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Library

The SUA library is designated a national depository for resources on agriculture and other related
sciences, hence the name Sokoine National Agricultural Library (SNAL) with the main Library
located at the main campus and a branch of the same at SMC. Additional mini-libraries are
located at departments, institutes and centres across the two campuses. The combined sitting
capacity of the two libraries is 890 divided between the Library at the main campus (300) and at
SMC (590).Currently the library has a book student ratio of 1:6. In addition, the Library is also
the custodian of reports of Research Projects by undergraduate students, other research project
reports by staff as well as theses and dissertations of postgraduate students registered at SUA and
of staff who complete their studies in other universities. Also available in the Library are eresources including 30 computers, at the main campus and 32 computers at SMC, connected to
the internet, both of which serve as an additional but very valuable source of information to
students, staff and the general public.
The library has established two repositories namely the Tanzania Climate Change Repository
(TaCCIRe) and the Sokoine University of Agriculture Institutional Repository (SUAIR) where a
number of articles have been deposited/ uploaded. All these repositories are freely available for
staff and students.
To ease the problem of inadequacy of books and e-resources for teaching and learning, SNAL
has made a lot of efforts to enable students and staff to access e-depositories including free
periodicals such as AGORA (agriculture and related sciences journals), Science Direct, and
others. SNAL also subscribes to the Tanzania Consortium of Universities and Research
Institution Libraries which has many data bases relevant to our programmes. SNAL has recently
created a digital library for searching all the subscribed online data bases and information
resources.
(a)
Access of learners to library facilities (actual/remote)
The students in this programme will have an access to the library just as other bonafide
students and the public.
(b)
Location(s) and the staff qualifications in the library
The library that also serves as a reference library for Agricultural matters is located at the
main campus of the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro Tanzania.

Staff at Sokoine National Agricultural Library


S/N
1

4
5
6
7

Category
Academic staff

Technician

Qualification
Associate Library professors

Number of staff
4

Senior Librarians

Librarians
Assistant Librarians

6
3

Master
Degree
Diploma
Certificate
Library assistants
Master
Degree
Diploma
Certificate
Administrative Officer
Master
Office
management Diploma
Certificate
secretary
Office attendants
Certificate
Drivers
Certificate

1
3
6
1
1
2
18
3
1
1
1
6
1

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