PROF TOM JOSEPH MBOYA KWANYA :: :: STAFF EPORTAL - THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA

Faculty:	Social Sciences and Technology
School:	Information Science, Language and Communication Studies
Department:	Information and Library Science
Current Designation:	Professor, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES (DILCS)
Office Telephone:	+254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672
Official Email:	tkwanya@tukenya.ac.ke
Consultation Hours:	8AM-5PM MON - FRI

Level	Qualification Name	Institution	Year
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	INFORMATION STUDIES	UNIVERSITY of KWAZULU-NATAL(South Africa)	2011
Masters of Arts (MA)	COMMUNICATION STUDIES	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI(Kenya)	2005
Bachelor of Science (BSc)	INFORMATION SCIENCES	MOI UNIVERSITY(Kenya)	1996

Period	Institution	Position
August 2009 - October 2011	Ministry of Information & Broadcasting	PUBLIC INFORMATION CONSULTANT
Nov 2011 - Nov 2012	FANIKISHA Project	Technical Advisor
October 2008 - July 2009	Africa Population and Health Research Centre(APHRC)	E-Communications Manager
2000 - 2003	AMREF	Webmaster
1997 - 1999	Net2000/A FRICA Online	Web Designer/Webmaster
2006 - -	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	Adjunct Lecturer
2012 - -	UNIVERSITY of KWAZULU-NATAL	Hon. Lecturer
Dec 2012 - -	Ministry of Information & Broadcasting	PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST

Infodemiology, infoveillance, indigenous knowledge systems, web publishing, social media, bibliometrics, informetrics, social network analysis, Web technologies

Indigenous knowledge knowledge research in Kenya: a bibliometric analysis

Indigenous knowledge systems

Title	Link to publication	Year
Library 2.0 versus other library service models: a critical analysis.	View online
Library 2.0 principles and Ranganathan’s fifth law	View online
The role of ICTs in health communication in Kenya	View online
Big data in land records management in Kenya: a fit and viability analysis.	View online
Library 3.0: intelligent libraries and apomediation.	View online
ICT Simplified: A Handbook for the Communication Worker	View online
Application of Web 2.0 tools in libraries in Africa: a reality check.	View online
Enhancing the competitive advantage of libraries through social media marketing	View online
Apomediated marketplace: effective ba for knowledge sharing and learning among local Civil Society Organisations in developing countries	View online
The effectiveness of ICT education in schools of journalism in Kenya	View online
Intelligent libraries and apomediators: distinguishing between Library 3.0 and Library 2.0	View online
A Competency Index for Research Librarians in Kenya	View online

Name	Project Title	Period
Mungou Cherotich	The Role of ICTs in conflict transformation and peace building in Mount Elgon region,Western Kenya	2011
Otunge, D	Awareness of and perceptions towards crop biotechnology:Case study of members of the seed Trade Asso	2012
Omondi,M	The place of public relations practice in government ministries in Kenya	2012
Kiptalam,S.C	The Cell-phone gender divide:gender analysis of the uses and gratifications of the Cell-phone among	2011

Title	Institution
MEMBER	Kenya Library Association (KLA)
MEMBER	Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK)
MEMBER	Computer Society of Kenya (CSK)

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