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A Report on the Survey of the eBooks and eLending in African Countries
(IFLA International Leaders Programme, 2014) Allen, Margaret; Kaddu, Sarah
The rise of eBooks and eLending in some regions such as north America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand libraries are facing a number of significant challenges in accessing eBook content and eLending to their users. Lack of access to content, varied pricing models, subscription licensing and privacy concerns are examples of the challenges faced by libraries. Whilst the situation in many parts of the world are well understood, the extent of eBooks, and eLending and the particular challenges for African libraries is less clear, particularly outside of academic libraries. Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent. It is about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands. It covers six percent of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area. With 1.1 billion people as of 2013, it accounts for about 15% of the world's human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagoes. It has 54 fully recognized sovereign states (UN Report, 2010).
Africa's Data Privacy Puzzle: Data Privacy Laws and Compliance in Selected African Countries
(University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal, 2023) Kaddu, Sarah; Ssekitto, Francis
This study sought to give a thorough analysis of data privacy legislation, compliance rates, enforcement strategies, and related issues in seventeen (17) African countries that were chosen for the study. The study's objectives were to assess the state of data privacy laws in selected African countries, analyse levels of compliance among entities operating within these countries, assess the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms, and identify and analyse the common challenges African countries face in complying with and enforcing data privacy laws. Researchers conducted a systematic review of 48 data privacy publications to gain a deep understanding of the complex data privacy landscape. This involved rigorous criteria for inclusion/exclusion, comprehensive search strategies, quality assessment, and data extraction/synthesis. While 15 African countries have implemented comprehensive data privacy legislation, two (Ethiopia and Burundi) rely on general regulations. The analysis found that regulatory bodies significantly enhance compliance, and highlighted recurring challenges such as insufficient public awareness, resource limitations, and complex governance structures. The research underscores the crucial role of dedicated legislation, public education, empowered regulatory authorities, and regional collaboration in guaranteeing data privacy rights in the digital age across Africa.
Collaboration in Digitising Cultural Heritage as a strategy to sustain access and sharing of cultural heritage information in Uganda
(2015) Kaddu, Sarah
Uganda has little of its cultural heritage within its boundaries. This is partly because of lack of systematic preservation, conservation and restoration of the Uganda cultural heritage. Worse still many of the cultural artifacts were exported by colonial masters while others were destroyed by natural disasters including fire, war and malicious ignorant people. Consequently, collaborative efforts within the country and outside the country must be taken to re-possess or find means to make basic research on cultural heritage to reinvigorate it. This would need collaboration within Uganda and outside Uganda. Consequently, digitization of cultural heritage has taken popular turn in Uganda as elsewhere in the world as a means of conservation and preservation of cultural heritage for posterity. Through cooperation between World Digital Library (WDL) and the National Library of Uganda (NLU) remarkable digitization of Uganda Cultural heritage has taken place. The aim of this research was to identify viable collaboration within and outside Uganda on digitisation of Uganda’s cultural heritage. The objectives that guided this research were to: establish the objectives of World Digital Library (WDL U) in Uganda, identify the custodians and producers of Uganda’s cultural heritage, identify cultural heritage materials collected, identify collaborative partners to ensure digitisation of Uganda’s cultural heritage, establish NLU collaborative efforts available in Uganda and outside Uganda to ensure access to and digitisation of cultural heritage, to identify benefits of digitizing Uganda’s cultural heritage, and to examine the challenges in collaboration towards preserving Uganda’s cultural heritage. Methodology included: literature review on Uganda cultural heritage, study tours to custodial institutions of Uganda’s cultural heritage, interviews with staff at NLU and with individual custodians of Uganda’s cultural heritage, collaborative work with the World Digital Library. Beneficiaries will include both local and foreign, producers and consumers of Uganda cultural heritage, WDL and NLU partners/collaborators, students, researchers and posterity.
