William Serwadda (sometimes referred to as G.W Serwadda) was a Ugandan librarian who served as the first ever Director of the Uganda Library Service.
[2] Between 1955 and 1957, Serwadda worked as a library assistant at Makerere University after which he departed to undertake library studies in Britain.
[3] After his studies, Serwadda visited a number of libraries in "continental Europe including Scandinavia" then came back to Uganda and was published in the East African Library Association Bulletin.
[2] He was subsequently appointed the first director of the Uganda Library Service in July 1964 after the designated appointee resigned.
[2] Serwadda has been quoted by a number of library scholars basing on his work that was published in a number of journals.