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Volume 12, Issue 3
1 March 1991
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Research Article| March 01 1991

STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR COMPUTERISATION: AN ACCOUNT OF ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, BAUCHI

L.O. Nwali
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7921
Print ISSN: 0143-5124
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Library Management (1991) 12 (3): 13–18.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129110136805

Staff development efforts by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library, Bauchi are discussed, with particular reference to the area of computer literacy courses. The purchase of a microcomputer (Turbowriter)and steps being taken to acquire CD‐ROM are reviewed as practical efforts towards computerisation in the University Library and suggestions are made for its success. Staff development and retention are advocated for effective computerisation of any library system.

Keywords: Computers, Libraries, Nigeria, Training, University libraries, New technology, Employees
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