| Nimbe Adedipe Library | |
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| Location | Nigeria |
| Type | Academic Library |
| Established | 1988 |
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| Director | Dr. Fehintola Nike Onifade |
| Website | unaab |
Nimbe Adedipe Library is located on the campus of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in Ogun State, Nigeria. [1] It was established in 1988. [2]
On 1 January 1988, the Federal Government of Nigeria established three university of agriculture. The University of Lagos Abeokuta campus(ULAB) which was at mini-campus at Isale igbein was changed to full-fledged university and the name was changed to University of Agriculture Abeokuta (UNAAB). The library now became UNAAB Library from ULAB library. This university of agriculture later moved to its permanent site at Alabata along Ibadan road where an ultra modern library was built. The Library was later named 'Nimbe Adedipe Library to honour the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Nurudeen Olorunnimbe Adedipe. The ultra modern building can accommodate 1000 users at a time. The total collection of books at present is 91,800 titles while the total collection of journals on the shelves at present is 3,723 titles. [3]
'Nimjbe Adedipe Library operates the following sections and services
The automation of the library started in 1994 when the library acquired an IBM personal computer and the TINLIB (The Information navigation Library) library software designed for four work stations through a World Bank Project. This was later upgraded to ten work stations. From the DOS based TINLIB software, the library moved to a more versatile window based GLAS (Graphical Library Automation System) software with capacity to operate 50 work stations within the library. There are terminals in all sections which are connected to the main server. The library during the 2012/2013session acquired KOHA, an Integrated Library Management software that enables users to access the library resources and services anywhere. At present, the library Oline Open Access Cataloque (OPAC) is fully functional making it possible to access bibliographical details of library holdings/resources on line [4]
In order to improve literature search and document delivery capacity in the library, the university acquired two CD-ROM databases in 1998. The CD-ROM databases are
The library has access to the followings electronic databases
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