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National Library of Uganda

7 months

#DidYouKnow that copies of all works published in #Uganda have to be deposited with the National Library? This system is called "Legal Deposit".

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National Library of Uganda

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1 year

We Are Open 🙌 Plot 50, Buganda Road.

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National Library of Uganda

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It's our birthday! We were born #OnThisDay by an Act of Parliament in 1964.

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National Library of Uganda

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We are pleased to announce that our Medical/Health Section is up and running. As of June 2022, this section is now accessible to all physicians, health professionals, medical researchers, students, and anyone interested in health related information. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

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2 years

Greetings .... Here's our #Bookoftheweek Lango i Kare Acon: on the History of the Lango of #Uganda / Angelo Taratino.

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National Library of Uganda

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Have you deposited with us? The year is almost coming to an end, and we have started compiling the National Bibliography. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

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Good morning .... Here's our #BookoftheWeek Clans and Totems of the Banyakigezi / Ishmaels B.K Kabananukye #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

The National Library is more than just a building full of books. It's a community center. Thank you Daily Monitor.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

@scomicshelby Entrance fee is shs2000. Wireless internet access is free.

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National Library of Uganda

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8 months

Good morning Have you visited the Uganda Society Library?

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National Library of Uganda

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3 years

We're open 👌 Plot 50 Buganda Road, Kampala #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

4 years

Did you know that National Library of #Uganda provides access to @R4LPartnership ? You can now access up to 85,000 peer reviewed scientific journals, books and databases from the leading scientific publishers. Access details are provided to all Patrons from the Reference Desk.

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National Library of Uganda

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Hooray! The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Hon. @FrankTumwebazek paid a visit to the National Library of #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

5 months

Happy #NationalLibrarianDay

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National Library of Uganda

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7 months

Sometimes, it just rains books 📚. Books everywhere!

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Good morning ... If you want to read about the early history of #Uganda , this is the book for you. Kakungulu and the Creation of Uganda / Michael Twaddle #Bookoftheweek

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National Library of Uganda

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Nagongera Public Library

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National Library of Uganda

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7 months

Friends, there's a library at the American center.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Good morning ... Here's our #Bookoftheweek Gordon B.K. Wavamunno: The Story of an African Entrepreneur. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

6 years

Since Valentine's Day is not a public holiday, why not come with your Bae to the library and read a book OR a newspaper 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤗

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

#DidYouKnow the National Library is the national agency for International Standard Number(s) for #Uganda . Authors and Publishers must obtain an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) from the National Library, for each publication they produce.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

8 months

Happy Library Shelfie Day!

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

Happy #WorldBookDay Today, we celebrate 20 years of Legal Deposit. In 2003, we became a National Library and gained the right to receive copies of every Ugandan publication. A big thank you to everyone who has deposited with us. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

5 months

Excited to announce that we received our 14th consignment yesterday from Book Aid International. @Book_Aid has been supporting Libraries in Africa for the last 70 years. Thank you for supporting Libraries.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

#DidYouKnow that we have the largest publicly available collection of newspapers in #Uganda Our newspaper collection dates back to pre-independence, and is available for reference to all readers.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

7 months

Looking for an old newspaper? 🗞️ The National Library is the place to look. We have the largest publicly available collection of newspapers in #Uganda . It dates back to pre-independence and is available for reference to all Readers.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

8 months

Happy New Year from the National Library of Uganda. We look forward to meeting all of you; on-site or virtually in 2024. We are so grateful for your support. Thank you.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

It's #mapmonday Here's a map of #Uganda in 1962.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Today in HISTORY: We were born #onthisday by an Act of Parliament in 1974. We started small, with 11 branch #libraries . Now we have 49 public libraries and 150 community libraries all over #Uganda Details:

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

3 years

#BookoftheWeek The Hidden Wisdom of the #Baganda / Joseph Lule #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

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8 months

Top Most-Circulated Items 2023 🧵 1. A History of Uganda: The first 100 years 1894-1995 / Phares Mukasa Mutibwa 2. Inside West Nile : Violence, History & Representation on an African frontier / Mark Leopold

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

6 months

Good morning, Have you visited the BRIMS Heritage Resource Center in Namugongo? They collect and preserve a wide range of antiques and run a mobile museum. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

This year we: 1. Received 5,420 visitors. 2. Updated our catalog to include 2,184 text searchable materials, excluding periodicals (newspaper titles) and serial publications. You can now explore our collection by following these simple steps 👇 #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

Good morning ... Here's our #BookoftheWeek Witchcraft, Divination and Healing among the Basoga / Cultural Research Center, Diocese of Jinja. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

#DidYouKnow the National Library, is a Legal Deposit Library? By law, if you publish a book in #Uganda , you must submit copies of this book, to the National Library, for preservation and posterity. Other Legal Deposit items include newspapers, Government reports etc...

