William Serwadda
William Serwadda (sometimes referred to as G.W Serwadda) was a Ugandan librarian who served as the first ever Director of the Uganda Library Service.[1] He held the position between July 1964 - November 1966.[2]
Career[edit]
Between 1955 and 1957, Serwadda worked as a library assistant at Makerere University after which he departed to undertake library studies in Britain.[3]
After his studies, Serwadda visited a number of libraries in "continental Europe including Scandinavia" then came back to Uganda and was published in the East African Library Association Bulletin.[2] He was subsequently appointed the first director of the Uganda Library Service in July 1964 after the designated appointee resigned.[2]
Published works[edit]
Serwadda has been quoted by a number of library scholars basing on his work that was published in a number of journals. The publications drawn on include but are not limited to
- In my View (Published in the East African Library Association Bulletin, 5 January 1967, pp.10-12)[2]
- The Development of Library Services in Uganda (Published in the East African Library Association Bulletin, 7 June 1966, pp.26-28)[4]
Related reading[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/288392828.pdf
- ^ a b c d Sturges, Paul (March 2001). "The Poverty of Librarianship: An Historical Critique of Public Librarianship in Anglophone Africa" (PDF). Libri. 51 (1): 38–48. doi:10.1515/LIBR.2001.38. S2CID 145150595.
- ^ Stranger-Johannessen, Espen (January 2009). "Student Learning through a Rural Community Library: A case study from Uganda". www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Wallenius, Anna-Britta; Arunsi, N. O., eds. (1971). Libraries in East Africa. Uppsala: Scandinavian Inst. of African Studies. ISBN 978-91-7106-051-8.