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DONALD E.U. EKONG LIBRARY WEEKLY REPORT
Monday 30th September –Friday 4th October 2024

 

  1. During the week, American Corner, Port Harcourt, hosted researchers and students of various faculties at the University of Port Harcourt. No program was held in the week under review.
  1. During the week, American Corner, Port Harcourt, hosted researchers and students of various Faculties at the University of Port Harcourt. A total of one hundred and four (104) registered students and researchers utilized the resources in American Corner during the week.
  1. The weekly statistics collated from Donald E.U. Ekong Library and the affiliated centres show that patronage decreased by 35.5%, from four thousand, three hundred and ninety-three (4,393) users recorded in the previous week to two thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two (2,832) users recorded in the present week.
  1. The Central Library (Donald E.U Ekong Library) maintained two shifts, from 8.00 a.m.-9.00 p.m. on weekdays and 9.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. on Saturdays.
  1. The Knowledge Commons (for undergraduate students) and the Research Commons (for postgraduate students) are accessible to students and researchers who wish to utilize the e-resources of the Library. Similarly, the Elsevier training laboratory on the Library’s second floor has internet access to all subscribed databases and is accessible to faculty members.
  1. The Library has received updated content on the AGORA database. https://www.fao.org/agora/en/. This database furnishes registered researchers and staff with information materials, journals, audio-visual materials, and other collections centred on agriculture and its related disciplines.
  1. The Library has also received updated content on the BioOne database. https://bioone.org/. This database provides registered researchers and staff with information materials, journals, and multimedia collections related to biological sciences and allied disciplines.
  1. The Library has also benefitted immensely from the updated content of the AJOL database. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajol. This data is credited as one of the world’s largest databases housing peer-viewed African-published scholarly works in various disciplines for registered researchers and staff.
  1. The Library has acquired MatLab. The MaTrics Laboratory (MatLab) is a proprietary multi-paradigm programming language and numeric computing environment that indicates matric manipulating and plotting functions-abc data, implementing algorithms, creating users, and interacting with programs written in other languages.

Supplementary Information

The Library is a repository for diverse information. Therefore, staff and students are urged to take advantage of the innumerable resources available in the Library. For a real-time response to information about the Library and its collections, library patrons can access the virtual librarian Chatbot on the Library’s website: https://library.uniport.edu.ng/.

Donald E.U. Ekong Library staff are dedicated and committed to providing quality and efficient service delivery in the Library, which has a rich collection of books, non-book materials, and other research materials. Please visit the library: https://library.uniport.edu.ng/.

Donald Ekong Library Communication Channels for remote access are as follows:

Phone: +2349138269564
Website: https://library.uniport.edu.ng/
E-mail: library@uniport.edu.ng
Facebook: uniportlibrary
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Twitter: @uniportlibrary
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Prof. Helen U. Emasealu, CLN
University Librarian  ​

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