KWUST Library is a modern working university library, providing a full range of high quality services based on both print and electronic media to university students, faculty staff and external readers from other universities in Kenya. It operates within the vision of making “KWUST the premier institution of academic excellence with a global perspective in the world.”
Library holdings consist of books (circulation and reference), periodicals, newspapers, indexing and abstracting journals, audio-visual materials, research papers and pamphlets. Formal inter-library loan agreement with major libraries is currently being sought.
Library Mission
To acquire, process and provide quality information and services, to advance life-long training and learning processes that will empower the community through education and research.
Library Vision
To acquire, process and provide quality information and services, to advance life-long training and learning processes that will empower the community through education and research.
Library objectives
To acquire, develop, organize and secure library materials.
To provide services, such as instruction to users, to reach out to the KWUST academic community and the immediate environ.
To forge good partnerships with other institutions and organisations locally and internationally.
To encourage innovativeness and skills development of staff and to capitalize on new and evolving Information Technology.
To preserve and disseminate KWUST University’s intellectual output as a contribution to society through creation of local content.
Browse For Electronic Resources (e-Journals) Links
- Emerald Insight Journals
- Harvard Business Review
- AJOL
- ALUKA
- American Physical Society
- Annual Reviews
- Cambridge Journals Online
- Edinburg University Press
- Emerald Publishing Group Limited
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- JSTOR
- Optical Society of America
- Oxford University Press – Oxford Journals
Ask the library
Search For Electronic Resources (e-Journals)
You can now access the Library off campus. OPAC, e-journals, e-books, institutional repository and the library catalog are all accessible online directly from the KWUST website.
To access the library resources go to the menu and select library then library resources and from the drop down menu select either e-books, e-resources or OPAC.
Enter your login details in the following format:
username: enter your library number
password: lastname.firstname
For example if your library number is 123 and your name is Jane Doe these will be your login details:
username: 123
password: doe.jane
Our library services include Issue Desk, Short Loan, Course Text collection, Information Desk. General Circulation Books (A-Z), Course Texts and Reference Books are housed here. This floor also provides office accommodation for the Senior Librarian. The technical room is also located here where the processing and photocopying of materials is done.
Opening Hours
| Semester Session | Vacation | ||
| Day | Time | Day | Time |
| Monday-Friday | 7.00 am-7.00 pm | Monday-Friday | 7.00 am- 7.00 pm |
| Saturday | 7.00 am-7.00 pm | Saturday | 7.00am-7.00 pm |
| Sunday | Closed | Sunday | Closed |
| Public Holidays | Closed | Public Holidays | Closed |