National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

3 years

Today in Legal Deposit --- #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

9 months

This year we: 1. Welcomed 5,870 readers in our reading room 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦. 2. We updated our catalog to include 2,012 text searchable materials excluding periodicals (newspaper titles) and serial publications 📚🧑‍💻🖥️. 3. We acquired over 700 new titles via Legal Deposit 📚.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Save the Dates .... #WorldBookDay #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

11 months

Books sorted, packed and ready for dispatch to Mbarara Municipal Public Library.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Greetings ... We are excited to announce the release of Volume 16 of the National Bibliography of Uganda. The National Bibliography of Uganda lists: Books published or distributed in Uganda since 2004. These books have been deposited with our legal deposit office. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Good morning ... Here's our #bookoftheweek The Archive of a Ugandan Missionary: Writings by and about Revd Apolo Kivebulaya (1890s-1950s). Published in 2022. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Good morning Here's our #bookoftheweek #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

7 months

Oh! Wow!

James Onen | FATBOY

@jamesonen

7 months

Libraries are no longer relevant in the dot com and AI era.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

6 months

Libraries! If you use them, they will not die.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

5 years

Hooray! @UCC_Official has donated ten computers to National Library of #Uganda Thank you @UCC_Official #UCC 😊

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

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Hooray! A shipment carrying 53,136 brand new books from @Book_Aid has just arrived at the National Library of #Uganda A huge THANK YOU to @Book_Aid 🙏😊😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

7 months

Niceeeee! It was revamped recently by ATC Digital Communities-Uganda.

Wod Anaka

@bryanodong

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Jinja public library | 1946

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Good morning ☀️ Here's our #bookoftheweek #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

6 years

#DidYouKnow Uganda has over 34 public libraries in 34 districts. Yes your district probably has a library that you didn't know about.

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National Library of Uganda

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5 months

Packwach 🔥

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

4 years

More from Professor Samwiri Lwanga-Lunyiigo. These books are available at the National Library of Uganda for reference.

Jonathon L. Earle

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4 years

No one has done more to re-examine the history of Kabaka Mwanga II than Professor Samwiri Lwanga-Lunyiigo. His book on Mwanga draws extensively from the Seychelles archives to rethink Mwanga's political biography. 1/9

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

7 months

Good morning Friends, There's a Library at Goethe-Zentrum / Ugandan German Cultural Society.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

4 years

We're open 👌 Plot 50 Buganda Road, Kampala #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

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"Libraries do not exist." No! We will show you where they are. Have fun.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

This month is going to be very exciting because 1. We are going to celebrate International #Literacy Day 2022, and 2. Preparations to digitize some of our collections, are underway. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

6 months

Happy #DEARDay2024 D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read", a National celebration of reading. On this day, we encourage you to take at least 30 minutes to put aside all distractions and enjoy reading books together. What will you be reading?

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

5 months

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

6 months

Need some help setting up your own Library? Come and let us assist you. We provide technical, professional and advisory services in the field of Library and Information Science.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Public libraries are run by the Local Government. We just play an advisory role on their behalf, by inspecting and ensuring that these public libraries conform to national policies and guidelines.

Anthony Natif

@TonyNatif

2 years

Who runs these public libraries? Is there a government agency in charge or is it the general public running them as private citizens for the public good. How can one get involved?

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National Library of Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

Apply for an International Standard Book Number via Thank you for supporting Libraries. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

We are delighted to announce that Mr Watoker Derrick Okello (right) from Instinctive Media Group has deposited these books with us. They will be catalogued and added to our National Collection. Thank you so much for depositing with us. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

7 months

#Braille readers: We are delighted to announce that @pdpoUG has deposited a braille version of the Uganda Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019. This version will be processed and made available for reference to all readers with visual and print disabilities. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

6 months

Greetings We are delighted to announce that @pwatchug has deposited bound volumes of the Proceedings of Parliament (Hansard). The Proceedings will be processed and made available for reference to all Readers. Thank you for supporting Libraries. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

#BookoftheWeek Tribute to Bugungu: Land of the Bagungu / Godfrey Kuruhiira #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Good morning ... Here's our #Bookoftheweek The Bitter Bread of Exile: The financial problems of Sir Edward Muteesa II during his final exile, 1966-1969 / A.B.K. Kasozi #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

3 years

We are delighted to announce that we just received a generous donation of 50 computers from @AbsaUganda .

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

7 months

Friends, during our inspections we discovered there's a public library in Kiboga District. Everything is pretty much there; It just needs a little tweaking.

