About Us

Federal University Lafia (FULafia) was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria on the 9th of February, 2011. The University took off in 2011/2012 academic session along with the Library as part of academic structure from the take-off site. The Library has its functions and structural organization put in place to enable it to achieve its Vision and Mission in line with operational rules governing every Nigeria University.

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Our Vision

The vision of the Library is to be a strong repository of relevant and up-to-date print and electronic resources with which services befitting a top class University library will be readily made available to users.

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Our Mission

The Mission is to develop relevant library resources and offer high quality services in support of scholarship.

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Core Values

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Prof. A. O. Iyoro

The University Librarian

Prof. A. O. Iyoro is a Professor of Library and Information Science and currently the University Librarian, Federal University of Lafia. He is a man of honour and integrity whose indelible marks in the field of Librarianship cannot be set aside. In fact, he has recorded tremendous impacts in the lives of many upcoming academics.

He is a graduate of prestigious Bayero University, Kano where he obtained his first degree before proceeding to the Premier University of Ibadan to acquire two Masters Degrees at different period. He however ended his educational career at Babcock University after obtaining his PhD in Library and Information Science.

Professor Iyoro is widely published and has in his kitty the record of numerous local and international conferences attendants, while he is happily married with children.

Our Objectives

  1. To select, evaluate and acquire up-dated and relevant information materials in diverse formats to meet and respond to the needs of our diverse community.
  2. To preserve, promote and provide equal access to knowledge.
  3. To provide accessible, conducive and inclusive learning spaces.
  4. To support a culture of life-long learning by providing appropriate resources and services.
  5. To create awareness and advocacy by creating opportunities to collaborate, inform, and support Library stakeholders.

Open Hours

Mondays – Fridays8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturdays -Sundays10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Online24 Hrs
*The Library is closed on public holidays

Ask A Librarian

Need help with your research, assignment or using the Library? Ask a Librarian is the general contact point for assistance from FULafia Library Librarians.

Our Departments

Human Resource

The Department reports to the University Librarian and functions as the administrative hub of the University Library. It is responsible for all administrative tasks, including record keeping and postings.

Resource Development

The Department is responsible for developing and maintaining the library’s collection. This includes making decisions about storage, preservation, and weeding, as well as interpreting and evaluating the collection and managing the budget.

Resource Precessing

The Department is responsible for organizing (cataloguing and classifying) and managing all library information resources. It handles resources in various formats and disciplines, sorting and organizing them to ensure quick and easy storage and retrieval.

Customer Service

The Department handles the registration and clearance of students/staff, provide reading space, provide access to textbooks, borrow textbooks out to users and also responsible for shelving and shelf-reading

Serial Management

The Department is responsible for acquiring, processing and providing access to periodicals, such as journals, magazines, newspapers, and other serial publications.

Reference

The Department provide information, research, and instructional services to all library users in person and online, and houses the library’s reference materials, which include: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Atlas, Who is Who, Year Book, Central Bank Publications, Reports.

Electronic Library

This Department manage and provide access to information resources in electronic format including e-journals, e-books, e-databases, e-thesis, e-dissertations.

Medical Library

Plays a crucial role in supporting the information needs of the medical and healthcare community, facilitating access to essential knowledge, and promoting the advancement of medical science and practice.

Postgraduate Library

This Department caters specifically to the needs of postgraduate students and researchers. It provides advanced resources and services tailored to support high-level academic and research activities.

FULafia Library’s Strategic Plan

The strategic plan is committed to transforming FULafia Library into a modern, dynamic, and responsive academic hub that effectively supports the university’s mission and goals.

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A Brief History of FULafia Library

The Federal University of Lafia Library took off in 2011/2012 academic session as part of the University’s academic structure at the take off-site. The Library has its functions and structural organization put in place to enable it achieve its Vision and Mission in line with operational rules governing every Nigeria University.
At inception, the Library was headed by Mr. Martins Ikhekhai a Chief Library Officer who was on sabbatical leave to kick-start the Library between 2012 and 2013. At the expiration of his leave, Mr. Olumide Johnson Akanmidu assume duty as acting Head of the Library, been the most Senior Librarian in the Library at that time up to June 2015. Finally, the first substantive University Librarian was appointed, and she is Dr. (Mrs.) Rebecca Ape who served from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020 while the incumbent, Prof. Abiodun Olaide Iyoro, officially took over the mantle of leadership from July 1, 2020.
The University Library started with about three thousand, five hundred and seventy-one (3571) collections which comprises both books and journals all of which were all donated while the Library as at then have the capacity of accommodating 76 users.
The Library started with three (3) Units namely: Circulation, Technical Services and Serials Units. The University Library was eventually moved from the take-off site to the main Library complex at the permanent site, in preparatory for the first academic accreditation exercise of the University in 2015.
Thereafter, the Library has since remained at the purposefully built Complex named after the first Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Lafia, Prof. Ekanem Ikpi Braid.