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The Library
Like similar facilities in public and private universities, the Library of the Catholic University is an academic Library, and its primary objective is to support teaching, learning and research activities through the provision of information resources. The information resources so collected are made available to patrons who have registered to use the Library.
Vision
The vision of the CUCG Library is to become a centre of excellence in the provision of information in all types of formats for teaching, learning and research.
Mission
The mission of the Library is to cater for the information needs of faculty, students, and non-teaching (administrative) staff of the University, as well as non-members of the University community in Sunyani and its environs who are engaged in tertiary studies and research activities.
Staff
The Library has a total staff strength of seven (7) comprising :
1. Librarian: Prof (Mrs.) Christine O. Kisiedu – BA (Hons) History, Grad. Dip Lib
(London); MA Information studies (Social sciences) Sheffield; MLib (Africana
documentation) University of Wales.
2. Assistant Librarian: Charles Arthur –BA Philosophy and History, Legon; MA
Library Stds. Legon.
3. Principal Library Assistant: Julius W. Nuokpenibe – BA Info Stds.,
4. Senior Library Assistant: Konlan Banlemann – Undergraduate Diploma in
Library studies, Legon.
5. Junior Library Assistant: Veronica Asante –SSSCE.
6. Junior Library Assistant: Collins Kwarteng –SSSCE.
7. Junior Library Assistant: Asanga Godwin- - SSSCE
Collection
The Library was established in March 2003 with the University College, its parent institution. It has a collection development policy, which spells out the principles of selection, weeding and evaluation of the stock among others. The Library’s collection has grown from 1332 in March 2003 to 9044 volumes as of June 30, 2009 when the 7th academic year came to an end. This shows a yearly average increase of over 1200 volumes.
The Library receives copies of a number of periodical titles and is also a member of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH), a local network of libraries that subscribes to over 19000 volumes peer reviewed journals online. This is more than we could purchase on own our own. This has also made available to us information resources of the other institutions in the consortium.
The Library also subscribes to local newspapers such as The Daily Graphic, Graphic Business, Ghanaian Times, The Chronicle, The Mirror, The Spectator and Chronicle on Saturday
The Library’s collections are organized using the Library of Congress Classification Scheme (for classifying) and the Anglo American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition (AACRII) (for cataloguing).
Patrons
There are four main categories of users of the Library. These include:
Students,
Lecturers or Faculty
Non-teaching staff,
Non-members of the university community in Sunyani and its environs.
Automation
The Winnebago Spectrum Software has been used for automating the Library’s housekeeping activities since its inception. These activities range from patron registration, cataloguing/ classification of the materials to their circulation.
Services
The Library offers the following services:
Document supply –Lending and Reference
Answering of enquiries-other than document supply
Photocopying
Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)
User education every for freshmen/women
Strategic plan
A ten-year strategic plan (2007-2017) aimed at building the Library into one of
the leading libraries of the private universities of Ghana has also been developed for the Library.
Institutional links
The University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Royal
Tropical Institute (KIT), Netherlands, aimed at making KIT’s information resources available to the CUCG community as well as tapping KIT’s expertise in information management.
The Future
Moving to the New Site has made it possible to:
Expand the seating capacity of the Library from 108 to 144 for Library complex 1 (Library complex 2 is yet to be handed over to the Library).
Increasing the number of shelves from 36- to 90
Provide spacious accommodation for our specialized collections—Ghana Collection, Audio-Visual Centre. A Braille Centre is also in progress and will be accommodated here on completion
Plan for the employment of more Professional staff to help with rapid expansion of the Library (e.g. IT professionals to work at the Library)
Make available online titles of all undergraduate project works and dissertations submitted to the Library.
We make a special appeal to well-wishers and friends of CUCG to donate generously towards sustainability of current and future projects for the development of the Library.
Opening Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm
Saturday: 9:30 -3:30pm |
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