
| Project Gutenberg | http://www.gutenberg.org/ |
| The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/ |
Iddi Juma
Ag University Librarian
DPhl. (Moi), MPhil. (Moi), BSc. (Moi)
GUC library is the heart of all the academic activities. The library was established in 1996 along with Garissa Teachers College. The current library was operationalized in January, 2006 and one staff was hired to manage the library services. As the college continued to grow and expand the library grew in terms of collections obtaining much of the collections as donations and gift. On 5th of September 2013, a committee was established to set up and restructure the library to university status. The committee recommended the hiring of more professional staff as well as acquire additional materials that were in line and suitable for university education, research and community service.
The Vision of the library is to be a prestigious academic library in the field of education, research, innovation and user centred services. The library’s mission is to promote a dynamic learning environment in research and innovation based on quality user centred information services that enhance teaching, learning and research activities
To achieve this mission, the library strives to Continuously assess the needs of library users to which it responds by acquiring and providing relevant and up-to-date reading materials, information systems and services, provide expertise and support for the users to harness maximum value from the library and also provide a serene environment that is conducive for study, research and innovation.
The current library structure can accommodate about 500 users but plans are underway to construct an ultramodern library facility that can accommodate over 5,000 users. This will be able to cater for the foreseeable learning, research and community service needs and functions of the university.
