The delegation from Bauchi which also included the Board Chairman, Alh. Aliyu Haruna, the State’s Librarian, Alh. Abdulahi Sule, the State’s Deputy Librarian. Mr. Nazif Mahmoud Abubakar, as well as the Director of Administration and Human Resources, Mrs. Esther Andrew, the Library’s Accountant Mr. Abdulmudallib Jibril and a Principal Librarian, Samaila Muhammad, was around to understudy the operations and services of the National Library of Nigeria, with the aim of replicating quality service to the people of Bauchi state, as approved by Governor Bala Mohammed.
Speaking during an interactive session with the National Librarian, the Honourable Commissioner stated, that following the visit of the National Librarian to Governor Bala Mohammed during the National Librarian’s Conference with Chairmen and Directors of State Library Board in May 2024, had cut short her visit return back to Bauchi, the rest of the team was taken round on a virtual tour of the National Library of Nigeria on www.nln.gov.ng where they were shown resources and services that can be accessed real-time, from anywhere in the world.
Before then, Prof. Chinwe Anunobi made a presentation on the topic, Building Public Libraries for Today, and the Future: An Exploratory and Strategic Approach.
They were round some critical operations areas include the audiovisual studio, the publications section, the Archives and Museum, the cataloguing lab, and the digitization studio.
Present with the National Librarian was the Heads of the Public Services Department, Legal Deposit Department, Collections Development and Technical Services Department, Mrs. Olabimpe Olani, Dr. Adejumoke Olani and Alhaji Abubakar Hambagda respectively.