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Acquisitions and Cataloguing

Acquisitions

The acquisitions involves the selection, ordering and receiving of all library materials and maintains records such as Ordering List, Packing List and Accessions Register.

Material selection and ordering
Receiving and processing
Record maintenance

Cataloguing

At Cataloguing books and other library materials are catalogued and classified according to their subject content for easy organization and retrieval. After processing, the materials are displayed for use by patrons.

Subject classification
Material organization
Easy retrieval system

Circulation and Reader Services

This department provides reference services by answering user queries in all forms, give library instructions, user education and research guides to patrons. Staff in this department also manage and maintain the library's collections.

Reference Services

Comprehensive assistance with user queries and research needs

Library Instruction

Guided sessions on using library resources effectively

User Education

Training programs to develop information literacy skills

Research Guides

Specialized assistance for academic research projects

Specialized Library Units

Academic Research Library

This library is equipped with the state-of-the-art ICT gadgets and internet connectivity to enable users to conduct online academic research in open and closed access databases subscribed by the library, print and copy documents.

High-speed internet
Research databases
Printing services

Reprography Unit

This unit's core business is the production and duplication of teaching and learning materials in addition to photocopying. A major product of this unit is the reading materials for the University's short-courses.

Material production
Document duplication
Course materials

Digitization Unit

Here, the information professionals digitize rare books and other resources, process and upload them unto the University's Institutional Repository (IR) for continued access. Research output of the University is also catalogued and uploaded unto the IR.

Digital conversion
Institutional Repository
Research dissemination

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