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Comment: See WP:BLP. Statements need to be sourced or removed. The Family life section here is unsourced. Greenman (talk) 09:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Syed Ameer Haider Abidi (born 1940) is a UgandanAsian researcher and professor of Library and Information Science (LIS).^[1] . He was the Director of the East African School of Library and Information Science previously referred to as, the East African School of Librarianship at Makerere University from 1972-2002^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Born in India, Abidi studied many courses between 1958 - 1967. He later went to England to pursue a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science^[4]

Career

Abidi started working as a Librarian for Agra District in India, in 1960. In 1970, while teaching library science at Aligarh Muslim University, Abidi applied for a position of Lecturer in Library and Information Science at Makerere University^[5]. He was appointed as a Senior Lecturer, and later promoted to Director - East African School of Library and Information Science in 1972. A position he held for 30 years^[4].

He is the current Chairman of Kampala International University Council as well as being an author^[6]^[7]

Publications

Abidi has authored publications in several academic journals including but not limited to :

Local Relevance Factor in Syllabi for African Library and Information Training Schools^[2].
Information Technology in the Universities of East Africa^[8].
Library training programs in East Africa: an evaluation^[9]

Family Life

Abidi is a father of three children

^ Ocholla, Dennis N. (19 August 2007). "The Current Status and Challenges of Collaboration in Library and Information Science (LIS) Education and Training in Africa" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Kigongo-Bukenya, I. (1993-04-01). "Education and Training of Archivists at the East African School of Librarianship in the 1990s and Beyond". The American Archivist. 56 (2): 358–365. doi:10.17723/aarc.56.2.92k4024487l83jj5. ISSN 0360-9081.
^ Okello-Obura, Constant; Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. N. (2011-08-07). "Library and Information Science Education and Training in Uganda: Trends, Challenges, and the Way Forward". Education Research International. 2011: e705372. doi:10.1155/2011/705372. ISSN 2090-4002.
^ ^a ^b "Prof Abidi's 43 years of service at Makerere". Monitor. 2021-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
^ "Thirty years as a trainer of Africaâ€™s best librarians". New Vision. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
^ Kampala University (February 2024). "UNIVERSITY COUNCIL MEMBER". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ Vasagar, Jeevan (2004-04-10). "Asians recover Ugandan prosperity". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
^ Abidi, Syed A.H (September 1997). "Information Technology in the Universities of East Africa" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
^ Otike, Japhet (September 2017). "Library and Information Science education in Anglophone Africa: Past, present and future". Retrieved 17 February 2024.

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