The East African School Of Library And Information Science (abbr. EASLIS) is a school under the College of Computing and Information Sciences of Makerere University that provides higher education in the field of library and information science. It is based in Kampala, Uganda. It is a member of iSchools, a consortium directed to understanding the role of information in nature and human culture.
History
editIn 1959, after being commissioned to write a report on the state of librarianship in East Africa, Sidney Hockey came up with the recommendation to start a school of librarianship.With financial assistance from UNESCO, it was established in 1963 as the East African School of Librarianship (EASL) at the then Makerere University College, a constituent college of the University of East Africa[1][2].It was meant to be a regional library school to train the library personnel from the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika ,Zanzibar and Mauritius[3]. In 1995, its name was changed to East African School of Library and Information Science to reflect the component of Information Science[4].
After the , the EASL ceased
Programming and academic programmes
editEASL started by offering 2 academic programmes - a Certificate
Library and Information Science
editThe school introduced an undergraduate degree course in library and information science in 1989[5]. EASLIS further introduced a PhD in Information Science programme in 2004[6]
Records and Archives Management
editIn 1999, EASLIS started offering a Diploma in Records and Archives Management and later in 2009, a bachelors program in the same discipline[7]
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ Abidi, S.A.H (1980). "Library training programmes in East Africa: an evaluation". Unesco Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archive Administration. 2 (3): 161–165.
- ^ Saith, S.S. (1973). "East African School of Librarianship, July 1968 - November 1972". UNESCO.
- ^ Otike, Japhet (2017). "Library and Information Science education in Anglophone Africa: Past, present and future". Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 9 (9): 66–74 – via AJOL.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|title=at position 64 (help) - ^ Lutwama, Edith, Kigongo-Bukenya, I.M.N (10 March 2004). "A tracer study of the East African School of Library and Information Science graduates 1995–1999 working in Uganda". South Africa Journal of Libraries and Information Science. 70 (2): 99–109 – via SABINET African Journals.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|title=at position 77 (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Okello-Obura, Constant; Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. N. (2011-08-07). "Library and Information Science Education and Training in Uganda: Trends, Challenges, and the Way Forward". Education Research International. 2011: e705372. doi:10.1155/2011/705372. ISSN 2090-4002.
- ^ https://www.scecsal.org/countryreports/ulia_report_2008.pdf
- ^ Ngulube, Patrick, ed. (2018). Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation:. Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies. IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-3137-1. ISBN 978-1-5225-3137-1.