Tom Kwanya

Tom KwanyaTom Kwanya is a Professor in the Department of Information and Knowledge Management, the Technical University of Kenya. He is currently also serving as the Director of the School of Information and Communication Studies. Prior to joining academics fulltime in 2013, he worked as a consultant on public information and knowledge management. Prof. Kwanya is a published author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, two university-level books, several conference papers and four edited books. He has also supervised and examined several postgraduate dissertations and theses. He has served as an external examiner of information science in several universities in Kenya and abroad. He sits in the Information Science Services Technical Committee of the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).

Publications

Sweepstakes or Strategy?: Enhancing Webometric Rankings of Universities in Kenya
Sweepstakes or Strategy?: Enhancing Webometric Rankings of Universities in Kenya
Tom Kwanya. © 2023. 31 pages.
This chapter demonstrates that the Webometrics ranking of universities in Kenya is an inevitable product of strategic actions and not luck. The chapter specifically demystifies...
Mixed Methods and Quality of Postgraduate Research: A Kenyan Perspective
Mixed Methods and Quality of Postgraduate Research: A Kenyan Perspective
Tom Kwanya. © 2022. 26 pages.
This chapter analysed the extent, nature, and suitability of use of mixed methods research by postgraduate students in Kenya as well as its influence on the quality of their...
Social Bookmarking in Digital Libraries: Intellectual Property Rights Implications
Social Bookmarking in Digital Libraries: Intellectual Property Rights Implications
Tom Kwanya. © 2021. 19 pages.
This chapter elucidates the concept of social bookmarking, its benefits in digital libraries as well as the implications of its use on the intellectual property rights of the...
Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries
Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries
Adeyinka Tella, Tom Kwanya. © 2018. 461 pages.
Taking into consideration the variety of information being created, produced, and published, the acquisition and archiving of e-resources by digital libraries is rapidly...
Social Bookmarking in Digital Libraries: Intellectual Property Rights Implications
Social Bookmarking in Digital Libraries: Intellectual Property Rights Implications
Tom Kwanya. © 2018. 18 pages.
This chapter elucidates the concept of social bookmarking, its benefits in digital libraries as well as the implications of its use on the intellectual property rights of the...
Application of Web 2.0 Tools in Libraries in Africa: A Reality Check
Application of Web 2.0 Tools in Libraries in Africa: A Reality Check
Tom Kwanya, Christine Stilwell. © 2018. 29 pages.
The emergence of Web 2.0, the read/write social web, has prompted a momentous change in the way library users seek information, communicate, and collaborate. This trend is...
Information Seeking Behaviour in Digital Library Contexts
Information Seeking Behaviour in Digital Library Contexts
Tom Kwanya. © 2018. 25 pages.
The environment in which library services are currently offered has changed drastically. The volume of information has grown enormously; the variety of information, its sources...
Information Seeking Behaviour in Digital Library Contexts
Information Seeking Behaviour in Digital Library Contexts
Tom Kwanya. © 2016. 25 pages.
The environment in which library services are currently offered has changed drastically. The volume of information has grown enormously; the variety of information, its sources...
Enhancing the Competitive Advantage of Libraries through Social Media Marketing
Enhancing the Competitive Advantage of Libraries through Social Media Marketing
Tom Kwanya, Christine Stilwell. © 2015. 23 pages.
The available evidence reveals that although librarians have made good progress in adapting library services and products to current realities, usage of libraries remains low....
Application of Web 2.0 Tools in Libraries in Africa: A Reality Check
Application of Web 2.0 Tools in Libraries in Africa: A Reality Check
Tom Kwanya, Christine Stilwell. © 2015. 28 pages.
The emergence of Web 2.0, the read/write social web, has prompted a momentous change in the way library users seek information, communicate, and collaborate. This trend is...