Library Name: | Nnamdi Azikiwe Library |
Country: | Nigeria |
Location: | VC75+MCG, Ihe Nsukka 410002, Nsukka, Enugu |
Type: | National library |
Location Map: | Nigeria |
Items Collected: | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
Director: | Dr. Ilo Promise Ifeoma (chief executive, since April 2021) |
Nnamdi Azikiwe Library is located on the campus of University of Nigeria, Nsukka.[1] Established in 1960,[2] it is named after the first president of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe.
The library
The Nnamdi Azikiwe University Akwa library was named Prof.festus ahagbo Nwako library after the first vice chancellor of the university.
The library is located in the main campus with information resources both online and offline, the library is head by a college librarian name
The library houses archival collections. Users access this collection through the library catalogue or shelf browsing.[3] The library has a Facebook page. the current University Librarian she Dr. Mrs. C.N. Ezeani.[4]
The library collection grew steadily between 1964 and 1967, increasing annually by 20,000 volumes. It was among the few academic libraries in Nigeria to apply ICT components in the 1970s, beginning to automate its serial records in 1975.[5] On 8 March 2009, the library moved to a much larger building whose construction began in 1982.
the Main Library has over 7500 sitting capacity of reading space with different information resources both offline and online resources in different divisions which are