New Nakuru library opens its doors!
As a provincial library, Nakuru library was initially set up to cater for the needs of the expansive Rift Valley province. According to the 2009 census, Nakuru County has a population of 1,603,325 and is expected to continue growing as more and more people migrate into the county in search of arable land and to exploit the business opportunities available in the region. Nakuru town is the fourth largest urban centre in Kenya after Nairobi Mombasa and Kisumu with an estimated population of over 500,000 people.
The library catchment area covers Nakuru town, Njoro-Mau Summit, Kuresoi, Subukia-Nyahururu, and Marigat-Eldama Ravine regions. As the main business hub for the region, Nakuru has experienced significant growth in both the business and education sector where almost every public university has established a satellite campus in the town. While this provides a ready market for the library, it also poses capacity challenges as the current library is inadequate to cater for this large population. Within Nakuru Municipality, the library serves 26 primary schools, 18 Secondary schools, over 20 colleges and higher learning institutions, health facilities, banks and Non-governmental organizations.
Knls libraries scoop top positions in LOYA
Library of the Year Award (LOYA) is an annual event where all libraries compete in different categories and excellence, innovation and creativity are recognized and rewarded. The organizers and the library fraternity believe that the development of Kenya will only be realized if access to knowledge for all is given top priority. The message to all librarians and information managers is that they must play a central role in providing information services.
The prerequisite for this is to have modern, well equipped and user-friendly libraries manned by well trained librarians and information professionals. The Library of the Year Award aims to inject more professionalism, creativity and innovation in the library scene in Kenya.
National Library of Kenya under construction
The Nairobi area library has experienced significant growth in terms of the number of users who visit the library on a regular basis. A visit to the library can attest to this as one is likely to witness large crowds of people congregated at the library entrance in the early morning hours as they await official opening time. While the population of Nairobi has continued to grow with more people requiring library services, the library has not been able to keep pace with this growth, thus the existing facilities are inadequate to cater for this growing number of users. The Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) therefore faces the challenge of adequately catering for this increasing number of library users as well as responding to their diverse needs (see above picture where library users queue to gain access to the limited spaces at the Nairobi Area library)
CLOSURE OF LIBRARIES
I.RELOCATION OF NAKURU LIBRARY
KNLS Board has completed the construction of a five-story modern library facility in Nakuru town. The old library in Bondeni off Kalewa road shall remain closed on Friday 22nd and 23 June 2012 to facilitate the relocation of library services to the new facility located in between Moi and Moses Mudavadi road.
We gladly welcome all the Nakuru County residents to maximumly make use of the available information sources.
II. ANNUAL STOCK TAKING
All our libraries countrywide shall remain closed from Monday 25th June to Saturday 30th June 2012 to facilitate annual stock taking exercise. Kindly note that during this period, only those library customers returning borrowed books shall be served. Normal services in all the libraries shall resume on Monday 2nd July 2012 at 8.00 am.
We highly regret any inconveniences caused. For further enquiries contact us
Tel No. 0722860567, 020 2158352; Fax: 2721749
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