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Position: Lecturer
Department: Library and Information Science
Contact Address: P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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Area of Specialization: Information Science
Research Interests: Information Policy, Knowledge Management


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Publications

  • 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).

Referred Journals

  • Maina, Kamau (2012). Traditional knowledge management: Intersections with library and information science. International Information and Library Review.
  • 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.
  • Maina, Kamau. (2007). What patents tell: Limitations of patent-based indicators of innovation. Journal of Law, Ethics, and Intellectual Property, 1(1).

Conference/Workshops/Seminar Papers
Conference Papers

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Workshops Papers

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Maina, Kamau. (2007). Economics of information & intellectual property. Perspectives on Library and Information Science. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario.
  • 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.

Student Co-authored Publications

  • 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.
  • 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.