BLIS-Bachelor Of Library and information Science:
Is a four(4) years Degree program ran at the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, featuring a total of 8 semesters, along side a SIWES Industrial Attachment scheme plus varied forms of expositions to Information Technology(IT) and Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) as we are being trained for Competence and effectiveness in 21st Century Librarianship.
History | Kashim Ibrahim Library
Established in 1962, the University Library System of Ahmadu Bello University comprises the Kashim Ibrahim Library (the main Library) and eleven other satellite libraries located in different campuses of the University.
The Library has a total holding of over 1.2 million volumes of books and 66,000 periodical titles. The University library has always been at the centre of research and scholarship playing a major role in acquiring, processing and lending library materials and responding to patrons inquires.
The library management in the past few years has been striving to upgrade the IT skills of the staff to enable them cope with challenges of the information age. Recently, thanks mostly to donations by the MacArthur Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, rapid progress has been made not only in updating the collection, but also in automating the resources and services of the Library system.
Today, online and CD-ROM searches are a common feature among staff and students of the University. With a staff strength of 42 professionals and 109 para-professionals, 22 Senior and 102 Junior non-professional staff in the entire university library system, the library management is striving to upgrade the IT skills of the staff to enable them cope with challenges of the information age.
Satellite libraries of Abu are:
| S/N | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | The President Kennedy Library |
| 2 | The Law Library |
| 3 | The Centre for Islamic Legal Studies Library |
| 4 | The Institute for Agricultural Research Library |
| 5 | The National Animal Production Research Institute Library (NAPRI) |
| 6 | The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services Library (NAERLS) |
| 7 | The Medical Libraries (Clinical and Pre-Clinical) |
| 8 | The Lee T Railsback Library (Veterinary Medicine) |
| 9 | The Arewa House Library |
| 10 | The Division of Agricultural Colleges Library (DAC) The Samaru Public Library Reference:https://library.abu.edu.ng/pages/about.php |
Organogram Of Kashim Ibrahim Library
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Plagiarism: Literary Theft
Exactly what plagiarism is and how it can be avoided is often confusing. It is possible to plagiarize material unintentionally by incorrectly paraphrasing. To avoid this pitfall let's first look at a definition and then link to some examples.
Plagiarize means to steal and pass off as one's own (the ideas or words of another): or use (a created production) without crediting the source: it also means to commit literary theft and to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.
Plagiarism can be averted by avoiding these most common mistakes.
- Using a direct quotation without citing the source.
- Rewriting or paraphrasing without citing the source.
- Partially paraphrasing (using some of the author's phrasing) and not quoting and/or citing the source.
The Internet has also made it more difficult to commit plagiarism. Numerous software programs are available that help teachers identify plagiarized papers from web sources. Or, documents can be identified using key words and phrases in a search using a search engine. Students can use some of these same tools to determine whether they may have unintentionally plagiarized material.
Reference: https://library.uaf.edu/ls101-plagiarism
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