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Abdullahi Muhammad Public Library

Agricultural Library

Centre For Islamic Legal Studies Library

Institute of Education Library

 

Abdullahi Muhammad Public Library

Introduction
Abdullahi Muhammad Public Library was opened on the 5th June 1963 under the auspices of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and the Northern Regional Library Kaduna.  It is located at one of the main entrance into the main campus, the north gate.  It is administered by Ahmadu Bello University through the Department of Library and Information Science.

Opening hours
The hours of operation are:
Mondays          -           Friday  8am – 10 pm
Saturdays         -           8am – 12 noon
Sundays           -           closed

Units/Section
Circulation
Reserve
Children

Services
The library has the specific mandate to provide academic and general information to Samaru community, the university and other communities such as Bomo, Shika and Jamma.  It plays an indispensable role in the life of the people.  It caters for grown-ups, adolescents and children in primary and secondary schools, especially those preparing for GCE “O” and “A” levels, and JAMB.  It also serves as laboratory to students from the department of Library and Information Science.

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AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY, INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. A.B.U., Zaria

Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) is one of the eighteen Research Institutes in Nigeria. It was established in 1922 with a clear mandate to research into some grain legumes and other crops that are grown in the savannah region of the northern part of the country in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources of each State and with other research stations in Nigeria which include:

1. Genetic improvement of sorghum, groundnut, cowpea, cotton and sunflower.

2. problems of production of all agricultural food crops grown in the broad ecological zone covered by the present Sokoto, Kano, Bauchi, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi and Jigawa States and particularly in:

It also carries out agricultural extension liaison with relevant Federal and State ministries, primary agricultural producers, industries and any other users of research results.

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CENTRE FOR ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES LIBRARY
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA

INTRODUCTION
It is a fact that no Research Centre can be run without a good library. After the establishment of the Centre for Islamic Legal Studies in 1963, efforts were also made towards the construction of befitting library building. The Centre and the Library were officially commissioned on 23rd March, 1971 by His Excellency Col. Musa Usman, the then Military Governor of North-Eastern State of Nigeria.

The library has a capacity for 20,000 volumes and a sitting capacity for 150 readers. Presently, the library has stock of over 15,094 volumes and receives around 35 titles of current periodicals. The stock is classified and arranged according to Library of Congress Classification Scheme and catalogued according to Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (AACR).
         

The Centre’s library is both a research and special library. Its holding is both in Arabic and English language, consisting of various commentaries on the Holy Qur’an, Hadith literature, Islamic studies, Islamic History, Comparative Studies of religion, religious culture, Arabic language and other Islamic Science, and the more specialized in all aspect of Fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence and Shari’ah (Islamic Law).

Some major attraction in the library include the Jihad Collections which also include among other things, the unique writings of Jihad leaders in West Africa viz. Shehu Usman Dan Fodio, Abdullahi Dan Fodio and Sultan Muhammed Bello etc. This collection consists of printed materials, manuscripts, and photocopies of their materials including personal writings, on and about the Jihad leaders.

The services of the library are open to research Scholars, Magistrates, Grand Khadis, Shari’ah Court Judges, Lawyers, Traditional Malams, Academicians, and Students. The library operates for 88 hours a week during the semester and it operates two (2) shifts a day excluding Public Holidays. The following are the opening hours of the library.

Opening hours when semester is in session:       

During Vacation         

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Institute of Education Library, A.B.U., Zaria

The Institute of Education Library is on the ground floor of the Institute of Education new block, with the Librarian’s office at the entrance of the Library. The Institute of Education Library hosts the diploma in Library and Information Science programme of the University. We also have a mandate to develop library services for schools in the Northern part of Nigeria. To this effect, the Library has developed a programme for teacher-librarians. The programme runs in the Institute on part-time basis, and also in conjunction with Colleges of Education in the North.

As a special library, the Institute is not very big but has a strong collection on education and related areas. It is highly used by both academic staff and students of the University. However, the library is weak in Journal subscription.

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