Circulation of
Library materials to Users
The main service provided by the
University
of
Jos
Libraries
to users is the circulation of
library materials through loans and book reservations.
Training
The
University
of
Jos Library
provides
training/attachment services to other libraries - academic, special and
public in the areas of Application of Information and Communication
Technologies in Libraries, Library Automation, Electronic Database
Subscription and management. Universities like that of
Ibadan
,
Obafemi Awolowo, Ile Ife,
Port
Harcourt
, etc., are some beneficiaries of these
training/attachment services.
Electronic/Digital
Library services
Apart from
the normal hard copy collection, the University Library as mentioned
elsewhere subscribes to online electronic resources. This supplements the
library’s hard copy collection. This includes;
African Digital Library, AGORA, BioOne, DATAD, EBSCOHost, HINARI, JSTOR, The National Academies Press Library, Nigerian
Virtual Library, OARE, Oxford Journals, Questia – The Online Library
of Books and Journals
Apart from
these databases, the eGranary (http://egranary.unijos.edu.ng)
with its over 3,000,000 full-text resources (sites, journals, e-books) adds
to the total collection. Some subject librarians from the University Library
are involved in content identification and selection for inclusion in
subsequent versions.
Click here for the
egranary digital library
And here for a description of the
online electronic resources
Library
Instruction
The University Libraries
Instruction is done in three ways: the Use of Library Lectures to fresh
undergraduate students of the University; the Advanced Use of Library
taught to third and final year undergraduate and postgraduate students
respectively; and the Sensitization classes for the final year
undergraduate students in Internet and electronic resources search
strategies.
Tutorial
The ever changing information
environment and the diverse resources obtainable over the Internet, has led
to an increasing dependence on these resources, necessitating the
development of relevant tutorials. These tutorials help in guiding users
towards effective and productive search strategies. One of such tutorials
is the Texas Information Literacy Tutorial distributed under the Open
Publication License. A link has been created to it for use by patrons of
the
University
of
Jos Libraries
.
Click here for the
Tutorial
