Information Competence And Management | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

LIB 9101

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

College:

College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology

School:

School of Engineering

Course Discipline:

Information Technology

Course Description & Objectives:

Information competency and management cross-cutting course is a three credit unit course developed and conducted by the University Library in collaboration with the East African School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS) and Faculty of Computing and Information technology.ObjectiveThe major objective of this cross-cutting course is to impart knowledge and skills in the effective information seeking and management by postgraduate students/researchers. The course focuses on an individual’s course/research topic to provide information seeking competency and support to the student.

Learning Outcomes:

After undertaking this course, students are expected to:

identify and use of information resources (print and electronic) relevant to the researcher’s individual research topic
professional citing and quoting of authors versus interviewees/respondents
improved scholarly writing (writing skills)
file management of the many versions of electronic files researchers work on/with
creation and management of simple databases for the bibliographic data/references, e.g. using Endnote software, and their subsequent updating
computer applications in qualitative research e.g. using Atals.ti software.

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