Library Development – Federal College of Education, Okene (FCE Okene)

TETFUND IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON LIBRARY INTERVENTION

With zero capital budget allocation, Tetfund is virtually the only source of funding for library development. The acquisition of books, journals, equipment and furniture has impacted highly on the teaching, learning and research capacity of the Library. This capacity is supported by the following:

23,000 volumes of print books
1,300 print journal titles
4 titles of national dailies for information and relaxation
More than 3 million ebooks, journal articles, and audio-visual resources in our E-Granary server
Some 5,000 ebooks and journal articles downloaded onto the customized server, and growing
172 workstations in the E-Library to facilitate access to e-resources, surfing the internet, and performing other tasks, including hosting CBT exams
A total of 46 staff operating on two shifts to ensure full utilization of the Library, Monday to Saturday
670 sitting capacity for the entire Library
Stand-by electricity generating plant to provide power at critical times.

The details of allocations/utilization are as follows:

FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OKENE COLLEGE LIBRARY TETFUND PROJECTS (2001-2018)

SN	YEAR OF INTERVENTION	TOTAL AMOUNT (NGN)	ITEMS PROCURED (NGN)	REMARKS
1	2001	1,125,000	One (1) No Desktop Computer/UPS = 105000 Laserjet 1100 Printer = 50000 Deskjet840 Printer = 28000 Toners = 19500 Technical Services Equipment = 435,500 Reference Books = 380,000	COMPLETED
2	2002	1,152,000	Catalogue Drawers = 336,000 Catalogue cards/Cardex Drawers/ Cards = 324,000 Study Carrels/Chairs = 438,000
**	*2003	0	0	0
3	2004	1,125,000	Books = 1,125,000	COMPLETED
4	2005/2006 AND 2007 (MERGED)	N6 500 000	ASSORTED BOOKS = 4, 830,000 Photocopier = 1,300,000 Stylus Pens & Periodical Racks = 340000	COMPLETED
5	2008-2009 (MERGED)	8 680 000	ASSORTED BOOKS = 6, 950 000 JOURNALS = 500 000 ONE SHARP PHOTOCOPIER = 990 000 ONE HP PRINTER = 240 000	COMPLETED
6	2010-2011 (MERGED)	20 000 000	BOOKS AND JOURNALS= 13 612 050 UPGRADE OF E-LIBRARY = 6 315 000	COMPLETED
7	2012-2013 (MERGED)	50 000 000	ASSORTTED BOOKS = 31 140 060 JOURNALS = 6 684 860 INSTAL/MAINATANCE OF E-CAMPUS BOOKS = 6 175 080 DESKTOP COMPUTERS = 3 000 000 READING CARRELS = 3 000 000	COMPLETED
8	2014-2015 (MERGED)	105 000 000	ASSORTED BOOKS AND JOURNAL = 73, 500 000 LIBRARY EQUIPMENT = 31 500 000	COMPLETED
9	2016, 2017, 2018 (MERGED)	70 000 000	ASSORTED BOOKS AND JOURNALS = 49 025 170 LIBRARY EQUIPMENT = 9 800 000 BINDARY EQUIPMENT = 3 795 000 LIBRARY FURNITURE = 7 367 830	ON-GOING
TOTAL = 263,555,000

**No allocation for 2003

MAHMUD N. USMAN

COLLEGE LIBRARIAN

Library Development

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