Documenting and disseminating agricultural indigenous knowledge for sustainable food security in Uganda
(Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agricultur, 2016) Haumba, Eric N.; Kaddu, Sarah
There is a wealth of agricultural indigenous knowledge (AIK) in Uganda, which is useful in livestock keeping, crop management and food processing and storage as well as soil and water management. Unfortunately, this AIK is becoming less visible and irrelevant in some communities because of the adoption of modern methods of farming. In fact, a lot of AIK has remained largely undocumented which threatens its sustained utilisation. One of the bottlenecks of the effective utilisation of AIK is access to relevant and usable indigenous knowledge for the diverse stakeholders in the agricultural sector including farmers. It seems farmers in Uganda are adopting modern methods of agriculture at the expense of the AIK because of the less perceived benefits that AIK promises because crops planted using AIK have often faced pests and diseases and not yielded much. The problem is perhaps compounded because of increasing population growth, land fragmentation as well as migration to urban areas. This phenomenon raises the question of how AIK can be conserved. This paper is based on a study that investigated how Agricultural Indigenous Knowledge (AIK) is documented and disseminated in addition to identifying the challenges faced in its management for sustainable food security in Uganda’s district of Soroti. Data in this study was collected through interviews, focus group discussions, document reviews and participant observation. The study findings revealed that despite the advent of modern farming methods, many small-scale farmers in the Soroti district continue to embrace indigenous knowledge in farming such as in managing soil fertility, controlling pests and diseases, controlling weeds, soil preparation, planting materials, harvesting and storage of indigenous root crops and animals. The study concludes that indigenous knowledge is still widely used but most of it is not documented nor fully understood by some members of the community; and that the Iteso and Kumam cultures have some restrictions on who acquires the knowledge. Thus the study recommends that AIKs be recorded for posterity, AIK should be researched upon further, be thoroughly documented and made freely available to anyone who needs it. On the whole, AIK in Soroti district requires attitudinal, behavioural, and methodological changes to give it a scientific touch. Moreover, small-scale farmers should be involved in agricultural extension services rather than leaving the work to formally trained officers who may have little attachment to specific cultural practices in the areas they operate.
Ethical Practices in Information Service Provision at Makerere University Business School Library Uganda
(International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, 2023) Nambobi, Olivia; Kaddu, Sarah; Bwengye, Michael M. M. S.; Tusiime, Olive
Ethical practice in information service provision involves choice of material, access, equality of treatment, copyright, intellectual freedom, protecting user’s rights, confidentiality, and, avoiding concealment of information, misinforming clients and divulging private information. The rationale of this study was to find out whether MUBS librarians are aware of these ethical practices and apply them in the performance of services’ provision to their clients. The study examined librarians’ ethical practices in the provision of information services at Makerere University Business School library. It was guided by the following specific objectives: i)(i) To identify the range of information services provided by MUBS library. ii) To explore the core principles and ideals that underpins ethical practices in MUBS library. iii) To determine the implications of ethical dilemmas on provision of information services in MUBS library. iv) To suggest an ethical model of practice for delivering information services in MUBS library, Uganda. Descriptive research design was adopted with a qualitative research approach. A purposive sampling technique was preferred. The sample size comprised of 54 informants including MUBS Library staff, MBA students, Administrative staff and lecturers. Document review, observation, face to face interviews and self-administered questionnaires were the methods used in the collection of data. Services provided were photocopy, printing and scanning (67.6%); direct personal assistance to readers seeking information (64.8%); printed books long term loan (1-2 weeks)(64.7%) and user education (55.9%). Reading and discussion space (58.8%) available were satisfactory environmental conditions. Information ethics was integrated in library professional practice in MUBS library especially from the scope of PAPA model. The implications of ethical dilemmas on provision of information services: there were several factors beyond those in the PAPA model and WSIS Action Line 10 that influence information ethical practice by library professionals in MUBS library. These factors included; limited number of qualified staff in MUBS Library; inequalities in internet access; lack of awareness and interest in having the code; lack of locally developed code of ethics and challenge of implementing international codes of ethics; low level of enforcement of ethical conducts by library management; unpopularity of ethical code;
Examining Uganda’s Legal and Institutional Framework in Curbing Book Piracy
(Ghana Library Journal, 2022) Kaddu, Sarah; Chelangat, Jospert; Haumba, Eric N.