National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

3 years

Greetings 🙌 Did you know that one of our functions, is to inspect and ensure that public #libraries conform to national policies, guidelines and standards? In light of this, we have embarked on our annual inspection of public libraries in #Uganda . Images will uploaded soon 👌

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

How to find stuff in the library 000- General Knowledge 100 - Philosophy and Psychology 200- Religion 300- Social Sciences 400 - Languages 500 - Science 600 - Technology 700 - Art and Recreation 800 - Literature 900 - History and Geography

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Good morning ... Here's our #bookoftheweek When Hens Begin to Crow: Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda/ Sylvia Tamale #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

Happy #DEARDay2023 D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read" a national celebration of reading. On this day, we encourage you to take at least 30 minutes to put aside all distractions and enjoy reading books together. What will you be reading? #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

9 months

"A library is a delicate organism. It relies on many people making the correct input many times." @RachelFinston

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National Library of Uganda

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2 years

Greetings 🙌 Here's our #Bookoftheweek #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

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5 months

This looks great! Well done.

Streams Village Library

@BfCentre

5 months

It's never a boring momen at the library! Smiling ☺ faces at Nyungu Streams Village Library on the afternoon of Easter Sunday 2024! We are glad that we have inspiration books too! My Life's Journey by @JanetMuseveni is always a great pick by many who visit. Happy Easter!

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

8 months

A Library is a good place to meet new people.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

@MosesWanzira Search the Library

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

Good morning... Here's our #Bookoftheweek Uganda: The Bloodstained Pearl of Africa and its Struggle for Peace. This book is a compilation of on- the-spot reporting in DRUM, Africa's leading magazine. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

New Year, New Item. "We Are All Birds of Uganda" by Hafsa Zayyan, is the newest addition to our national collection. It's available for reference. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

3 years

The month is ending, so here's our very first attempt at #bookface . I hope we nailed it. A Mother's Legacy: A Biography of an 80-year-old African Woman / Fiona Mulira #Uganda #Biography #Bookoftheweek

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National Library of Uganda

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1 year

Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay

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National Library of Uganda

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1 year

Good morning Here's our #BookoftheWeek Lake Katwe Salt and History of the African Great Lakes/ Kathryn Barrett-Gaines #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

Yesterday, we received yet another generous donation from Book Aid International. Receiving such huge book donations is always our highlight of the year. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Greetings... Here's our #bookoftheweek In this book, Christopher Sembuya highlights all the positive contributions made by President Amin Dada towards #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

4 years

Dear patrons, Welcome to 2021! We are open and committed to providing you quality services. Get ISBN/ISSN for your publications and comply with the #legaldeposit obligation by submitting all your publications for preservation. #Staysafe

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

5 months

Ads from the past: Here's a vintage advert for Samwiri Karugire's book in 1988. The Roots of Instability in Uganda is available for reference. Don't miss a copy.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

3 years

Good morning ....

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National Library of Uganda

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5 years

Come to National Library of Uganda and experience Airtel 4G speeds for smooth learning.

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

3 years

We are busy sorting Thank you @Book_Aid #BooksChangeLives

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National Library of Uganda

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5 months

Ready, Set, BOOKS! 📚

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

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Books sorted, packed and ready for dispatch to Entebbe Public Library. Thank you for supporting Libraries.

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National Library of Uganda

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3 years

#Bookoftheweek #Uganda #Busoga

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Happy Literacy Month 2022 ...

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

What exactly do we do? 🧵 1. We collect literature. #Ugandan literature in form of books, government reports, newspapers, magazines, photographs etc. 2. We preserve it. *Preservation* means that we do a bunch of activities aimed at prolonging the life of this literature.

Jarrett Lerner

@Jarrett_Lerner

2 years

Librarians: if you care to share, I’d love to hear how you’d answer that question. What do you do? Whether it’s an explanation of your job or a list of your duties, I will try to use this information and your voices to further educate and advocate. 2/2

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

Good morning... Here's our #BookoftheWeek What Makes Africans Laugh? / James R. Tumusiime #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

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2 years

Good morning ... Here's our #BookoftheWeek Ugandan Society Observed is a selection of newspaper articles written by columnist Kevin O'Connor. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

5 years

An ICT Access Infrastructure Project was commissioned yesterday by Uganda Communications Commission and National Library of Uganda at Pallisa Municipal Public Library. #Uganda #Pallisa #UCC #NationalLibraryofUganda #ICT

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Greetings .... Yesterday, Mr James H.S. Galabuzi Mukasa delivered copies of his book "The Untold Story of Buganda's Past", to the National Library of Uganda. The books are now available for reference. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

Happy Happy New Year Friends 🎉🎊 Come 2023, we are looking forward to more visitors, and more legal deposits. Please deposit with us, so you can be documented. And a BIG thank you to everyone who has already deposited. For God and My Country. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

2 years

We are excited to announce that a shipment carrying 48,513 books from Book Aid International, just arrived at the National Library of Uganda. #Uganda

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

7 months

Good morning It's #NationalStorytellingWeek

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National Library of Uganda

@nationallib_ug

1 year

RT if you have ever entered the National Library of Uganda. Let's see how many we are.

Mutesi Marion Trish

@Mutesimarion_

1 year

Less than 5% of Ugandans including tweeps don’t know the existence of this place, and have actually never entered it . There after mbu we are in the “struggle”- the struggle requires reading 😂😂😂😂.

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