Lending
Ausleihe

New Library and Terrace Goethe-Institut/Humphrey Gateri

The  renovated and modernised library has current printed and audiovisual media both in German and English. The library extends to the terace with offers such as spaces for artistic round tables, a kids corner and a digital corner .

Our collection contains about 3500 printed and audiovisual media. We also have magazines and newspapers with current information about Germany:

  • German language learning books
  • Translations of German authors into
  • English
  • Kids‘ media
  • Art, Film, theatre and photography books
  • Reference works and dictionaries
  • Africana section
  • Databases for research purposes
  • DVDs and CDs
  • Free WIFI
The media collection in our information centre is updated regularly. The main areas covered by our collection are:
  • Literature
  • Kids books
  • German Culture
  • Social Sciences
  • Language
  • Art
  • German Geography
  • Photography
The library is open to the general public. Reference use of the library and information centre is free of charge. To borrow books and other materials, you need a valid library card. To obtain one, simply fill out a membership application form and pay the necessary membership fee.

Library cards are available at the following rates:
  • Adults Ksh 800 per year
  • Students and kids Ksh 400 per year
  • Internal students- Free of charge

Loan periods: 

Books: 3 weeks 
CDs, CD-ROMs and DVDs; 1 week

Renewals:

The loan period may be extended, provided that other library users have not reserved the materials. One can either contact the librarian for an extension or grant themselves the extension through their personal OPAC accounts. The librarian will help you set up the personalised library account.