MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY POLICY

Abstract

MMUST’s vision is to be a premier university in Science and Technology. This is made possible through several pillars and services which include teaching and research. The University’s Institutional Repository is housed in the library whose quality objective is to facilitate the teaching, learning and research functions of MMUST through acquisition, organization & dissemination of information resources. The digital Institutional repository is meant to compliment the traditional Theses, Dissertations, Workshop proceedings, researches and other documents that are in the library. It further moves to assure all our users and the rest of the world of free access to the uploaded materials besides providing a better platform of preserving these materials This policy document therefore guides deeply on which materials to be submitted, how the materials will be submitted, their retention, replacement and withdrawal.