Library Cultural Day /Open and Academic Integrity Week 2025

May 21, 2025, is World Cultural Day, a globally recognized event celebrating cultural diversity and inclusivity. In step with the global recognition of this event, and in line with the Library Performance Contract target 2024/2025, the University of Nairobi Library and Information Services will be holding a Library Cultural Day on April 8^th 2025 to celebrate cultural diversity and showcase tacit knowledge.

The Library Department is also holding a Library Open and Academic Integrity week, scheduled to run from 8^th to 11^th April 2025. The theme of this year’s event is “The Future of Knowledge and Open Access: Balancing Technology and Academic Ethics.” The event will be blended i.e., Physical user engagement and on-site exhibitions at three host faculty Libraries (Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, and Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine), while the online training and interactive presentation sessions will be conducted virtually, bringing on board audiences from the entire University fraternity. 

This will be an opportunity to interact with stakeholders and to market library services.

Objectives of Cultural/Library Open & Academic Integrity Week 

1.      Showcasing Library information Resources and services

2.      Open access movement discussions at the university to enhance research visibility and knowledge diffusion.

3.      To re-emphasize the trajectory towards ethical scholarly writing practices. 

4.      Appreciate cultural diversity, different communities’ practices and embrace inclusivity in work places.

5.      Showcase local tacit knowledge

The following table provides the areas of capacity building to be covered and the training links for 9^th to 11^th April 2025:

Please do not hesitate to contact the Department through the Library Helpdesk link below for further inquiries: https://uonlibrary.uonbi.ac.ke/library-helpdesk.