University of Abuja Governing Council visits the University Library

The University of Abuja Governing Council visited the Samuel Ogbemudia Library on Wednesday 6th December, 2017.

Council members and library staff at the event 

The Chairman of Council and Pro Chancellor, Alhaji Sani Maikudi and the Vice Chancellor Professor Michael U Adikwu and other dignitaries at the event. 

The Registrar, Mrs Rifkatu Hoshen Swaanta and Professor Rhoda Mundi at the event 

The University Librarian, Dr Mrs R. I. Echezona making her submission at the event. 

Library staff introducing themselves 

The Bursar, Alhaji Ahmed B. El Yaqub

International Day of the Girl Child

A young girl sits in the shade, while her sister sleeps behind her, at an IDP camp in Baidoa for victims of a drought currently affecting Somalia. UN Photo/Tobin Jones

Today 11th of October has been marked by the United Nations as International Day for the girl child. The day was marked in 2012, and it aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.
The picture above from the UN website depicts a young girl in an IDP camp with her sister sleeping in the background.
This year’s International Day of the Girl (IDG) on October 11 marks the beginning of a year-long effort to spur global attention and action to the challenges and opportunities girls face before, during, and after crises, according to the UN. 

The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)

This is to inform the entire University Community that the Library has secured a grant from the Mann Library, Cornell University, USA, for the installation of The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) in the University of Abuja Library. TEEAL is an offline full-text and searchable database of articles from more than 350 high-quality research journals in agriculture and the related sciences from 1993 – 2014.

The TEEAL was already delivered to the Library and has been installed. Also, a training on how to use the TEEAL and other electronic resources is coming in the first week of November. 

Once more, The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) is a digital library for excellence in agricultural research and education.

It contains current agricultural research with access to hundreds of essential agricultural journals without internet connection.

Full-text articles can be downloaded, saved or printed in the following subject areas:

i. Agricultural Engineering

ii. Agriculture

iii. Animal Science / Veterinary Medicine

iv. Biology / Genetics

v. Biotechnology / Applied Microbiology

vi. Chemistry / Biochemistry / Biophysics

vii. Economic / Social Sciences / Development

viii. Entomology / Pest Control

ix. Environment / Ecology / Natural Resources

x. Fisheries / Aquatic Sciences

xi. Food Science / Nutrition

xii. Forestry

xiii. Human / Medicine / Physiology

xiv. Plant Science / Soil Science 

Thank you as I look forward to your comments and inquiries. 

WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORK

The University Librarian and some library staff attended the WACREN workshop at NUC on Wednesday 5th October 2016.
The workshop was aimed at reducing the cost of access to databases through a consortium among the Nigerian  Universities.
Below is the group photograph taking at the end of the workshop.

Group photo at WACREN Workshop

Training of University of Abuja Library Staff

Helen Okpala - Resource Person, helping out some participants.

 Today, our resource person - Helen Nneka Okpala , a Librarian at University of Nigeria Nsukka, is taking the library staff on how to use social media like Facebook, Twitter, Blogs to reach out to our library patrons. More to that, the library staff are being taught how to make use of reference management systems to create researcher profiles and collaborate in addition to reference management. 

Helen can be reached at: www.library.unn.edu.ng/helen  www.helenokpala.com  helen.okpala@unn.edu.ng

A view of the participants

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Practical session

THE CHAIRMAN, GOVERNING COUNCIL, UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

The Chairman, Governing Council, University of Abuja,  Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia Celebrated his 84th Birthday  on Saturday September 17th, 2016. 

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Umale Adikwu, The Registrar, Mrs. Rifkatu H. Swanta, the University Librarian, Dr R. I. Echezona and other dignitaries from the University attended the occasion 

The VC helps the celebrant to cut the birthday cake while the Registrar cheers on 

The celebrant cutting the cake while the VC, Registrar and other guests look on 

Another cheerful moment at the occasion 

The Vice Chancellor seated at the occasion 

The Grants Register

This is to bring to the notice of the entire University community that the following material titled: The Grants Register, is now available in the Central library as well as all branch / faculty libraries.
It is very important for staff to use the material as soon as possible since it contains grants that are mostly for 2016.
Thank you

Front page of  the Grants Register

Back page of the Grants Register