WHAT LIBRARY CAN DO FOR YOU

Being a seminar presented to the Postgraduate Students at Babcock University Postgraduate School

on September 30, 2013

by

Saturday U. OmeluzorSystems Librarian

Babcock University Library

BRIEF DEFINITIONS• A library is a collection of

information resources and services, organized for use, and maintained by a public body, institution, or private individual.

• A place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading, studying and reference.

Purpose of a library• The purpose of establishing

a library was to support teaching, learning and research of students and staff of an institution.

INFORMATION RESOURCES

• Library ensure to provide Information resources in various mediums.

What can a library do for

you?

ACQUIRE /ORGANIZE• Acquires information resources.

• Organizes the resources by

classifying and cataloguing them for easy access.

E-RESOURCES• Library subscribes to

several electronic resources/ databases and provide facilities to access them, i.e. systems, internet access etc.

RESOURCE SHARING

• Library provide platform for

resource sharing, networking and

collaboration among

researchers.

ACCESS TO JOURNALS AND BOOKS

• Library provide access to current peer reviewed journals and books from reputable publishers in virtually every area of study.

NEW TOOLS• Library consistently

provide tools to ease access and retrieval of information within and outside a library wall, i.e. OPAC, Abstract, Indexes etc.

Communication• Library

communicates and facilitates

current awareness and

selective dissemination of

information (SDI).

Our duty• Librarians give

support and professional advice to users through teaching, guidance and mentoring.

References

Wikipedia (2013). Bibliotheraphy. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotherapy

University of Georgia (2013). What is a library? http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries0_02.phtml

The Free Dictionary (2013). Free Electronic Library http://www.thefreedictionary.com/library