Victoria Okojie

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Victoria Okojie
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Born
Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Education Ahmadu Bello University, University of Ibadan
Known forRegistrar/CEO of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria
Website http://victoriaokojie.org/about-us/

Victoria Okojie is a Nigerian librarian, academician and administrator. [1] She was the first Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria, [2] [3] a parastatal of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Okojie is also a past president of the Nigerian Library Association as well as a member of the governing board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). [4] She is a lecturer at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Abuja, Abuja. [5] [6]

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Education

Okojie completed her master's degree in Library Science (MLS) from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, before proceeding to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where she completed her PhD in Library and Information Science in 2012. [7]

Career

Okojie's career in librarianship began in 1984 at the University of Ibadan. She joined the British Council in 1994 and rose to the status of a Director at the council, the first Nigerian to do so. During the course of her career, she consulted with the World Bank, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as well as the UK Department for International Development. [8]

In 2009, Okojie joined the services of the Federal Government of Nigeria under the umbrella of the Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria, where she became the Registrar/CEO of the Council. [9] She was elected the President of the Nigerian Library Association from 2000 to 2010. Okojie also served as the Chair of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Africa Section. between 2011 and 2015. [10] [11] In 2012, she was among twelve global library leaders selected to work with IFLA in the Library and Information Sector. Okojie has served as a member of the IFLA governing Board; [12] the International Advisory Committee, UNESCO Memory of the World Programme; [13] Advisory Committee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Libraries Program; and the West African Library Association. [1] Okojie also served as the Program Coordinator of Nigerian Information Professionals Innovation Ambassadors Network (NIPIAN). [14]

Awards and honours

Okojie won the eminent service award of the Nigerian Library Association in 2000. [15] [16] She has also won the "Daughter of Destiny" Award of the Oyo State chapter of the Nigerian Library Association, in addition to the Nigeria Youth Initiative for Transparency, Good Governance, Peace and Social Orientation (NYITGPSO) Merit Award as "Icon of Education" of the year 2012. In 2012, the Commonwealth University, Belize, awarded Okojie an honorary doctorate, for her contributions in the field of Library and Information Science. [15]

Okojie is also a fellow of the Nigerian Library Association (2005); International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) of the US Department of State, United States Government, USA (2008), and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, Germany (2007). [8] [7]

Selected publications

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  5. ↑ CASA Africa (10 February 2017). "Victoria Okojie | Casa África". www.casafrica.es. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Innovative Library Service Workshop". Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  7. 1 2 Osso, Sera (2018-07-02). "OKOJIE, Dr Victoria". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  8. 1 2 "Victoria Okojie | Casa África". www.casafrica.es. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  9. ↑ "OKOJIE, Dr Victoria". 2 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Second International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives (ICADLA-2) (November 2011). "REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR OF THE IFLA AFRICA SECTION" (PDF). African Digital Libraries and Archives.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Brief of Okojie Victoria. "cibu".
  12. ↑ "Building forward better: African library partnerships for inclusive information and education towards Agendas 2030 and 2063". IFLA. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  13. ↑ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (October 2017). "Report of 13thmeeting of the International Advisory Committee (IAC)UNESCO, Paris". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  14. ↑ "About" . Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  15. 1 2 "Awards & Honours". Victoria Okojie. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  16. ↑ Osso, Sera (2018-07-02). "OKOJIE, Dr Victoria". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  17. ↑ Victoria Okojie and Magnus Osahon Igbinovia (2022). Global perspectives on sustainable library practices. IGI Global. ISBN   9781668459645 . Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  18. ↑ Victoria Okojie, Faith Orim, Oso Oluwatoyin and Adeyinka Tella (2020). "Opportunities and Challenges of E-Book Readers and Mobile Devices in Libraries: Experiences From Nigeria". IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-9034-7.ch010. S2CID   203356192 . Retrieved 2022-01-05.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ↑ Adeyinka, Tella; Okojie, Victoria; Olaniyi, T (2018). "Social Bookmarking Tools and Digital Libraries". Handbook of Research on Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries. Advances in Library and Information Science. IGI Global. pp. 396–409. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-3093-0.ch020. ISBN   9781522530930 . Retrieved 2023-01-05.
  20. ↑ Victoria Okojie and Rose Okiy (2019). "Public Libraries And The Development Agenda In Nigeria" (PDF). ifla. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  21. ↑ Okojie, Victoria; Omotoso, Oladele (2013). "Education and training of information professionals: the collaborative role of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN)".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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