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THE

BENSON

IDAHOSA

UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY 

                                   

The BIU library occupies a three (3) storey circular building situated opposite the central Administration building. The library is fully air-conditioned with the first floor fully rugged wall to wall to enhance maximum comfort for serious academic and research activities.

The Library has a usable floor area of 156 square meters which can serve 2,432 students in a seating capacity of 300 persons. The library serves as the hub round which the academic activities revolve. The books acquired and shelved in the library cover virtually all the courses offered at both undergraduate and post graduate levels in the university.

In addition to textbooks, the library has an assemblage of publications from the World Bank, the federal and states governments of Nigeria. The library has a stock of over 42,014 volumes of text books and reference books.

It subscribes to about three hundred and seventh (317) - current journal titles with two hundred and four (204) foreign titles and One hundred and thirteen (113) local titles. There are also back files of journals for some of the current titles.Localised administration and management is driven by a library management software known as CDS/ISIS

 

Administration

Administration rests on the shoulders of professional, paraprofessionals, confidential secretaries and library assistants who form the library staff base. The administration is tri-segmented namely

1.    Collection Development- For selecting, acquiring and processing of library materials. Acquisition of materials is guided by the Acquisition policy of the University which permits that every title should have at least three(3) copies and prohibits the acquisition of used or second hand books

2.    Technical Services- For cataloguing and classification of information materials using the Anglo-American cataloguing   rules of 1978  (AACR2) with the latest edition of library of congress classification schemes, the cataloguing and classification of materials is done on the BIU cataloguing worksheet which is designed according to the CDS/ISIS software package.   

  

   



Services Section

The library is open to readers as follows:


During the Semester

Monday-Friday                8:00 am – 10:00 pm

Saturdays                       10:00 am -   4:00 pm

Sundays                          1:00 pm –   6:00pm



Vacation Periods

Monday – Friday            8:00 am –   4:00 pm

Weekends                     Closed

Public Holidays             Closed except on special occasions for which prior notice is usually given   

 


  

      



Lending Policy

Academic Staffs           Five (5) Books at a time for two (2) weeks        

Students                       Three (3) Books at a time for two (2) weeks  

 

LAW LIBRARY

The law library is a branch of the main library and it is located in the Faculty of Law building as a specified standard by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Council for Legal Education for Law faculty.

The law library houses law text books, law journals, Law reports, Reference materials and some other materials that may be consulted by law students, Lecturers , Practitioners and researchers. The law library has a seating capacity of Eighty (80) readers at a time.

 

 

STATISTICS OF BOOKS/JOURNALS (in Law Library)

Law of the federation                                 - 32 Volumes
Foreign Law Reports                                   - 700 Volumes
Local Law Reports                                       - 464 Volumes
Weekly Law Reports                                   - 912 Volumes


   Total                                                              2, 108 Volumes

   Books                                                                743 Volumes