East African School of Library and Information Science

The East African School of Library and Information Science, also known as EASLIS, is one of the schools that make up the College of Computing and Information Science (COCIS) at Uganda's largest university, Makerere University in Uganda.

EASLIS is located at Makerere University's main campus in Kampala, just next to Uganda's oldest academic library which is Makerere University's Main Library (old entrance) and it is situated next to the junction that leads to the school of Chemistry and not far from the university's Main Administration Block and the Freedom Square.

[1] The school was founded in the year 1963 shortly after Uganda had gained independence and its establishment was meant to foster the development of library professionals in the East African countries which were three by then (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania).

The school was established with funds from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and by the time of its establishment called the East African School of Librarianship.

As you are reading this, EASLIS offers 2 Masters Programs that is in information science and the other in records and archives management established in 1997 and 2016 respectively, 1 PhD in information studies since 2004 with a Doctor of Philosophy in Archival studies coming up.