Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan

Kenneth Dike Library was founded in 1948 as part of the University of Ibadan academic community. It has over two million academic materials such as books, theses and journals.[1]

The library was previously known as the Main Library and started out with about 3600 volumes of book that was transferred from the library at Yaba Higher College.[2] The Dike library was the first professionally managed library in the country manned with a professional librarian and reference and research services.[3]

History

Upon the establishment of University College, Ibadan, a makeshift structure built with a concrete foundation and wooden walls and shutters temporarily housed volumes of books transferred from Yaba College in Lagos.[4] This structure went on to serve as the site of the library until 1954 when a new library building designed by Drew and Fry was ready to open. The university was also developed with 18000 volumes of diverse subjects from the Henry Carr Collection, it also received items from the Herbert Macaulay Collection.[4] Other significant gifts included donations from Lady Lane, the wife of Allen Lane, the British Directorate of Overseas Survey, Frederick Montague Dyke, the Church Missionary Society and a granddaughter of MacGregor Laird.[4]

In 1950, an ordinance made the library a repository of publications published in Nigeria.

Special collections

Africana collection

The library has an African oriented collection, a closed access reference point for scholars on Nigerian history. Developed from the early donations to the library which had a strong focus Nigerian and African materials.[1] Donations by Carr, Macaulay, Edward Reginald Jerrim helped make it an important repository in Nigeria. In 1950, the library became a depository of published books from Nigeria.[5] The collection includes rare Arabic manuscripts, manuscripts and books, newspapers clips, photographs and a records and archives of materials from the colonial era and government reports.[1]

References
  1. Adeyemi, Bolarinwa M. (2012). "A STUDY ON THE USAGE OF THE AFRICANA COLLECTION AT THE KENNETH DIKE LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA". undefined. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  2. Edoka 1984, p. 38.
  3. Edoka 1984, p. 39.
  4. Adegoke, Adekunbi (1973-10-01). "The Evolution of Libraries in Nigeria". International Library Review. 5 (4): 407–452. doi:10.1016/S0020-7837(73)80022-6. ISSN 0020-7837.
  5. Edoka, Benson E. (1984-01-01). Branch libraries in six Nigerian universities: a study of university-wide library systems (thesis thesis). Loughborough University.

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