The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University library was established in August 1981 and it currently supplies 71,415 books, references, journals and dissertation to staffs and students of

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) is a federal university of technology located in Bauchi (city), Bauchi, north eastern part of Nigeria. The university is named after Nigeria's first and only Prime Minister, prime minister, Sir Abubakar Taf ...

History

The library was established in August 1980. The old building converted from female hostel was moved to a bigger building in 1985 which was launched in November 1990 during the university's first

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ceremony, during the launch, there were 25,000 volumes of books and 25 personal computers in the library. In 2015, 45 additional wireless desktops were added to the digital section of the library.

Structure

The

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is made up of the librarian office,

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services with the reader's service division been the largest. There is E-library within the main library, other courses and programmes also have their library within the premises of the

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. In 2021,

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donated an E-library with 50 people capacity to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University to promote knowledge acquisition and

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work.

Information Resource

The library has information resources both physical and online resources such as online

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. The library has 161,672 volumes journal titles of over 3,442 volumes. the virtual library has 25 computers and access to online resources such as HINARI, AGTORA and ESBCO HOST etc.

Hours

* Monday to Friday time: 8.00am - 10.00pm * Saturday time: 8.00am - 4.00pm * Sunday time: 2.00p - 8.00pm. the university closed on public holidays.

Library Academic Staff

*Dr Dauda Bakum Adamu - Ag University Librarian *Dr Ishaya Dauda Marama - Deputy University Librarian *Hamza Mohammed - Deputy University Librarian *Umar Faruk Aliyu - Deputy University Librarian *Altine B. Yusuf - Deputy University Librarian *Dr Rabi C. Bantai - Reader Services Librarian *Patrick Ozoulo - Medical College Librarian *Dr Basaka Abubakar Aminu - Acquisitions Librarian *Jamilu Abdullahi - Electronic Resources Librarian *Fatima Binta Umar - Circulation Librarian *Ishaku Adamu - Cataloging Librarian

References

External links

ATBU Library
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