FOCUS ON ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY NEW LIBRARY BUILDING

Gives a brief history of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University,Bauchi, Nigeria. Points out that this university first had to use a temporary building for nine years even though the facilities in it were inadequate. Focuses on the new library building of this university commissioned on 10 November 1990. Describes the main sections of the new library including its facilities. Draws attention to inadequacies of the building. Finally concludes that the new library building is by all standards a functional one.