BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND

INFORMATION SCIENCE

Technical Report

TAJUDEEN KHADIJAT
EDU/18/LIS/0400

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 CHAPTER ONE

1.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter gives an overview of Student Industrial Works Experience Scheme in President
Kennedy library, institute of administration Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. The chapter entails a
brief history of SIWES and President Kennedy library, its rules and regulation, time of services.

1.2 HISTORY OF SIWES

SIWES was established by ITF in 1973 to solve the problem of lack of adequate practical skills
preparatory for employment in industries by Nigerian graduates of tertiary institutions. The
Scheme exposes students to industry based skills necessary for a smooth transition from the
classroom to the world of work. It affords students of tertiary institutions the opportunity of being
familiarized and exposed to the needed experience in handling machinery and equipment which
are usually not available in the educational institutions. Participation in Industrial Training is a
well-known educational strategy. Classroom studies are integrated with learning through hands-
on work experiences in a field related to the student’s academic major and career goals. Successful
internships foster an experiential learning process that not only promotes career preparation but
provides opportunities for learners to develop skills necessary to become leaders in their chosen
professions. One of the primary goals of the SIWES is to help students integrate leadership
development into the experiential learning process. Students are expected to learn and develop
basic non-profit leadership skills through a mentoring relationship with innovative non-profit
leaders. By integrating leadership development activities into the Industrial Training experience,
we hope to encourage students to actively engage in non-profit management as a professional
career objective. However, the effectiveness of the SIWES experience will have varying outcomes
based upon the individual student, the work assignment, and the supervisor/mentor
requirements. It is vital that each internship position description includes specific, written
learning objectives to ensure leadership skill development is incorporated. Participation in SIWES
has become a necessary pre-condition for the award of Diploma and Degree certificates in specific
disciplines in most institutions of higher learning in the country, in accordance with the education
policy of government.

Operators - The ITF, the coordinating agencies (NUC, NCCE, NBTE), employers of labor and the
institutions.

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 Funding - The Federal Government of NigeriaBeneficiaries - Undergraduate students of the
following: Agriculture, Engineering, Technology, Environmental, Science, Education, Medical
Science and Pure and Applied Sciences.Duration - Four months for Polytechnics and Colleges of
Education, and Six Months for the Universities.

1.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF SIWES

The following are some of the aims and objective of SIWES

1. SIWES will provide students the opportunity to test their interest in a particular career before
permanent commitments are made.

2. SIWES students will develop skills in the application of theory to practical work situations.

3. SIWES will provide students the opportunity to test their aptitude for a particular career before
permanent commitments are made.

4. SIWES students will develop skills and techniques directly applicable to their careers.

5. SIWES will aid students in adjusting from college to full-time employment.

6. SIWES will provide students the opportunity to develop attitudes conducive to effective
interpersonal relationships.

7. SIWES will increase a student's sense of responsibility.

8. SIWES students will be prepared to enter into full-time employment in their area of
specialization upon graduation.

9. SIWES students will acquire good work habits.

10. SIWES students will develop employment records/references that will enhance employment
opportunities.

1.4 Brief History of President Kennedy Library, Institute of Administration Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria.

The institution has achieved autonomy in the running of the diploma, undergraduate and post
graduate. This increased the institution population for both academic and non-academic staffs as
well as students, which the institution library found it difficult to accommodate its large
population needs in terms of information, resource space and infrastructure. Historically
speaking,

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President Kennedy Library was established in February, 1964 with assistance from the people of
United State of America and was officially opened on 4th April 1964.The Library is committed to
the support the overall vision, mission, and program of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Our
commitment is demonstrated via the production and maintenance of library services geared
towards retrieval, acquisition, preservation and dissemination of information in its various forms.

We provide excellent internet connectivity and efficient online access to our rich e-resources and
digital content through our advanced information and communication technology-based facilities.
Our patrons have a wide variety of access routes to conduct expert research and retrieve relevant
resources. It contains a hybrid collection of printed materials, and other e-resources such as e-
journals, e-books, electronic theses & dissertations (etc.), technical reports of research
organizations, and bibliographic databases. Our well-trained staffs are pleased to offer their
expertise in answering your inquiries about any library-related issues

1.2Rules and Regulations of President Kennedy Library, Institute of Administration,

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

 The institution has stated some rules and regulations governing the use of the
library by its patron as follows:
 Stealing of library materials attracts expulsion from the institution.
 Reference materials are not to be taken out of the library.
 Library patrons are advised not to reserved (hide) any library materials for future
use.
 All the library users must register with the Customer section of the library or take
permission from the librarian.
 No patron is allowed to borrow any book or any other materials until they have
properly charge out.
 There should be no mutilation, defacing or theft of the library resources by the user.
 On leaving the library all patrons must surrender their books and papers to the
library officials at the circulation desk for checking.
 Patrons are not allowed to re-shelf a book once taken off the shelf, the book should
be left on the table, only staffs can re-shelf.
 Staff may borrow a book for a period of two (2) weeks and one (1) week for
students subject to renewal.

