The East African School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS) in the College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS), Makerere University, was established in 1963, and this year it will be celebrating 60 years. The School pioneered the training of Librarians and Information Scientists in the East African region who have diligently served in different capacities across the social stratum including being University Vice Chancellors, Land Officers, Newspaper anchors, Commissioners, college heads, university librarians, political leaders,
among others for Uganda and beyond.
The school programs started from Certificate and Diploma levels which later were upgraded to Degrees and Post Graduate studies. Currently, the School offers Bachelors, Masters' Degrees (both in Library science and Records and Archives management) and Ph.D. in Information Science, producing a range of skilled professionals with competencies in Library Science, Records and Archive Management, Digital Libraries and Repository Managers, System analysts, Researchers, Information Literacy facilitators and trainer Publishers, among others.
This feat has been attained through collaborative efforts with other partner institutions
in Europe, Sub Saharan Africa, West Africa and the United States.
The school is celebrating 60 Years of teaching, research and innovation in the field of Library, Records, Archival and Information Sciences from Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th November, 2023 under the theme:
“Library and Information Sciences / Records and Archives Management Profession in Uganda: the past present and the future”
As part of the celebrations, the school has organized primary and secondary schools quizzes and tertiary institutions talk show scheduled for Wednesday 8th November 2023 starting at 8:00AM at CoCIS Block B, Big Lab 2. Prof. Mary Okwakol, Executive Director of the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) will be Chief Guest.
The official opening will take place on 9th November, 2023 where members of the university top management and line ministries including Ministry of Education and Sports and that of Public Service will grace the occasion. The celebrations will be crowned by a Luncheon on Friday 10th November, 2023 starting at 12:00PM.
We invite you to join us in this celebration.