The university gives accommodation for a good number of male and female students in halls of residence. There are hostels for accommodation within walkable distance away from the university campus, which accommodate the rest of the students.

The stock of the whole library service is approximately 615,000 of which about 350,000 are accessioned books, monographs, and pamphlets while bound periodicals, publications from the international Organisations, manuscripts and serials constitute the rest.  
Each year around 1000 books are added to the collection to support teaching, learning and research at the University.  The great majority of books are on open shelves and are available for borrowing.  Periodicals, reference works, textbooks and special collections are under closed access system and can only be used within the library. The collections relating to Africa especially East Africa, International Organisations, archives, theses, and Uganda Newspapers are particularly strong and comprehensive.

All students and staff have access to the library computing facilities which range from CD-ROM Work Stations to E-Mail and Internet Service.  Photocopying and Bindery Services are also available for students and other library users.  New students are required to attend introductory tours of the libraries at the beginning of the academic year.  Seminars intended for specific groups in the University are conducted every semester in the year and the library produces a wide range of printed materials which provide detailed information about the library resources and the services being offered.

Library services to Users:

• Loan services to registered users
• Current Awareness services (CAS)
• Photocopying though at a cost
• Internet search and retrieval
• User Education

Information retrieval:

• Open access viewing
• Subject bibliographies

Opening hours

• Monday - Saturday  8:30am-10:00pm
• Sunday                  10:00am-07:00m

Recess

• Monday-Friday   8:30am-5:00pm

Collaboration

The University is a member of the Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) and other organizations that help to support the university library. As a way of community collaboration, the university library opens its doors to external users besides the registered members.

Staff: The Library has competent staff in helping users access information resources

Future developments

Library expansion in progress

The library plans to embark on library automation

Creation of departmental libraries

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