Madonna University is the first Catholic university in Nigeria. It was accredited by National Universities Commission. Madonna University Nigeria has three campuses that are located in Elele - Rivers State, Okija - Anambra State and Akpugo - Enugu State. The campuses have different Faculties with Departments. The Okija campus in Anambra state has the following Faculties: Management and Social Sciences; Arts and Education, and Law.[1] The Elele campus has Faculties of Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacology. The Akpugo campus has Faculty of Engineering. These campuses have their main libraries as well as libraries attached to Faculties and the Departments. The university graduates first class, second class and third class students.[2] The university also has a postgraduate program and part-time program that runs on Fridays and Saturdays.
Madonna University Nigeria offers different academic activities. These include Matriculation, Convocation[2] and Scholastic activities. There are also National Universities Commission (NUC) activities for approval of departments, resource verifications and libraries.[citation needed] Other academic activities include, induction of students and graduates in various fields of learning. For instance, the Pharmacists Council Of Nigeria (PCN) inducted 236 fresh pharmacy graduands of Madonna University.[11] The Matriculation activity is done in every campus, every year after admission of new students. But Convocation is usually done collectively in Elele campus, which is the mother campus and the Headquarter where the seat of administration is located in Rivers state.
This is the academic library located in Madonna University Nigeria to offer resources and access to information to the students and members of the academic environment. In the Madonna University Nigeria, there are libraries in the three campuses in Okija, Elele and Akpugo.[12] There are faculty libraries and departmental libraries.[13] In other words, every department in Madonna University library Nigeria has departmental ICT laboratories manned by a library assistant to enable equitable learning and supports.[14]
The university library in Okija Campus has an ICT section with resources and facilities that are made available and accessible to the students.[1] The resources in the university library include both print and non-print resources. The electronic information resources include e-journals, e-books, e-newspapers, online directories, e-projects, and databases.[15] The facilities include computers, hard disks, printers, scanners, photocopier, projector, land area network, wide area network and generators.[12]
However, there are still issues with the provision of facilities, automation of the library, good regular internet, regular power supply, searching skills of the students and adequacy of the computer.[14][15][12]
^ abcOsuchukwu Ngozi Perpetua and Uchendu Ogechukwu Sabina (2020). "Extent of automation gap of library and information services in Madonna University libraries". Madonna Journal of Research in Library and Information Science. 4 (1): 21–33 – via Madonna University Nigeria.
^ abOsuchukwu, N. P. and Okafor, A. A. (2019). "Access and use of electronic information resources by undergraduates in Madonna University, Nigeria". Journal of Department of Library and Information Science, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. 21 (1): 1–11 – via Ambrose Alli University.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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