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Positioning Library and Information Services to Achieve Sustainable Development: Innovations and Partnerships - Proceedings of the XXIII Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations. Held from 23rd to 27th April 2018 at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda. Kampala: Uganda Library and Information Association, 2018.

Editors: Getrude Kayaga Mulindwa, Eric Nelson Haumba and Robert Stalone Buwule.

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Inclusive Library and Information Services for National Development

• Contextualising information services for people with disabilities in Malawi - Dorothy D. Eneya, Dennis N. Ocholla and Janneke Mostert
• Access to information and services by students with disabilities: a case study of the University of Namibia - Chiku Mnubi-Mchombu and Ivone Tjilale
• Inclusive academic libraries in the 21st Century: a comparative study of Mzuzu University Library and St. John of God College of Health Sciences Library in Mzuzu, Malawi - Lizzie Malemia, Hamis Abdullah, Gift Dube and Maloto Chaura
• Transforming public libraries in Kenya through technology - Jualiana Muchai

SDGs and Library and Information Services in the SCECSAL Region

• MATHWHIZZ KIDS: Kenya National Library Services Mathematics Digital Learning Programme for primary school children - Purity Kavuri-Mutuku and Joyce Wanjugu
• Institutionalization of community libraries in the slum communities of Kampala: partnership analysis - Lois N. Mutibwa Nankya and Ronald Ssentuuwa
• The role of Busolwe Community Library in improving the children's reading culture in Lunyole language - Jane Kawalya
• An evaluation of the community library infrastructure programme: Metropolitan Municipality experience - Kepi Madumo
• Coping with the fire disaster at Mzuzu University: experiences from librarians and students - Gift Alfred B. Dube, Allan Kanyundo and Felix Majawa

Open Science, Open Data and LIS and SDGs

• Open science in Africa: for what and whose mandate? - Justin Chisenga
• Technological advances in library work as a catalyst for changing roles of librarians at the University of Nairobi - Mildred A. Otiango and Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
• Open access institutional repositories in selected East African Universities: achievements, challenges and the way forward - Miriam Kakai
• The influence of the open access movement in faculty research output and university libraries in Africa - Patience Agabirwe
• The role of librarians in transforming the world through open data and open science - Ina Smith and Susan Veldsman

Broadening LIS Partnerships to Achieve SDGs

• A proposal to establish the Library and Information Education Network in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (LISENET-ECSA) - Isaac Kigongo- Bukenya
• Partnerships in library and information science (LIS) training: the case of Swaziland National Library Service - Lungile Elizabeth Dlamini
• American Corners, a new service with a new taste in university libraries: how communities are benefiting from Mzuzu University American Corner - Allan Kanyundo and Gift Alfred B. Dube
• Pillars anchoring an empowered library and information association in the SCECSAL region - Julirine Nakanwagi and Sarah Kaddu
• Bibliometric information service for informed scholarly decision making among academic institutions in East Africa - Robinah Kalemeera Namuleme

Library and Information Services to Improve Health Care

• Enhancing access to health information at Albert Cook Library, Mulago Hospital - Aisha Nannono and Racheal Nanono
• Sources of information used by nurses in clinical practice at the University Teaching Hospital in Zambia - Mercy Wamunyima Monde, Christine Wamunyima Kanyengo and Akakandelwa Akakandelwa
• Utilization of internet health information by adolescents in Osun State: role of the school library media specialist - Iwok N. Shabi and Fadekemi O. Oyewusi
• Reaching out to consumer health information users through academic and public/community libraries partnership: experience from Kenya - Nancy Kamau and Paul Gichohi

Knowledge Management and Innovation

• Shaping library and information services Delivery through innovation and technology at the University of Zambia - Pailet Chewe and Eness M. Chitumbo
• Knowledge management and innovative services in university libraries in Nigeria: the lole of knowledge management - C.I. Ugwu and Justine Ekere
• An analysis of the knowledge audit methodology: a case study on the National School of Government - Mmakwena Molala and Jacqueline Nkate
• Availability, awareness and use of e-library services for entrepreneurship skills development among selected rural young adults in Lagos State - Olufemi Owojuyigbe, Adefunke Fadimu, George Onyenania and Ayodeji Owojuyigbe

Effective Records Management to Fight Corruption

• Examining the significance of the legislative frameworks and suitable practice for safeguarding public records in Swaziland - Nqoba Msibi and Zawedde Nsibirwa
• A proposal for improving records keeping practices of traditional institutions in Ga Molepo, Limpopo Province, South Africa - Mahlaga Johannes Molepo and Linda M. Cloete
• The place of records in combating corruption in Southern Africa: A study of Botswana and Zimbabwe's anti-corruption commissions - Peterson Dewah and Keneilwe Margaret Porogo
• The contribution of effective electronic record management to fight corruption: Evidence from selected public service offices in Tanzania - Juliana J. Manyerere and David J. Manyerere
• The contribution of records management in combating corruption in government departments in Uganda: a case study of the Judiciary - David Mukembo
• The need for records managers' adherence to ethical practices - Julius Tunsaje Tweve

Agricultural Information Services and Food Security

• Use of ICTs in sharing agricultural information among fish farmers in the Southern Highlands in Tanzania - Ronald Benard, Frankwell Dulle and H. Lamtane
• The role of telecentres in provision of agricultural information in Malawi - Sellina Khumbo Kapondera, Winner Dominic Chawinga, Felix Majawa and Jessy Mphunda
• Post project assessment of NARO - IDRC Participatory Development Communication Initiative in Uganda - Nora Naiboka Odoi
• Disseminating agricultural information services to farmers for attaining food security in Zombwe Extension Planning Areas (EPA), Mzuzu Agricultural Development Division (MZADD) Mzimba, Malawi - Fiskani Ngwira and Felix Majawa

ICTs and Library and Information Services

• Technology acceptance factors in the use of institutional repositories: the case of UNISWA's Faculty of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences - Nokuphila Saulus, Stephen Mutula and Nkosinathi Dlamini
• Implications of big data on the role of libraries in the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Christine Kiconco
• Web based student information management system: experiences from Mzuzu University - Symon C. Lubanga, Winner D Chawinga, Felix Majawa and Sellina Kapondera

Indigenous Knowledge and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

• "It takes two to tango": libraries achieving Sustainable Development Goals through preservation of indigenous knowledge on textile craft making (ADIRE) among women - Adefunke Olanike Alabi, Adetoun Adebisi Oyelude and Abiola Abosede Sokoya
• Behavioural patterns and aspects of sharing indigenous human health knowledge among traditional health practitioners in Tanzania - John Jackson Iwata and Ruth G. M. Hoskins
• Role of folktales in the preservation of indigenous knowledge among the Shona: a review based on Aaron C. Hodza's Ngano Dzamatambidzanwa - Blessing Chiparausha and Frederick Mavhunduse
• Managing indigenous knowledge in Ghana: methods and techniques - Azindow Bawah Fuseini and Hannatu Abue Kugblenu-Mahama

Promoting Information Ethics for Sustainable Development

• Installation of radio frequency identification technology as a tool for curbing security challenges in Nigerian academic libraries - Hafiz Umar Cln
• Libraries and digital citizenship: advancing an ethical, responsible and knowledgeable online culture - Ina Smith and Annamarie Goosen
• The need for integration of information ethics in undergraduate programmes: A case study of TUDARco - Julius Tunsaje Tweve
• The role of records management in fighting corruption in Uganda's financial institutions - Florence Nakityo Kirinya

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