Uganda joins as an EIFL partner country

We are extremely happy to welcome Uganda as an EIFL partner country!

When David Bukenya, board Chairman, shares his thoughts on why the Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) and its 24 members decided to join EIFL there is a sense of urgency to his tone.  Their hope is to enable an overall improvement  and modernisation of libraries in Uganda.  As David says, ‘we feel that we have done so little in this information-rich, knowledge and opportune-laden, high-tech-era; as CUUL Chair, the pressure only intensifies to make things better… CUUL has set a strategic plan for 2011 and 2012 and we hope this will enable us to achieve what we reckon is critical.’

CUUL, formed in 2001, is interested in working with all EIFL programmes. They would like to partner with us to foster and assist in increasing the list of available commercial e-resources, engaging in consortium management capacity building, increasing the use of FOSS in their libraries, and expanding  awareness about and knowledge of open access and copyright.

In 2010, their areas of focus included: access to e-resources; advocacy; recruitment of new members; and consortium management training

They have big plans for 2011. CUUL’s major activities will center around continuing to increase access to e-resources and capacity building through workshop training, institutional visits, marketing and recruitment. They also intend to engage in advocacy efforts targeted at government agencies. The consortium will conduct ICT surveys to improve ICT applications.  And finally, they hope to create and strengthen partnerships (with Inter-University Council of East Africa, National Council for Higher Education and EIFL).

Please join us in welcoming our newest partner country!

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