RUN LIBRARY HONOURS EX-MEMBERS OF STAFF

The University Librarian, Dr. E.L. Adebayo shall lead other members of library staff to acknowledge and appreciate the meritorious services of former members of staff who have served the Redeemer's University and the library department in particular between 2005 and 2011 today, February 22,2012. 

The persons to so honoured include Mr. R. Olrunsola, the former Deputy University Librarian, Mr. O.O. Osaniyi, a Principal Librarian and Mrs. Adetoun Sote, Senior Librarian. Others are Mr. Caleb Odewoye, a former Library Assistant and Mr. Adedoja Adesoji, a Senior Librarian Attendant who is now resident in the USA.

A release from the office of the University Librarian revealed that the event shall take place in the Senate Chambers of RUN at 3.00pm.  Friends of the honoured staff, both within and outside the University, have been invited to grace the occasion. Among those invited are Dr. O.G. Adeyemi, Mr. W.I. Oloyede and Mr. Adegoke, the Head of IT in RUN. Others Mrs. Angelina Ezeh, Mrs. Elizabeth Olaleye and Mr. Femi Abudu of the Booking Office of the RCCG Mission.

The event shall double as the end of the year get-together of RUN Library department.

RUN LIBRARY HOSTS NLA CAT & CLASS EXCO MEETING TODAY

The Redeemer,s University Library shall host members of executive committee of the Cataloguing and Classification Section (CAT & CLASS) of the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) today, January 26 2012 at 11.00 am in the Seminar Room of RUN registry.

NLA is the professional body of librarians in Nigeria while the CAT &CLASS section is the arm of association that draws librarians together annually for the purpose of enhancing access to knowledge and providing orderliness in the library.

Today's meeting, which is aimed at planning for the 2012 annual workshop, shall be presided over by the Chairman of the section, Mr. S.E.A. Sonaike, the Librarian of Lagos State University, Isolo Campus. Mr. Akinniyi Adeleke of RUN library is the Assistant Secretary of the section.

The Vice Chancellor of the Redeemer's University, Professor Z.A. Adeyewa and the University Librarian, Dr. E.L. Adebayo shall receive the visitors in the VC's office.

RUN Library wishes them a happy deliberation

EBSCO HOST IS BACK

RUN Library Management is excited to announce that the subscription to EBSCO Host services has been renewed and access to Business Source Premier restored. This took effect from December and would last till December 2012.
The database hosts both back issues and current editions of journals in:

• accounting
• econmics
• management
• behavioural sciences
• mathematical sciences
• tourism and Logistics
• etc.

A substantial number of these journals are in full text. You may visit the Virtual Library to collect the access codes to the database and other details.

Please use the database for more research and academic productivity in order to justify the financial resources deployed to renew the subscription.

Thanks.

RUN LIBRARY MIGRATES TO KOHA

In August, 2011 RUN Library migrates its bibliographic records from the former Portal systems to Koha Integrated Library systems. Koha is an open source software which has capacity to support the main operations and services of the library.

RUN Library was attracted to the system because of its wide adoption amongst Nigerian library community. This was considered a major plus because the library would have opportunity to compare notes with other libraries using the software. Another attraction to the system is its seamless integration of the modules. With this attribute, data would only be entered once and viewed in all other modules.

Similarly, Koha is user friendly and users need little training to use the system. Just like any other web-based resource, it is self-instructive and highly flexible. Koha is Web 2.0 compliant, hence very interactive and supportive of social networking like Facebook and Twitter do. To cap it all, Koha requires no subscription and no special training.

All library records are now accessible through the new library management system.Users are enjoined to access the records at http:/10.16.7.3/opac to view the library catalog.  The catalog supports both basic and advanced searching, using parameters like title, author and publishers to mention but a few. Likewise, it is possible to search by format of information and storage medium. Presently, there are about 483 e-books in various disciplines uploaded to the system that can be read in full text.

Visit the site today and enjoy library services in a better dimension. For more inquiries, contact Mr. A. A. Adeleke in the library on intercom number 3907.

RUN MULTIMEDIA SERVICES

As part of efforts to support learning and teaching activities of its patrons, RUN Library operates a multimedia unit that provides access to the following:

• Books on various subjects in videos and audios;
• Manuals, handbooks and lecture notes on various disciplines in videos and audios;
• Computer application software such as SPSS, MATLAB, etc;
• Maps, charts, visuals, and drawings.
• Internet access to full-text online bibliographic databases.

The unit opens between 8.00am and 5.00pm from Monday to Friday.  You may contact Mr. A.A. Adeleke or call Intercom extension 3907 for further information on services rendered at the unit.
Please exploit these opportunities to enhance your productivity.

RUN Library Launches E-Past Question Paper Bank

RUN Library announces the launch of an electronic past question paper bank created for the purpose of:

• protecting the physical integrity of the past question papers;
• providing easier and more convenient access to the question papers; and
• reducing staff-user friction at the Circulation Desk.

The facility is a repository of past examinations question papers of RUN examinations from 2006 to date.  The documents are digitized and archived in portable document format PDF) and can be accessed via RUN Intranet and the Internet.  The link on the intranet is http://10.16.7.10/Digital_Library and on the Internet is http://www.run.edu.ng/Digital_Library.

Users should follow the instructions on the site for optimum satisfaction.  In case of missing past questions in the bank, you could inform the library of the course code so we can locate it and include same in the repository.  Please note that we only digitized what was available in the library.

Please endeavour to use the facility and give us a feedback of your experience.  You may send your comments and complaints to runlibrary@gmail.com or erinfaith10@yahoo.com.

 

EBSCOHost Subscription Expires May 31, 2011

RUN Library’s subscription to EBSCOHost databases would expire on May 31, 2011.  The library plans to suspend subscriptions renewal till August 2011when a better deal would be struck with EBSCOHost owners through the NULIB Consortium.  This arrangement promises to reduce subscriptions cost and to provide access to more subject databases than we have presently.

In the light of this, the library implores its patrons to use the databases as much as they can before the subscription expires.  The library also regrets any inconvenience this development might cause patrons.