Annual Performance Dashboard
Goal 1: Promote Access to, and Discovery of,
Library Content and Collections
Busitema University Library System
✦ Result: User success in information retrieval and use
168
Online Databases
100,000+
E-books
1,000,000+
Journals & Articles
58,483
Catalogue Titles
Access and Discovery Composition
Main digital access channels supporting information retrieval
Access
Mix
Mix
Digital Library Gateway
OPAC & Catalogue
Research Guides
Repository & DOI Services
Discovery Outputs
Selected access and retrieval outputs
Access Growth Indicators
Relative display of selected access and discovery achievements
Catalogue Titles Entered and Validated 58,483 titles
Research Reports Assigned DOIs 7,000+
Electronic Reserves 236
Course Guides 129
Discovery Platforms
Systems supporting access to library resources
Online Systems Established
Six online systems established and continuously updated
AI-enabled “Ask a Librarian” chat reference
Federated Search Engine
Result
User success in information retrieval and use.
Key Outputs
- Developed the largest and most robust digital library in East Africa accessible through the library gateway — with 168 online databases, constituting 100,000+ e-books, 1,000,000+ journals, and millions of journal articles and professional magazines, and periodicals
- Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) and integrated library system
- 46 Subject Guides
- 129 Course Guides
- 236 Electronic Reserves
- 2 Institutional Repositories with 7,154+ digital research reports
- 7,000+ Research Reports assigned DOIs, for example https://doi.org/10.60682/8vx4-8t23
- Six (6) Online Systems established and continuously updated:
- AI-enabled “Ask a Librarian” chat reference
- Federated Search Engine
- Metasearch Engine
- Proxy Server for remote access
- 58,483 Titles entered and validated in the Library Catalogue.
- Developed Busitema University main website and 80+ subdomains.