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Raphael Aregu

Raphael Aregu

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I am an Information Science specialist, academician and consultant. I particularly specialise in service systems, information systems and ICT4D. I have a B.LIS (Mak), Msc. Info. Sc. (Mak) and PhD (Groningen, NL). I have over the last 31 years worked in higher education, especially managing, teaching and supervising at various levels, and in the domain of service systems, especially Library and Information Services. I have particularly gained working, teaching and supervision experience in service systems design and implementation, information systems and information management. These have since exposed me to a number of not only challenges, but to domain competencies covering management, team building, research, financial management, planning, service development and deployment among others. During the same period, I have built a national, regional and global network of partners and contacts, from whom I have gained exposure and best of practice scenarios.

My research interests is in service systems and mainly information services, library services and information systems, including ICT for development; and their utility in higher education, agricultural and rural communities. The main

The main philosophical focus being on the decision enhancement sciences.

  1. B.LIS (Mak., 1994),
  2. Msc. Inf. Sc. (Mak., 1997): Information Services, Service Systems Analysis and design, Library Services.

3. PhD (CS, Groningen, 2014): PhD (Computer Science), (2014): Service systems,  Information Services (including Library Services), decision support systems, decision enhancement.

4. International Associate (Mortenson Centre, UIUC, USA, 2004); Professional Fellow (The Commonwealth, The University of East London, UK, 2014).

5. European Computer Driving License (ECDL), 2014, University of East London (UK).

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7. Certificate of Course Completion, Integrated Library Management Systems, (KOHA), 2019 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Saalam, Tanzania
8. Certificate of Website Design, Development and Management, 2004. Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, (CTA), EU/ACP Countries. ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya

 

9. Certificate of Cooperate Governance, 2019 Institute of Cooperate Governance of Uganda. Gulu University.
  1. UNESCO (2024). Indicators of Information Preservation Sustainability. Joint contributor: ISBN: 978-9988-3-9555-1; 978-0-99-702549-1. UNESCO, 2024.
  2. Vokes, R., Thornton, A., Aregu, R., Bolleter, J., Duckworth-Smith, A., Pype, C. & McBurney, T. (2019). Urban planning for the future Gulu City: Snapshot report. Integrated Design Group, Sydney. ISBN: 978-0-6483070-6-8.
  3. Aregu, R. and Sol, H.G. (2015). Designing Market and Price Decision Enhancement Services for Farmers in Uganda. Paper internationally reviewed and accepted for IST-Africa 2015 Conference. Lilongwe, Malawi.
  4. Aregu, R. (2014). Market and Price Decision Enhancement Services for Farmers in Uganda. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
  5. Aregu, R. (2014). Market and Price Decision Enhancement Services for Farmers in Uganda. University of Groningen, Groningen. ISBN: 978-90-367-7194-8.
  6. Aregu, R., Bagaya, M., & Nerbone, J. (2008). An ICT based Digital Content Information Access Framework in Developing Countries: the Case of Agricultural Informatics Access and Management in Uganda. IST-African Conference and Exhibition, Windhoek, Namibia.
  7. Aregu, R. (2003). Digitizing agricultural data for rapid agricultural modernization in Uganda: strengthening Ugandan NARS issues”. 4th International Conference of Asian digital Libraries.
7.   Aregu, R. (2000). Management of Agricultural Information Systems in the East African region: the IT dilemmas:  A paper presented at the Public University Librarians Conference, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya, May, 21st -25th .

Currently engaged in two Library and Information Services’ improvement projects, namely:

  1. Automation of the MMU Library and Information Services’ processes and workflows. The project aims at easing users’ access and retrieval of the vital information they need for their matters that matter most. It involves staff skills’ enhancement, identification and customization of an appropriate software, capturing all metadata of library print resources into the system identified.
  2. The Establishment of the Mountains of the Moon Institutional Repository, branded as an innovative idea leading to MMU-KGW (MMU- knowledge Gate Way). The project aims at identifying and customizing the needed application, disseminating the approved relevant policies, skilling staff among others.

All the above are ongoing activities.

Co-supervised:

  1. Mr. Francis Oguli, “Climate Information System Attributes for Teso sub-region”. An Msc study. Completed.
  2. Mr. Obong Francis, “Evaluating mobile phone usage in sweet potatoes seed system of Gulu District”. Pulled out before completion