Dr. Charles Kamau Maina

Research Interests

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Maina, Kamau (2012). Traditional knowledge management: Intersections with library and information science. International Information and Library Review.
2. Maina, Kamau. 2011. Power relations in the traditional knowledge protection debate: A critical analysis of forums. International Journal of Cultural Property, 18(2), 143-178.
3. Maina, Kamau. (2007). What patents tell: Limitations of patent-based indicators of innovation. Journal of Law, Ethics, and Intellectual Property, 1(1).
4. Chemulwo, Monicah, Muthee, Daniel, & Maina, C. K. (2020). Determining Users’ Perceptions of Librarians’ Emotional Intelligence at the MOI University and United States International University Libraries. International Journal of Research in Library Science. 6. 128.
5. Chemulwo, Monicah, Muthee, Daniel, Maina, C. K. & Wamae, Peter. (2020). Determining Users’ Perceptions of Librarians’ Quality Service at the Moi University and United States International University Libraries. The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies. 8.
6. Maina, C. Kamau. (2009). The traditional knowledge protection debate: Identifying and listening to the voices of traditional knowledge holders. PhD dissertation. University of Western Ontario (Canada).

Conference Papers

1. Maina, Kamau. (2004). Just-in-case or just-in-time library services: the option and usage valuation of libraries and information services. In H. Julien, & S. Thompson (Eds.), Proceedings of the Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS)
2. Maina, Kamau. (2003). Valuing information in an information age: the price model and the emerging information divide among individuals, societies, and nations. Proceedings of the Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS)
3. Maina, Kamau. (2010). Power structures in the traditional knowledge protection debate: A critical analysis of the forums. The 2nd International Conference on Information Capital, Property, and Ethics, Tampa, FL, U.S.A., October 20-22, 2010.
4. Maina, Kamau. (2005). Negotiating information poverty: The impact of the TRIPs Agreement on information access and flow in developing countries. In Paradoxes of citizenship: Environments, exclusions, equity. Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID), London, ON, Canada, June 2-4, 2005.
5. Maina, Kamau. (2005). What patents tell: Limitations of patent-based indicators of economic growth. Enlarging the Canadian Intellectual Property Academy Conference. London, ON, Canada, January 20-22, 2005.
6. Maina, Kamau. (2010). The political economy and economics of intellectual property. Perspectives on Library and Information Science. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario.
7. Maina, Kamau. (2008). Engaging knowledge holders in the traditional knowledge (TK) protection debate. Poster presentation. In Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., January 8-11, 2008.
8. Maina, Kamau. (2007). Economics of information & intellectual property. Perspectives on Library and Information Science. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario.
9. Maina, Kamau. (2005). Traditional knowledge protection in international law. International protection of intellectual property seminar, 15th March 2005. Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario.