Acknowledgments

The guidelines give a clearer reflection of the information literacy needs of the desired Literate Engineer who has gone through the gates of Busitema University. The guidelines represent not only our information literacy work at the Engineering Library at Busitema University; it is a compilation from different international documents related to information literacy - principles, procedures, recommendations, and concepts. Through a series of five workshops and eight follow up meetings at the implementation stage of the "Literate Engineer" curriculum, a draft of the policy guideline was produced by the Project PI/ University Librarian and distributed to the Curriculum Review Committee for comments during the period December 2021 to October, 2022. The draft policy guideline received comments, suggestions, and completely new paragraphs from the academic fraternity of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The draft received further scrutiny and review from the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Academic Affairs and Innovations, the Academic Registrar, and Deputy Director Quality Assurance.

We are so grateful to:

  • Engineering Information Foundation’s (EiF) generous grant support towards the project activities. With the EiF’s financial support, we brought together lecturers and librarians in a series of five workshops to develop the policy guidelines, the action plan, course materials and assignments; held eight follow up meetings during the implementation process, conducted midterm reviews, carried out a survey and end of semester course evaluation.
  • Dr. Fredrick Kiwuwa Lugya, the University Librarian and EiF Library Project PI facilitated all the project activities and developed all project materials, including drafting the policy guidelines, action plan and course materials and assignments.
  • Prof. Samuel-Baker Kucel - the Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs and Innovation, Dr. Gimuguni Lillian Nabasa - the Academic Registrar, and Dr. Safina Biira - the Deputy Director Quality Assurance, participated in all project activities and provided intellectual input into the initial drafting of the policy guidelines and the action plan.
  • Dr. Daniel Otim, Faculty Dean acted as the Faculty of Engineering and Technology liaison; coordinated all the participants and provided all the necessary documentation to support the project activities; and participated in all project activities.
  • Dr. Nibikora Ildephonse, Deputy Dean, supported the Dean in the liaison role and participated in all the project activities.
  • Dr. Kamalha Edwin, Head of Department - Department of Polymer Textile Engineering/ Textile Engineering (PTI).
  • Mr. Eriau Emmanuel, Head of Department - Department of Agricultural Mechanization and Irrigation Engineering.
  • Ms. Engole Marion, Head of Department - Department of Water Resources Engineering/ Mining Engineering.
  • Mr. Matovu Davis, Head of Department - Department of Computer Engineering & Electronics Engineering.
  • Prof kant Kanyarusoke, Head of Department - Department of Agro-Processing Engineering.
  • Forty-Seven (47) lecturers (Teaching Staff) from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology whose courses piloted in the implementation exercise.
  • Mr. Isala Abdu Karim, Senior Librarian; Ms. Eva Naggayi, Campus Librarian, Engineering Library; and Mr. Simati Sam, Librarian Engineering Library who participated in the planning of this project and provided secretariate.