This paper examines the legal framework for curbing book piracy in Uganda. The paper sought to address the following objectives: to establish the forms of book piracy practiced; to establish the existing legal frameworks and efforts to curb book piracy; investigate the level of awareness of the legal framework among book printers and its implications on book piracy; to examine the scope of counter-piracy enforcement powers and the law; to identify the setbacks in the enforcement of the legal framework on book piracy. A case study research design and qualitative research paradigm were adopted. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), unstructured interviews and Document reviews were the data collection methods. The study findings reveal that: duplication, circumventing e-Books and plagiarism are the common forms of book piracy practiced; the legal and institutional frameworks are in place putting in efforts such as awareness and sensitization, engagement with universities, and promotion of the use of holograms; book printers were found to be moderately aware of the legal framework, but they were not deeply knowledgeable of many provisions of the laws; the laws as they are, are ineffective. The setbacks in the enforceability included: the high cost of registration, difficulty in differentiating between genuine and pirated books. The study concludes that different forms of book piracy are practiced in Uganda and that efforts are being undertaken to avert the practice. The study recommends the revision of the existing legal framework; adoption and promotion of security features and restructuring of the copyright registration process among others.
Finding true north in ethical practices in information service provision in academic libraries in Uganda
(Ghana Library Journal, 2023) Kaddu, Sarah; Ssekitto, Francis
Ethical practices in information service provision have become integral for librarians and information professionals in the ever-evolving landscape of information dissemination and access. These practices encompass an array of principles governing professional behaviours, ensuring moral conduct, and preventing potential misconduct. This paper explores the ethical practices and information services in the Makerere University Business School (MUBS) library. This study adopted a qualitative research approach, with semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis as the data collection methods. The findings illuminated a comprehensive array of services available within the MUBS library context, including textbooks and eBooks short-term loans; reference books and e-reference books; internet and WIFI; current awareness; interlibrary loan; journals and e-journals access to patrons; MUBS librarians’ dedication to principles such as equitable access, privacy protection, and intellectual property rights. Ethical dilemmas arising from balancing intellectual freedom and responsible information provision are also unveiled. These findings resonate with global ethical considerations in librarianship, reflecting libraries’ evolving roles in the digital age. The study’s insights will inform MUBS library operations and contribute to the scholarly discourse on ethical library practices. The research implies that librarians’ ethical decisions impact service quality and user experiences.
From despair to hope: Cancer indigenous knowledge practices (CIK) in Uganda
(AKU Institutory, 2021-05-25) Kaddu, Sarah; Nakaziba, Sarah; Juma, Gorrety Maria
Cancer indigenous knowledge (CIK) through ethnobotanical research has been able to identify plants with anti-cancer agents. These medicinal plants are used to prevent and treat various types of cancer to improve the survival rate and quality of life. This study aimed to examine the CIK practices in Uganda. The study-specific objectives included: to establish the information needs of the cancer patients in Uganda; to identify the types of cancers in Uganda; to examine the CIK practices in Uganda (CIK); to examine the factors that could either promote or hinder the access and utilisation of CIK in Uganda. A phenomenological research design with a qualitative approach was adopted. Data were collected through face-to-face in-depth interviews with the CIK practitioners, cancer patients, and managers of CIK to ascertain the CIK practices in Uganda. The findings show that factors that facilitated access were: side effects from conventional treatment, information from trusted sources, availability of herbs, and the increased interest in CIK. The study further identified factors hindering access which include: non-documentation, non-government support, poor perception of CIK, and lastly, non-availability of the documented CIK. Lastly, the study recommends that the government of Uganda through the MoH should streamline traditional medicine into the health system; CIK practitioners to engage in research and promote documentation of the available CIK practices; IK practitioners to carry out public sensitization on what IK is and what it is not
Information seeking behaviour patterns of family farmers and house-hold food security in Kisoga B village, Ntenjeru sub county in Mukono district, Uganda
(Uganda. University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal, 2021) Haumba, Eric N.; Kaddu, Sarah
The paper examines how information seeking behaviour impacts on household food security of family farmers in Kisoga B village found in Mukono District in Uganda. Data were collected from 25 family farmers who were purposively selected from a total sample population of 178 residents in Kisoga B village. The study employed focus group discussions and unstructured interview method to gather quantitative data, which was analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis respectively. Findings revealed that the major farming occupations practised by farmers in Kisoga B include: animal keeping, courtyard gardening and keeping of local fowls. Animals kept included cows, pigs, goats, sheep and rabbits. The study indicated that farmers need information on weather patterns, good agricultural practices, agricultural seeds and market information and farming technologies. Farmers confirmed that they get information from fellow farmers, neighbours, close friends who are not necessarily neighbours, burial places, over the radios/ televisions while others get information from marketplaces as they go vending. Findings also reveal that information sought by farmers enables them to do timely planting, access improved seeds for planting, improve on land management, pest and diseases control and management, improved storage of seeds and other produce, improve on food processing methods, identify current prices for farm inputs among other needs. The study concludes that information is a key resource for all agricultural activities regardless of their locations, social, economic and cultural status.
