Ikoja-Odongo

=Personal Information=
 * Ikoja-Odongo, John Robert is a Ugandan. Married with children. He is a professor of Library and Information Science, East African School of Library and Information Science, Makerere University, Uganda

Educational Background

 * 1) Holder of PhD in Library and Information Science, Zululand University, South Africa; M.Phil Publishing Studies,Stirling University Scotland; Post Graduate Diploma in Librarianship, Makerere University, Uganda; B.A. Publishing Studies, Delhi University, India; Diploma in Librarianship, Makerere University; Certificate in Library Studies,Makerere University; Certificate in Designing and Writing Distance Education Materials, Kenya Board of Adult Education in collaboration with DVV; Certificate in E-Learning, Makerere Unversity.
 * 2) Attended many international and local information science conferences

Courses taught

 * 1) Information Literacy
 * 2) Agricultural Information Systems and Services
 * 3) Information industry and Resources
 * 4) Legal Aspects of Information
 * 5) Publishing Studies
 * 6) Communication Sills and Technical Writing
 * 7) Media Studies

Experience

 * 1) Formerly Serials Librarian, Makerere University
 * 2) Formerly Senior Documentation Officer, Electoral Commission
 * 3) Has a twenty year lecturing experience.
 * 4) Has done a number of researches in community information services.
 * 5) Attended many international and local conferences on Library and Information Science, and Publishing

Research Interests

 * 1) Information behaviour studies
 * 2) Knowledge Management
 * 3) Publishing Studies
 * 4) Indigenous Knowlege

Current Activities

 * 1) Involved in an IDRC project on alternative publishing models using creative commons licences.
 * 2) Completed a chapter for a book on World Information Science
 * 3) Working on a book chapter and completing a paper on local content management in Uganda
 * 4) Designing a databse on documenting indigeous knowledge
 * 5) Conducting research on Pastoralists Information Acess, Seeking and Use behaviour in Uganda
 * 6) Conducting a bibliometric study of HIV/AIDS in Uganda since 1982

Value of workshop

 * 1) This workshop is a contribution to understanding more about open access publishing

PARTICIPANT ACTION PLAN APPROACH

 * Workshop Title: CTA/COL/RUFORUM Training Support and Training Course on Web 2.0 Tools for Research Support and Networking in Africa

On return I will
 * Venue: Ridar Hotel Mukono, Uganda
 * Name: Prof. Ikoja-Odongo, Robert
 * East African School of Library and Infirmation Science, Makerere University, Kampala
 * Country: Uganda
 * 1) Write a workshop report for briefing and debriefing my staff and seniors.
 * 2) Run a redo of what I learnt with my staff and later roll out to departmental aplication.
 * 3) Popularise use of this tool in work environment and possibly other intersted parties via workshops.
 * 4) Create a database of researches done in my department
 * 5) Connect this knowledge to PALM Africa Project that is looking for alternative methodologies of publishing using Open Content methodology

Contact Information

 * East African School of Library and Information Science
 * Makerere University
 * P.O.Box 7062 Kampala Uganda.
 * Mail:ikoja@easlis.mak.ac.ug
 * Phone +256 0773 295 294/ +256 0772 302 721
 * Hse +256 540 710
 * Office +256 531 530
 * E-Mail: ikoja@easlis.mak.ac.ug / robert_ikoja@yahoo.com

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