William Serwadda

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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]

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Career

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

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

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