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Syed Ameer Haider Abidi (born 1940) is a UgandanAsian researcher and professor of Library and Information Science (LIS). He was the Director of the East African School of Library and Information Science previously referred to as, the East African School of Librarianship at Makerere University from 1972-2002

Early life and education
Born in India, Abidi studied many courses between 1958 - 1967. He later went to England to pursue a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science

Career
Abidi started working as a Librarian for Agra District in India, in 1960. In 1970, while teaching library science at Aligarh Muslim University, Abidi applied for a position of Lecturer in Library and Information Science at Makerere University. He was appointed as a Senior Lecturer, and later promoted to Director - East African School of Library and Information Science in 1972. A position he held for 30 years.

He is the current Chairman of Kampala International University Council as well as being an author

Publications
Abidi has authored publications in several academic journals including but not limited to :


 * 1) Local Relevance Factor in Syllabi for African Library and Information Training Schools.
 * 2) Information Technology in the Universities of East Africa.
 * 3) Library training programmes in East Africa: an evaluation.

Family Life
Abidi is a father of three chil