AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY
TANZANIA INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – EA
INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SERVICES.
Presenter(s)
Apollo K. Abungu- Senior Librarian
Catherine Wanyingi- Assistant Librarian

• User education programme is an exercise carried out by the Library staff to all new users who join the Institute as students,
Faculty members or staff.
• This is in conformity with the laid down policies that govern the library and its operations. (See Rules & Regulations II)

• Why is it important?
• New users joining IED EA usually have little or no knowledge about the layout, materials and requirements of the library.
• The Library therefore organizes an introductory program where these users are given an induction to equip them with knowledge about: -

• Rules and regulations of the library
• How to locate and borrow items/books
• How to use the catalogue for searches
• The classification system used in the library
• The materials found in the library.
• The above knowledge gained through orientation enables these users to be self reliant as far as library usage is concerned. This is the essence of user education.

Objectives
• To make users self reliant, confident, independent with regard to information searches.
• To act as a way of maximizing use of information resources and services.
• To help users to know and appreciate values and usefulness of library resources.
• To enable easy and quick location and retrieval of information resources

• To enable users to understand the library information resources organization.
• To help save users time during searches
• To create good staff/ users relationship.

Circulation/Enquiries Desk

LIBRARY COLLECTION (MATERIALS)
• Books - mainly on Education, Research and general readership.
• Dissertations - Scholarly output by our students/
Faculty
• PeriodicalsInclude journals (print & electronic), magazines, Newspapers, Newsletters.
• Prospectus - For both local & international colleges.
• Government reports i.e. Educational, Commission reports, National Development plans, Collaboration reports etc.
• Electronic resources, CD ROMS, Video/audio cassettes, DVD's, CD’s on education.
• Pictorial (albums) and graphic representations i.e. maps, globes etc

How do you get book materials in the Library?
• The Library uses an
Integrated Information
Management system –
SYMPHONY to manage all its operations.
• A web-based OPAC interface (SAFARI)will always be available to you to undertake searches.

search

Shelf Arrangement

Library of Congress scheme outline
• L EDUCATION
• L Education (General)
• LA History of education
• LB Theory and practice of education
• LC Special aspects of education
• LD Individual institutions (United States)
• LE Individual institutions (America, except USA)
• LF Individual institutions (Europe)
• LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa. Oceania)
• LH College and school magazines and papers
• LJ Student fraternities and societies, United States
• LT Textbooks

How to Access online resources in the
Library

• AKU IEDEA Library webpage address
• AKU IED EA Library webpage address

AKU IEDEA Library webpage
Click online database

Resources- Online databases
Choose a database & explore

PUBLISHER
SAGE ONLINE
Complete list of e-resources
EMERALD
Ebscohost
WILEY INTER-SCIENCE
OXFORD ONLINE
JSTOR
Cambridge online journal
UNESCO
Directory of Online Access
Journal (DOAJ)
The American Educational
Research Association- AERA
Special Interest Group (SIG)
Education Policy and Data
Center
Aga Khan University-IEDEA library
World Bank Data
ACCESS REQUIREMENT
No password in Campus
User id: agakhanuni
Passwd: tanzania08
User Id: 490482 Passwd:emerald
User Id: ns055276
Passwd: password
(Use pword outside the Institution)
User Id: agakhaninasp
Passwd: access
Activated No password
No password in campus
User Id: agakhan Passwd:welcome
N/A
Free Access
Free Access
Free Access
Free Access
Free Access
URL http://online.sagepub.com/ www.emeraldinsight.com
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/ http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.jstor.org/ http://journals.cambridge.org/ http://www.unesco.org/en/education http://www.doaj.org/ http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ejournals/ http://epdc.org/Default.aspx
http://www.aku.edu/iedea/Library/index.shtml
Free Access http://data.worldbank.org/

Resources
• Video cassettes
• Audio CD’s
• Audio cassettes
• DVD/ VCD’s
• CD-ROMS
Equipment
• 2 Computers + Apple Laptop
• Scanner
• Printer
• Sony camcorder (Video camera)
• Video/DVD players
• 2 TV sets
• Audio cassette player

Computer + webcam for skype,
Elluminate etc
Multimedia unit room
Scanner

Multimedia unit room
TV sets and Audio cassette player

 Monday – Friday 6.30am- 7.30pm
 Saturday 8.30am – 5.00pm
 Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays

• The following are eligible for membership of the Library.
 Faculty IED EA
 Staff IED EA
 Students IED EA - M.Ed and
Certificates.
 IED EA Alumni
 Recognized Affiliates of IED EA.

How to register as a member
• Fill a registration form. (Provided by the
Library)
• Softcopy passport size photo ( Library responsibility )
• Take the form to Academic Admin office for endorsement.
• Bring form to the library for registration.

• This is the sample that will appear once your information is input in database

• This is still under review: but currently,
 faculty 6 books 4 week
 Students 3 books 2 week
 Staff 3 books 2 week
 Photocopying of limited pages is allowed out of the library books as long as it does not infringe on copyright laws.

Do’s and Don’t ’s in the library
• Do switch your mobile phone off while in the Library
• Do keep silence while in the library
• Do keep Water and Foodstuff out of the
Library.
• Do keep your bags in the Luggage area
• Don’t bring personal textbooks in the
Library
• Don’t smoke, chew gum or eat sweets.
• Don’t scribble on Library materials.

• Ask the staff in the Library for any assistance.
• Utilize library resources fully
• Take care of library materials under your custody.
• We are here to serve your academic needs.

Communicate with us seamlessly
• Library Blog:
( http://akuiedealibrary.weebly.com
)
• Facebook Page: ( Aku Iedea)- search and request friendship.
• Email: Apollo
( apollo.abungu@aku.edu
) or
Catherine
( catherine.wanyingi@aku.edu
)
• Skype: Kabungu2 (Apollo)
Kathyrn591(Catherine)
• Twitter: @kabungu

• See different pictorial captions of the library in the next slides.
• Remember also to read the Rules and Regulations governing the
Library for more details.

Library Lounge area
• Users discuss as they lounge and read newspapers in the
Library.

Users referencing on both print & e-resources
Reference section • Library computers

Users busy looking for resources

Lending resources for home use