NEWLY appointed University of Ibadan Librarian, Dr (Mrs) Helen Olubukunola Komolafe-Opadeji, has promised to turn the institution’s library around for the better, saying her innovativeness would propel the library to greater heights
Dr
Komolafe-Opadeji, who is the sixth substantive Librarian, disclosed that
Information Literacy Skill, which her predecessors had not really promoted,
would be one of her priorities.
“We
are in the information age. Studies have shown that there is a paradigm shift
from print to electronics. One of my priorities, therefore, will be that the
university community fully benefits from the electronic information resources
that we have substantially subscribed to, by making the knowledge available and
facilitating accessibility,” she said.
The
new Librarian, who noted that the premier university had expended so much money
towards accessibility and utilisation of electronic information resources, said
that she would ensure massive in-house training for the staff of the library,
which will in turn impact the entire university community with the new skill.
Besides,
she promised to resuscitate bindery section of the library, which she noted
could generate millions of naira for the university in terms of Internally
Generated Revenue (IGR)
The
bindery section of the library could rake in millions of naira in one academic
session. For instance, if all postgraduate students are directed to bind their
theses and dissertations in our bindery section at the rate of N500 per copy,
in five places per a student, you can imagine how much we will make for the
university,” she stressed, pointing out that library services are capital-intensive,
and hence the need to look inwards.
Until
her appointment, the new librarian was a Deputy University Librarian and a
member of the university’s Library Management Committee.
She
joined the services of the University of Ibadan as a Librarian in 1990, serving
in different professional and administrative capacities until her new
appointment.
Culled from Nigerian Tribune Newspaper: http://tribuneonlineng.com/plans-ui-library-new-librarian/
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