SERVICES

Electronic Library

Besides the computers in the Computer Laboratory, the Library provides 24 thin client computers in the E-library for access to electronic resources. It is fully air-conditioned, with high speed internet connectivity. This enables users to have access to:

  • Electronic Books and Journals
  • Other web-based literature
  • Online literature searches for projects and other related assignments.
  • Opportunity for tele-conferencing and online discussion groups with colleagues in other University
  • Training for those desirous of learning computer operations.
Wireless access points

Wireless hot spots exist in the library and in the computer laboratory.

Internet Service

Internet service in the main Library and the E-Library are uninterrupted, functional, and easily accessible to users 24hours daily.

Lending Service

KDU Library lends book(s) to users for a duration of two weeks. User(s) must mandatorily return borrowed book(s) at the end of the loan period.  Failure to comply with stipulated regulations attracts penalties.

Information Literacy Service

This includes library orientation to freshers to acquaint them with facilities and resources in the library, the arrangement and services offered. User education service is provided for 100-Level students as GST 101.

Library Exhibition

This is organized to sensitize users to certain materials in a given field or area in the library collection and to create awareness and education.

Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Service

This is the matching of users’ interests with information supplied.  Information supplied is strictly based on the users’ research profile.

Online Reference to users

Users are required to forward enquiries to the Library through the Internet and responses are sent via the e-mail.

Book Reservation

When a user fails to find the book(s) needed on the shelf, he/she is required to make enquiry at the Loan Desk so as to know if the book has been taken to the bindery section for repair or the book is on loan to another user. A book can be reserved for intending borrower by filling a reservation slip, such book will not be renewed for the present borrower when returned and if it is already overdue, it will be recalled at once.

Library Resources

KolaDaisi University, Ibadan, Library currently holds over 1,000 volumes of books and more are being added to the Library collections on daily basis. There are two main categories of collections.

  1. Circulation Collections: The books on these shelves can be borrowed or loaned out to the user(s).
  2. Non-Circulation Collections: These are reference materials. They cannot be loaned out of the Library. The following are the special collections in the Library.
  3. Reserved Collection: Multiple couples of textbooks, particularly some of those recommended for specific courses are shelved in the reserved section of the Library. Only the Librarian will have access to this section. Reserved materials are recommended textbooks which are in high demand in the Library. To provide equal access to the materials, they are kept in the reserved section of the Library.
  4. New Arrivals/Recent Accessions: A collection of books added to the library stock is normally displayed for several days before taking to the main collection. The books may not be borrowed while on display but may be reserved at the loan desk.
  5. Reference Collection: The reference collection including: encyclopaedias, dictionaries, handbooks, year books, atlases etc. are shelved in the reference section of the Library. Reference materials can only be consulted in the Library and are not meant to be loaned out and may not be removed from the section except on special permission.
  6. Government Publication/Document Collection: This includes acquisition from the Federal, formal regional and State Governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria such as Federal Road Safety Commission (F.R.S.C), Nigeria Road Safety Strategy (N.R.S.S). It also includes publications of other African governments and other international agencies such as the United Nations Organisation (U.N.O), World Health Organisation (W.H.O), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (U.N.E.C.A), Africa Union (A.U) and the World Bank.  Organisation of Library Materials Books in all sections of KDU Library are arranged in subject order according to the Library of Congress Classification (LC) Scheme.

SERVICES

University Library is providing access to two Electronic Databases. These databases among others include JSTOR, Research4life etc. this provides access to electronic Journals.

JSTOR provide access to Journals in all subjects field while Research4life covers Law, Innovation and Technology, Agriculture and Environmental Science.

Besides the computers in the Computer Laboratory, the Library provides  computer systems in the E-library for access to electronic resources. It is fully air-conditioned, with high speed internet connectivity. This enables users to have access to:

  1. Electronic Books and Journals.
  2. Other web-based literature.
  3. Online literature searches for projects and other related assignments.
  4. Opportunity for tele-conferencing and online discussion groups with colleagues in other University.
  5. Training for those desirous of learning computer operations.

The following manual catalogues can be found in the Catalogue Stand.

  1. The Author/Title Catalogue: These contain entries of all works available in the Library and are arranged alphabetically by author’s surname and by title.
  2. The Subject Catalogue: These give the subject entries and are arranged alphabetically.
  3. The Shelf List: This list provides records of all the holdings of a library collection according to how they are arranged on the shelves.

Serial Catalogue: This contains entries for all journals held in the Library. Arrangement of the entries is by alphabetical order, by title and in many cases by the name of the issuing association.

Our Mission, Vision and focus

To build, conserve and preserve diverse information resources to support teaching, learning and research. Also, to provide life-long learning skills to our users. The library’s aim is to provide good, aesthetic, user-friendly learning environment for all academic and research activities in the university.

To become a world-class and reference Resource Centre that will enhance teaching, learning and research that will promote raising a new generation of scholars.

  1. To provide knowledge for all services of humanity.
  2. To meet the best global practices in librarianship.
  3. To promote advancement of learning and quality teaching.
  4. To institutionalize quality research.
  5. To provide good automation of library materials.
  6. To foster good partnership with other libraries.
  7. To provide instructional materials and other facilities for the pursuit of learning in all the programmes offerred in the University.

e-Books

There are about 20,000 copies of E-Books and E-journals in our E-Resources Portal and are still counting

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