Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library

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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library
10°28′8″N9°49′49″E / 10.46889°N 9.83028°E / 10.46889; 9.83028
Location Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Main campus along Kano road, Bauchi., Nigeria
Type Academic library
Established1981
Collection
Items collectedBooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts
Access and use
Access requirementsOpen to students, researchers, academic and non-academic staff of the institution
Other information
AffiliationAbubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Website https://portal.atbu.edu.ng/library/

The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University library was established in August 1981 and it currently supplies 71,415 books, references, journals and dissertation to staffs and students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University. [1]

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History

The library was established in August 1980. The old building converted from female hostel was moved to a bigger building in 1985 which was launched in November 1990 during the university's first convocation ceremony, during the launch, there were 25,000 volumes of books and 25 personal computers in the library. In 2015, 45 additional wireless desktops were added to the digital section of the library. [1]

Structure

The library is made up of the librarian office, Technical services with the reader's service division been the largest. [1] There is E-library within the main library, other courses and programmes also have their library within the premises of the institution. [2] [3] [4] In 2021, National Insurance Commission donated an E-library with 50 people capacity to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University to promote knowledge acquisition and research work. [5]

Information Resource

The library has information resources both physical and online resources such as online database. The library has 161,672 volumes journal titles of over 3,442 volumes. the virtual library has 25 computers and access to online resources such as HINARI, AGTORA and ESBCO HOST etc. [1]

Hours

Library Academic Staff

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "University Library – Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University | Bauchi" . Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  2. ↑ Antwi, I.K. (1992-01-01). "Focus on Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University New Library Building" . Library Management. 13 (1): 22–26. doi:10.1108/01435129210009878. ISSN   0143-5124.
  3. ↑ Akpena, Johnson E. (1997-01-01). "Participative management in a university library: the case of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library, Bauchi, Nigeria" . ASLIB Proceedings. 49 (7): 190–193. doi:10.1108/eb051464. ISSN   0001-253X.
  4. ↑ Antwi, I.K.; Nwali, L.O. (1990-01-01). "Staff Development of Librarians: The Case of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library, Nigeria" . Library Management. 11 (6): 30–34. doi:10.1108/01435129010143141. ISSN   0143-5124.
  5. ↑ Michael, Ishola (2021-07-29). "NAICOM builds 50-seater capacity e-library in ATBU, promotes effective learning, research". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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