BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY 12TH GRADUATION

It is graduation - you have worked hard and you deserve it.  Follow the poster below for more details. Get the graduation…

E-Book Databases

Many Books: Established in 2004, the database contains over 50,000 fiction and non fiction eBooks. The collection emcompasses several genres ranging from fantasy, horror, romance, mystery, thriller, science fiction, biographies, action, adventure, children’s books, love stories and history education among others. Many Books provides instant updates and filters for quick browsing by author, genre and language. You can download the Many Books app from the playstore to access, download…

CHANGE IN LIBRARY OPEN HOURS

Please take note of the change in library open hours during the One-Week holiday, 30th April to 8th May 2022 as follows:

• All libraries will…

Information Literacy Workshop

Please take note that Level - Two of the Engineering Library is reserved for the Information Literacy Workshop on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, from 08:00 am to 05:00 pm. The E-Learning Center will also be closed to all students to allow this workshop to take place. You're advised to use other computer labs on campus as well as our WiFi that is accessible in and outside…

Job Opportunities

While the Librarian I position is administrative in nature, the incumbent is expected to perform both academic and administrative library roles due to the changing nature of the information services landscape in academic institutions. The nature of the library system at Busitema and a shift to digital services and programming, growing call for inter-and-cross disciplinarity research and specialization,…

Library Clearance Instructions for Final Year Students

The second semester of the Academic year is now coming to an end. All final-year students who come for library clearance are hereby reminded to:

1. Bring documentation that attests to the fact that they turned in their final, signed copy of their research reports or dissertation to the librarian at the institutional repository. The…

MyLOFT Scheduled Maintenance - Important information regarding upcoming downtime

We want to make you aware that this Thursday (27/01/22) at 10:30pm IST, there will be scheduled down time for approximately 30 minutes. We will be using this time to add more capacity to our infrastructure and speed up our overall service.

To ensure uptime and stability of the platform, we are performing this upgrade on our infrastructure. During this…

Celebrating the International Open Access Week @ Busitema University Library

Theme: It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Challenging Established Norms

Busitema University joined the rest of the World to celebrate the International Open Access Week which started on Monday 15th through Friday 19th November 2021. While the official celebrations were in the month of October, and the Open Access Week…

WORKSHOP ON INTRODUCTION TO EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS TRAINING (FOCUSING ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS): 26-27 OCTOBER 2021

As pressure increases for health researchers to establish an evidence base for best-practice guidance, identify gaps in knowledge, or help inform policy and practice, skills in conducting evidence syntheses has become increasingly relevant. Systematic reviews are one of the methodologies of evidence synthesis. They tell us what evidence exists on a particular topic,…

Busitema University Receives an UPTODATE Grant!

In May 2021, a five-year UPTODATE grant running from 2021 to 2025 was awarded to Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences. The grant is supported by Harvard, Better Evidence and Ariande Labs to access. UpToDate is a vital clinical decision support tool for clinicians, medical students and researchers. It cover(s) over 25 medical specialists that can be consulted during ward rounds, clinical exposures, classroom teaching and research.The grant will benefit over 600 students at graduate and…