Ebubechukwu Uba
Doctoral Student
PhD, Information Sciences, Illinois (in progress)
MSLIS, Library and Information Science, Illinois
B.LIS, Library and Information Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka
Research focus
My research focuses on the intersection of educational technology designs, community informatics, and technology policy analysis. I explore how educational technologies are designed to either empower or exclude specific communities, particularly in rural and low-resource contexts, through co-design frameworks, digital equity models, and critical technology design theories.
Courses currently teaching
Advisor
Publications & Papers
Uba, E. E. & Adler, R. F. (2025). May We Know You? Co-Designing with African Communities: A Scoping Review. 11th Annual IU International Conference.
Uba, E. E. & Sanfilippo, R. M. (2025). Governing Knowledge Commons in Information Science. Presented at the iConference held virtually from March 11-14, 2025.
Okonkwo, E. A., Cocodia, B. & Uba, E. E. (2024). Listening to the unheard and unseen: information literacy perspectives of the rural bi/multilingual in Nigeria. Journal of Information Science.
Uba, E. E. (2024). Embedding Digital Literacy in the African Curriculum: The Role of Critical Pedagogy in the Nigerian Perspective. (This paper was accepted and presented at the International Collaborative Conference themed, “Africanizing Education Through Curriculum Reimagining,” on July 17-18, 2024, held at the University of Nairobi, Kenya).
Uba, E. E. & Nwamba, N. (2022). New Approaches to Rural Library Management in Nigeria: A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Development. IGI Global.
Uba, E. E. & Okonkwo, E. A. (2021). Global Visibility through the Use of Institutional Repositories: The Struggles of Local Content Resources in Selected Nigerian Tertiary Institutions in South-East Geopolitical Zone. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). https://digitalcommonsunledu/libphilprac/6342.
Uba, E. E. (2020). The Role of Library and Information Professionals in Creating a Smart Learning Environment using Modern Technologies and Innovations, considering the Uniqueness of Individuals in the COVID-19 era in Nigeria. Conference Paper presented on 9th November 2020 at the Nigerian Library Association Information Technology Section (NLA, IT) Virtual Conference.
Uba, E. E. & Okonkwo, E. A. (2019). Use of Digital Reference Service in the Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. Published article in Nigerian Library Association, Bayelsa State, Gloryland Journal.