Library and Information Services Provision during COVID 19: Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute Library-Mengo Hospital, Uganda’s Perspective
(4th I-LISS International Conference - IIC 2021, 2021) Kutyamukama, Gitta Alice; Kaddu, Sarah; Abubakar, Mohammed
COVID-19 pandemic has become a global threat and has established a fear among the mankind. Uganda reported its first case of COVID-19 on the March 21, 2020 (Coronavirus Disease, 2020). A 36-year-old businessman from Kampala, Uganda’s capital, who had travelled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a healthy condition returned with fever and flu-like symptoms to Entebbe International Airport (EIA) and he was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease, 2020). Consequently, individuals who had been to UAE two weeks prior to the first case were traced by Ministry of Health (MoH) Uganda and subjected to institutional quarantine. In the following two weeks (March 21 to April 5), there was a rapid rise in the number of cases to 52, most of whom were imported cases from institutional quarantine ( MOH,Uganda 2020). With the spread of Corona Virus, Uganda was put on lock-down, travel was put to a halt, and Conferences were cancelled, higher institutions of learning, colleges and schools were equally shut-down, the Libraries particularity those in academic institutions faced with unique situations just as their mother institution. It became hard and so difficult for academic libraries to take decisions on how and which library and information services to provide to users amidst full closure of education institutions. In Uganda, normally, library and information services are offered physically and interactively, offer counter interactions with clients and books, Record Centres – offer counter interactions with clients and records. All these are facing hardships. As a way of easing on the lock down and ensuring continuity of learning among students, the government of Uganda recommended online learning to ensure continuity for learners. Though already challenged, such a recommendation piled more pressure on the already financially and structurally strained education system. It left a lot of questions and challenges on how to cope with this new dimension of learning albeit ill preparedness and exploration of new grounds for learners of the education system. The Library is taken to be a competent authority for providing access to authoritative, current and timely information to support learning and research while leveraging innovations of the information age brought about by ICTs.
Management of Electronic Health Records in Virtual Health Environments: The Case of Rocket Health in Uganda
(International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 2024) Masenya, Tlou M.; Ssekitto, Francis; Kaddu, Sarah; Simati, Sam
This article examined the management of electronic health records in virtual health environments using rocket health as a case study. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the healthcare services provided at rocket health; examine the electronic health records management practices adhered to at rocket health; and determine the inhibitors to effective electronic health records management at rocket health. A case study with a mixed-methods research approach was used. Data was collected using questionnaires, document reviews and structured interviews. The study finds that rocket health provided a range of healthcare services encompassing telehealth, pharmacy, last mile delivery, and an online store. These services predominantly operated in a digital format, resulting in the generation of electronic health records (EHRs), and therefore to capture and maintain these EHRs from multiple service points, rocket health implemented a cloud-based system.
Pillars of Anchoring an Empowered Library and Information Association in the SCECSAL Region.
(SCECSAL, 2018) Nakanwagi, Julirine; Kaddu, Sarah
The effective equation of providing optimum library and information Services in any country depends on comprehensive LIS education and training system; a legally instituted Professional Association; and a code of ethics. Provision of the three should ensure production of the expertise, the governance framework and ethical/professional behavior. The provision and practice of the above three pillars has led to commendable LIS provision in USA spearheaded by the American Library Association (ALA), since 1876; United Kingdom (UK), spearheaded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) since 1877; in Nigeria spearheaded by the -Nigerian Library Association (NLA) - Nigeria Registration Council; and to some extent in South Africa, by the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA). The Uganda Library and Information Association (ULIA) and the other LIS professional associations in the SCECSAL region are playing the ‘catch up’ game. They have established the Library and Information Associations but still lack effective accreditation system of programmes, the professional register, and a code of ethics. The aim of this paper is to review the pillars forming the foundation of a successful Library and Information Association. The objectives include: review of what these pillars are, the challenges faced, and the recommendations towards effective strategies to achieve adherence to the pillars of effective and dynamic delivery of LIS services in the SCECSAL region. The methodology involved literature review and an online survey of selected LIS Associations’ leaders in the SCECSAL region
Records Management Practices in Uganda's Public Pension Office
(University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal, 2022) Kaddu, Sarah; Ssekitto, Francis; Kyarimpa, Moreen M.
