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The Kenya National Library Service [1] (KNLS) is a corporate body of the Kenyan government with a mandate to "promote, establish, equip, manage, maintain and develop libraries in Kenya". [2] In its service provision, knls plays a dual role of Public Library and National library of Kenya. [3]
The National Library and the public libraries are both the functions of Kenya National Library Service [1] which is mandated by the law under Cap 225 of the Laws of Kenya, April 1965. Currently there is one National Library which is located at Community-Upper Hill, Nairobi. There are 64 public libraries spread in different parts of the country. [2]
A "♦" indicates a national library of a province or state, or constituent country or dependent state [neutrality is disputed]. It is listed under the sovereign state which governs that entity. Sovereign states are listed even when they have no national library or when the existence and name of a national library could not yet be ascertained.
McMillan Memorial Library, 1936. The McMillan Memorial Library is the only building in Kenya protected by a specific Act of Parliament, the McMillan Memorial Library Act Cap 217 of 1938 which provided that the library was for the exclusive use of Europeans in addition to the usual conditions for preservation of monuments.
knls, Kibera Community Library is one of the 64 branches in the Kenya National Library Service network, it is located in Kibera which is one of the biggest impoverished settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. [1] It is home to an estimated one million people covering an area of 2.5 square kilometres.
The Acts gives the mandate to Kenya National Library Service and the Registrar of Books and Newspapers. According to the Act, publishers should deposit two copies with the Director, Kenya National Library Service and not more than three copies to the Registrar of Books and Newspapers as it may be specified. The regulations were last reviewed in ...
Stanley Kamanga Nganga born December 19, 1951, is a prominent Kenyan librarian and former Director of the Kenya National Library Service. He is notable for his research and efforts in bringing library services to rural areas of Kenya.
The Kenya National Archives and Documentation Services (KNADS) is situated at the edge of the central business district in downtown Nairobi along Moi Avenue next to Ambassadeur Hotel. [1] The archives look out on the landmark Hilton Hotel, while on the rear side is Tom Mboya street. [ 2 ]