Conveners
KIC #2024.A: Registration / Opening
- Beatrice N. Luvale (Dedan Kimathi University)
- Paul Gichohi (Kenya Methodist University)
KIC #2024.A: Sub-theme: Data Management Services in Libraries and Information Centres
- Janegrace Kinyanjui (Egerton University)
- Twala Lemiso (NACADA)
KIC #2024.A: [Breakout Session] Sub-theme: Data Management Services in Libraries and Information Centres
- Evans Motari Momanyi (Lukenya University)
- Festus Ng'etich (JOOUST)
KIC #2024.A: [Breakout Session] Sub-theme: Policy and Legal Framework in Library and Information Services Transformation
- Naomy Mwaurah (Boma International Hospitality College)
- Miriam Ndungu (Co-operative University)
Description
Registration / Opening / Keynote Address
Research data management (RDM) has become increasingly recognized within the research community worldwide as critical in ensuring research quality, transparency, and reproducibility. As such, adequate legislation and policy frameworks are needed to guide the processes and ethical issues that may arise. This study examined the legal and policy framework governing RDM practices to recommend...
In the era of rapid data generation, researchers at Kenyan universities face challenges in effectively navigating, interpreting, and managing data. This study proposes a collaborative data literacy framework to enhance Kenyan data literacy initiatives, addressing critical areas for improved outcomes. Despite data ubiquity, researchers encounter management challenges. The primary objective of...
Publishers Q & A Session
Governments and organisations globally have developed legislations and regulations governing records management in general and specific contexts. However, such laws and regulations often fail to adequately address the management of records in digital environments. This study sought to examine legal and regulatory frameworks governing digital archives in selected public universities in Kenya,...
Research data are valuable resources that need to be curated and managed by research libraries as they are intricate and complex, irreplaceable, expensive, and time-consuming to replicate. However, The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act No.17 of 2013 do not define how research data generated by the research institutes should be managed, resulting in poor mechanisms for data curation...
The increasing demand for information by citizens and the need to protect individual data has impacted the provision of information across the world. Access to information in libraries and information centres in Kenya is governed by several laws and regulations that provide citizens with unhindered access to information. Data Protection Act provides for the protection of individual data by the...
Libraries and staff roles within the research ecosystem are expanding rapidly. Globally, there is a rise in mandates and policies from funders and publishers calling for research and associated research data to be made openly available in a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) way. Researchers bear the brunt of these policies - according to the annual State of Open Data 2022...
