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Omopupa tasks students on proper Library usage

The University Librarian, University of Ilorin, Prof. Kamaldeen Tunde Omopupa, has charged students and staff of the University to always make effective use of the Library facilities to raise their intellectual wherewithal and general exposure to knowledge.

Prof. Omopupa gave this advice last Wednesday (April 25, 2025) while speaking with UNILORIN Bulletin in his office.

The University Librarian said that the institution’s Main Library and other branch libraries are there to assist students to get proper exposure to their various fields of studies.

He advised students not to wait for examinations before getting themselves prepared ahead as he said that knowledge assimilation is a gradual process.

He noted that available evidence shows that students who use the library effectively often perform far better than those who don’t.

Prof. Omopupa, who is a former Head of the Department of Library and Information Sciences, said that any student that doesn’t utilise the library would have limited knowledge, saying that the knowledge they acquire from the lecture rooms would be further enhanced when they consult relevant books, journals and other physical and electronic information sources that are readily available in the library.

He noted that the more they visit and use the university libraries the greater their knowledge and the more confident they become to give account of themselves anywhere they may find themselves.

The University Librarian assured the students and other library users of the readiness of the Library staff to assist them in locating information resources they desired.

He added that the staff of the UNILORIN Library are individuals who are well trained and motivated to discharge their duties with finesse.

Speaking on the available facilities, Prof. Omopupa said that the University Main Library is stocked with relevant books and journals on each of the courses being run by the University.

He added that in addition to books and journals and databases, the University Library also has in its stock periodicals that connect the learners to great and accomplished minds in their respective fields.

Prof. Omopupa, who is the eighth head of the Library services of the nation’s most sought-after University, added that the Library is also stocked with newspapers and magazines for students and other library users to be kept abreast of unveiling developments in all areas of human endeavour.

               He, however, appealed to students and other library users to always ensure careful use of the library materials in the interest of others, saying that they should always remember that if others had mutilated or tampered negatively with those materials they wouldn’t be there for them to consult.