The purpose of this study was to assess the records management practices in Uganda's public pension office. The study's objectives were: to find out the categories of records managed in Uganda's public pension office; to examine the records management practices in Uganda's public pension office; to find out the challenges faced in the management of records in Uganda's public pension office, and to propose strategies to improve the management of records in Uganda's public pension office. The study adopted a mixed methods research design. It was conducted at the Ministry of Public Service, specifically in the Compensation Department and Department of Records and Information Management. The study population was composed of thirty (30) staff working in the two departments, who were all adopted as the sample size, given the small population. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, self-administered questionnaires and a document review. The findings revealed that personnel records were mostly kept and that the records management practices followed were guided by the Basic Registry Procedures Manual, a manual specifically developed for registries at the Ministry of Public Service. Despite having a records manual in place, some staff had poor attitudes towards records management due to poor remuneration while others had no/limited training in records management. Other challenges faced included inadequate equipment, non-streamlined records management practices and a lack of a Centre for benchmarking its practices as stipulated by the National Records and Information Management Policy framework. It is expected that the findings revealed by this study will inform policymakers, the government of Uganda and the Ministry of Public Service on the key issues to solve in a bid to strengthen records management in the public pension office to enhance the process of pension processing which is usually delayed by the lack of records.
Role of small-scale farmers in making agricultural market information systems relevant and sustainable in Bugiri district, Uganda
(University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal, 2020) Kaddu, Sarah; Nanyonga, Doreen; Haumba, Eric N.
The study aimed at establishing the role of small-scale farmers in making agricultural market information systems relevant and sustainable in Bugiri district. This study employed a case study research design and adopted a qualitative research approach. Purposive sampling method was used to select respondents with in-depth information and knowledge relating to the topic under study. Data was collected using focus group discussions and unstructured interviews methods. Major findings reveal that market information is still largely focused on prices and does not give details about quality and quantities. Small-scale farmers’ access to and utilization of market information is still limited but gradually improving. There is no systematic infrastructure for timely collection and dissemination of information in an appropriate medium to all stakeholders. The study concludes that value chain development is crucial for the success of market information systems and it is therefore imperative that information be provided on different areas along the chain. The study recommends establishment of village/parish information centres and display boards to inform small-scale farmers about up-to-date market information.
The Challenges of repackaging Traditional Knowledge in the Context of Intellectual Property Rights : Case of Zimbabwe and Uganda
(International Conference on Knowledge Management, 2009) Chisita, Collence; Kaddu, Sarah
This paper is based on two case studies of Uganda and Zimbabwe. It gives a brief overview of Traditional Knowledge (TK) and defines the key concepts: TK/IK, Intellectual Property and repackaging of information. Through observation, face to face interviews and literature analysis, the paper discusses: Role of Higher Education Institutions in promoting TK, challenges of TK with special reference to challenges related to characteristics of TK, Challenges of protecting TK and Challenges of Repackaging TK. The paper further discusses women’s role in the preservation of TK and the reasons why traditional knowledge is lowly appreciated with recommendations towards repackaging traditional knowledge to spur development
Utilisation of mobile phones for health information seeking by women in rural Busoga sub-region, Eastern Uganda
(Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 2023) Mbawaki, Irene; Okello-Obura, Constant; Kaddu, Sarah
The use of mobile phones for health information seeking is gaining attention, especially in low and middle-income countries with limited access to healthcare services. Women, who are primary seekers of health information, face challenges in accessing health information and care services in rural areas. Mobile phones have the potential to bridge this gap by providing access to health information and services. The study explored how rural women in Busoga sub-region, Eastern Uganda, utilize mobile phones for health information seeking specifically approaches used and the challenges faced. A qualitative research approach was adopted, involving in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with rural women, Village Health Teams (VHTs) members, and health workers. The findings reveal that rural women predominantly use mobile phones for voice calls to seek health information in real-time. They rely on calls to confirm the availability of health workers and vaccines at health centres before visiting. Text messaging is also used, specifically the phrase "call me back," as a request for a return call. The study highlights the critical role of mobile phones in bridging gaps in accessing healthcare services, particularly in emergency situations. The findings contribute to understanding the experiences of rural women in using mobile phones for health information seeking and provide insights into the challenges they face in utilizing this technology.

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