Baze University Abuja

The University Librarian is the academic and administrative head of the University Library. He is assisted by other academic Librarians, para-professionals and non-academic staff to effect the mandate of the University Library as set in the University Statutes. As a Principal Officer of the University, the University Librarian is responsible for the overall development of the University Library, and reports to the Vice Chancellor of the University.

The history of Baze University Library and its collection development parallels the history of Baze University itself. The Library was established along with the University in 2011. As the institution grew and the Faculties came on board in accordance with its strategic plan, the scope and nature of the Library’s collections up scaled, became more physically distributed, and expanded in complexity and richness according to disciplines in variant formats. In addition to acquiring and organization of books, journals, research reports, preprints and a variety of electronic materials, the Library has provided academic leadership in attaining the full life cycle of these intellectual resources through the selection, acquisition, processing, maintenance, analysis, preservation, and dissemination of the cumulative intellectual repositories of human knowledge to its users. From the commencement, Baze University Management had given priority to building an ultra-modern world-class Library, bearing in mind that a university is as good as its Library – ‘the Library being the heart-beat of any academic institution’.

The vision of the Baze University Library is to create and develop an excellent world-class library resource, second to none in support of the curricula and programmes offered by the University.

The Mission of Baze University Library is to build and develop a current, relevant and quality collection of books and journals in print and e-formats deployed for use via the latest Information technologies of all times and skilled professionals.

1. To participate in collaborative and cooperative endeavours of exchange networks designed for cheaper access to latest library resources at national and international levels
2. To encourage innovation and capitalize on appropriate Information Technologies to forge effective partnerships

The Baze University Library complex is made up of six Faculty based Libraries. Each Faculty has a subject based Library attached to it, with the full complement of up-to-date books, reference resources, Journal and periodical collections in print, and e-formats. Every Library is equipped with dedicated computer terminals for e-library sessions. Each of the specialized Faculty based Libraries, house collections specific to the disciplines and subject requirements of the academic community it serves. The Library is endowed with rich e-Library resources, dedicated computers and institutional Wi-Fi access 24/7

Students and Staff with a valid Baze University Identity Card must register with the library in order to gain online access to the University Library resources for loan and other privileges. External visitors, researchers, students from other institutions interested in consulting the Library collections may apply for access by contacting the University Librarian Monday to Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The six Faculty based Libraries in the complex are:

1. (Justice M.L Uwais Law Library (Main Library)
2. U.A. Mutallab Library of Management and Social Sciences
3. Hassan Tukur Computing and Applied Sciences Library
4. Attahiru Jega Engineering Library
5. Brig Abba Kyari (rod.) Basic and Medical Sciences Library
6. Aliyu Mohammed Environmental Sciences Library

Each of these Libraries is manned by professional Librarians on a two-shift system basis for effective and smooth operation. The Law Library serves as the main or Central Library for now. The Law Library is well equipped and opens for 52 hours a week. The Library complex has a unified Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) with the following service Divisions and sections:

1. Reference Services
2. Reader Services
3. Collection Development
4. Technical Services
5. Serials and Periodicals
6. E-Library
7. Reserved Materials
8. Special Collections
9. Reprography
10. Printing and Bindery
11. Indexing and Abstracting Services

Reference and Information assistance is available in person at the information desk or by phone. The Library offers Reference and Circulation services, Digital databases Collection Development, Online searches, Research Counseling, Bibliographies, dedicated e-library workstations, institutional wi-fi facilities for printing, reprography and scanning of bibliographic materials, and document-delivery services. The Library also offers Current Awareness Services (CAS) Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI), Indexing and abstracting services, book review, bindery services amongst others.

The e-library of the University is a major resource of the library with over 60 dedicated computers for students and staff use. The University Library website provides links to these numerous digital resources both paid and Open Access, which include, but not limited to: E-Granary, Lexis Nexis, Hine Online, Law Pavilion, Legalpedia, Elsevier, Library Genesis, OECD, Science Direct, IEEE, Z-Library, IJSER, Tailor & Frances, Bold scholar, EBSCOHOST, AGORA, ebrary, DOAJ, CORE, DOAB, African Journals Online (AJOL), PDF, Google Scholar, Scopus, NUC Virtual Library, Library on a Flash (LOAF) etc., You can access and download from these databases hundreds of current and back-issues of many peer-reviewed e-Journals and e-books of Nigerian and international sources for your research.

The Library OPAC contains all the print collections of the library and it is hosted on KOHA, an online Integrated Library System. KOHA provides you the opportunity to browse the library collections online campus-wide, make reservations, and manage your user account. You must register with the Library with your University I.D. to gain access. The Library staff can only give loans to users who have registered and activated their membership account with the Library. Our online catalogue is searchable from the library website: http://library@bazeuniversity.edu.ng. Licensed electronic resources can only be accessed from the Baze University Intranet. New books are displayed regularly on new arrival shelves and shown on the Library website. Reprography and Guided Tours: The Library is equipped with a laser printer and a multifunction printer. Printing and scanning are enabled for all Library users. Library Tour and Orientation and guided tours of the Library are available upon request.