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Library and information services in Ibn Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Maimuna Izah
Maimuna Izah*
Affiliation:
Reference Division, Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria is one of the largest libraries in Africa. It is the main library of the university and serves the research and study needs of staff and students located on the main campus.

The origins of the library date back to 1955 when it was established to serve the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria Branch. A new and bigger building was put up in 1963. However as the university grew and expanded it became too small and inadequate, and in 1976 the library moved to its present location. This occupies an area of about 13,000 square metres. It has a capacity for holding 500,000 volumes of books and a seating capacity for 2,000 readers. As of September 2003 it has a stock of about 475,600 volumes of books and about 6,350 serial titles.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 94 , 2004 , pp. 15 - 20
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Copyright © African Research & Documentation 2004

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