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

Faculty:	Kenya Poly(Before 2009)
School:	Kenya Poly(Before 2009)
Department:	Information and Knowledge Management
Current Designation:	Professor, INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCES (DILS)
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 pulication
Library 2.0 versus other library service models: a critical analysis.	http://lis.sagepub.com/content/44/3/145.abstract
Library 2.0 principles and Ranganathan’s fifth law	http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/59566413/library-2-0-principles-ranganathans-fifth-law
The role of ICTs in health communication in Kenya	http://www.isca.in/IJSS/Archive/v3/i10/5.ISCA-IRJSS-2014-185.pdf
Big data in land records management in Kenya: a fit and viability analysis.	http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783319086170-c2.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-1466005-p176836569
Library 3.0: intelligent libraries and apomediation.	http://store.elsevier.com/Library-3_0/Tom-Kwanya/isbn-9781843347187/
ICT Simplified: A Handbook for the Communication Worker	https://books.google.co.ke/books/about/ICT_Simplified.html?id=r0E7QwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Application of Web 2.0 tools in libraries in Africa: a reality check.	https://books.google.co.ke/books?id=bS91CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&dq=Application+of+Web+2.0+tools+in+libraries+in+Africa:+a+reality+check&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9EOWVcqyH4WC7gb15IGYDQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Application%20of%20Web%202.0%20tools%20in%20libraries%20in%20Africa%3A%20a%20reality%20check&f=false
Enhancing the competitive advantage of libraries through social media marketing	https://books.google.co.ke/books?id=bS91CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Enhancing+the+competitive+advantage+of+libraries+through+social+media+marketing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SkSWVaHVH-Pg7QbB5qPgAg&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Enhancing%20the%20competitive%20advantage%20of%20libraries%20through%20social%20media%20marketing&f=false
Apomediated marketplace: effective ba for knowledge sharing and learning among local Civil Society Organisations in developing countries	http://idv.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/03/07/0266666914521827.full.pdf+html
The effectiveness of ICT education in schools of journalism in Kenya	http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/effectiveness-of-ict-education-in-schools-of-journalism-in-kenya-2165-7912.1000221.php?aid=31005
Intelligent libraries and apomediators: distinguishing between Library 3.0 and Library 2.0	http://lis.sagepub.com/content/45/3/187
A Competency Index for Research Librarians in Kenya	http://www.researchgate.net/publication/268800913_A_Competency_Index_for_Research_Librarians_in_Kenya

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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