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The Value of Managing Library Information Resources in Digital Form in Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Geoffrey Mukasa  and
Nicholas Kamusiime
Geoffrey Mukasa
Affiliation:
Uganda Christian University Library, Mukono - Uganda
Nicholas Kamusiime
Affiliation:
Uganda Christian University Library, Mukono - Uganda
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The explosion of information in libraries has led to several means and measures of managing this information. New technologies are driving new developments in electronic publishing and learning and people have become increasingly dependent on digital information and the internet as a medium for gaining and exchanging information. There is growing evidence in Uganda of successful digitisation projects to develop digital resources. Libraries and Archives have embarked on digitising their information resources to provide access to and to preserve their unique materials in their collections.

The records at UCU have been digitised and made available in both digital and microfilm format. The digitised Archives of the Church of Uganda Office of the Archbishop are divided into series and these are: Administrative Records, General File, Dioceses, Programs/Activities/Institutions, and Related Organisations.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 118 , 2012 , pp. 69 - 78
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Copyright © International African Institute 2012

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