The role of parliamentary library and research resources in supporting parliamentarians to be well-informed: the case of Uganda
| dc.audience | Audience::Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section | |
| dc.conference.sessionType | Library and Research Services for Parliaments | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rugambwa, Innocent | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kintu, Francis | |
| dc.contributor.translator | Anonymous | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-24T08:02:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-24T08:02:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In many a developing world context like Uganda’s, evidence - literacy among legislators had been poor for many years. This had left both legislative debates and decision-making processes in Parliament to be driven more by personal opinion and political sentiments, rather than objective facts and empirical evidence. The introduction, however, of a pioneering and innovate Legislative Research and Library Services, one of the very first of such services on the African continent, has revolutionized legislative debates and decision- making. This paper, taking the case of Uganda, underscores the role of Parliamentary library and research resources in building well-informed legislatures. The evolution of library and research resources in Uganda’s Parliament as well as the innovations and outputs are discussed. Through innovative library and research resources, well informed Parliaments can be created. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | En el contexto de un país en vías de desarrollo como el de Uganda, el nivel de formación empírica entre legisladores ha sido muy bajo durante muchos años. En consecuencia, tanto los debates legislativos como los procesos de toma de decisiones en el Parlamento han seguido más los sentimientos políticos y las opiniones personales que los hechos objetivos y las evidencias empíricas. No obstante, la presentación de los innovadores Servicios Bibliotecarios y de Investigación para Parlamentos, uno de los primeros servicios de este tipo del continente africano, ha revolucionado los debates legislativos y el proceso de toma de decisiones. 2 Este trabajo, al analizar el caso de Uganda, subraya el rol de los recursos bibliotecarios y de investigación del Parlamento en la construcción de cuerpos legislativos bien informados. Se investiga la evolución de los recursos bibliotecarios y de investigación en el Parlamento de Uganda, así como las innovaciones y los resultados. A través de los novedosos recursos bibliotecarios y de investigación, pueden crearse Parlamentos bien informados. | es |
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| dc.identifier.relatedurl | http://2013.ifla.org | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5127 | |
| dc.language.iso | spa | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
| dc.subject.jita | Information use and sociology of information::Information dissemination and diffusion | |
| dc.subject.jita | Libraries as physical collections::Special libraries | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Parliamentary library | |
| dc.subject.keyword | legislative research | |
| dc.subject.keyword | evidence-based | |
| dc.title | The role of parliamentary library and research resources in supporting parliamentarians to be well-informed: the case of Uganda | en |
| dc.title | El Rol de la Biblioteca Parlamentaria y los Recursos de Investigación para que los Parlamentarios estén bien informados: El caso de Uganda | es |
| dc.type | Article | |
| ifla.Unit | Section:Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section | |
| ifla.oPubId | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/168/ |