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  Pines are to be levied on all over due books.
 Patrons are allowed two books at a time.
 Admission of students into the library is granted through institution identity card.
 No briefcase or hand bag is allowed into the library.
 No answering calls in the library and handset must be switched off.
 Smoking, eating, drinking are not permitted inside the library.
 Pets must not be taken into the library.
 Library patrons are advised not to reserve seats also reading tables and chairs must
not be moved from their positions.
 Absolute silent must be maintained in the library.
 Children less than eight years unless escorted by an adult are allowed into the
library.
 Users belonging kept on the counter are on their own risk and are advised to take
them when they are leaving the library.

1.3President Kennedy Library, Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria

Time Services.

President Kennedy Library, Institute of Administration Ahmadu Bello University Zaria has a
specific time of session as follows:

Mondays - Fridays 8:00am – 10:00pm

Saturday - 8:00am – 6:00pm

However, the library remains closed throughout public holidays.

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 CHAPTER TWO

2.1 INTRODUCTION

This chapter gives an overview of library and the community it serves. This chapter entails a
brief definition of a library and its objective as well as the characteristic of information users
and their information need

2.2 GENERAL APPROACH OF THE LIBRARY TO ITS COMMUNITY DEFINATION OF BASIC

CONCEPT

The term ‘library’ means different things to different people depending on where they stand
on the enlightenment spectrum. To some, it is a bookstore; a building where books are kept
for safe custody over-seen by a stern-looking watchman in the name of a librarian, essentially
ensuring that the books are not tampered with unduly. To many, the library is a place of
reading and studying; where examination-writing candidates make their second homes to
read their textbooks and notebooks in preparation. This explains why many libraries have
seasonal uses as their patrons have a well-known pattern of visits and usage, which are at the
designated examination periods. Only a few others conceive of the library as an organization
of information resources meant for use. Granted that a great number of authors point at the
fact that the term “library” derives from the Latin word ‘Liber’ (i.e. book); equating the library
with an assemblage of books in a room or as a bookstore; as others would conceive of it, have
remained largely untenable. There is yet another angle to the issue which needed to be
addressed for a good starting-point to be established, which is the perception of a library as a
bookstore or a place where books are kept for their safety mainly. While not disputing the
age-long custodianship responsibility of the library and the librarian towards the effective
safe-keep of the library material contents, the situation whereby such a responsibility was
positioned to sub-merge the functionality of the library’s materials (typified in their use),
remained absolutely contentious. Probably in anticipation of the occurrence of this rather
distorted perception, Ranganathan, in his Five Laws of Library Science, posited “books are
for use” as his very first. By this First Law emphasizing use, Ranganathan has super-imposed
the use (i.e. service) aspect of the library’s responsibility/function above all others, more than
anything else.

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 Furthermore, Shera’s definition of a library as “an organization”, a system designed to
preserve and facilitate the use of graphic records” is also very instructive. The points of note
in this definition are the terms “organization” and “a system”; both of which imply elements of
co-ordination of inter-related units/parts all of which are geared towards same ends. The
ends to which the “organization” or “system” would be targeted are “preservation and
facilitation of the use of graphic records”.

Community

Community has been defined by various scholars in the different discipline, in this aspect we
will focus on information science field. David W. McMillan and David M. Chavis came up with
their proposed definition of community which has four elements. The first element is
membership. Membership is the feeling of belonging or of sharing a sense of personal
relatedness. The second element is influence, a sense of mattering, of making a difference to a
group and of the group mattering to its members. The third element is reinforcement:
integration and fulfilment of needs. This is the feeling that members' needs will be met by the
resources received through their membership in the group. The last element is shared
emotional connection, the commitment and belief that members have shared and will share
history, common places, time together, and similar experiences.

President Kennedy library the main community it serves is institute of administration,

Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. The institution of administration comprises of social science
student and law related students, but President Kennedy library mainly serve the information
need of the social sciences courses which are; Accounting, Business Administration, Local
Government and Development Studies and Public Administration departments.

Academic library

An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher educational institution which serve
two complimentary purpose to support the institution curriculum, and to support the
research of the university faculty and students. Academic libraries are only found in higher
institution such as universities, college of education and polytechnics.

Finally, possible interpretation and of the above definitions in a number of ways demands that
they are all taken together in the following ways:

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  That a library is a social instrument created to form a link in the communication
system that is to any society or culture. In other words, communication should be seen
as so indispensable that without it, there can hardly be a society.
 Even more so is that without some form of graphic records and a means for
their preservation, no culture can possibly endure.
 In conclusion, it becomes apparent that from time to time, the library may
assume certain marginal functions, even though its basic purpose remains generically
the same, which is, serving as a link in the communication chain that is concerned with
the custody of recorded knowledge.

2.3 OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE LIBRARY

President Kennedy library was established and maintained by institute of administration

Ahmadu Bello University to serve the information need of the institution. President Kennedy
library is one of the Kashim Ibrahim satellite library. President Kennedy library as an
academic library has its functions and objectives which are as follow:

 To help develop staffs and lecturer the basic techniques that will enhance
smooth learning in order inculcate a better knowledge to the students.
 To encourage staffs, lecturer and students to inculcate habit of reading and
research.
 To meet the specialized information needs of the region within which the
institution is situated.
 Improve existence services of the library that are renders to the users.
 To provide better stock and facilities to support activities that will develop habit
of reading, research and library services.
 Acquisition and selection of library resources in line with the curriculum of the
institution and National University Commission (N.U.C.).
 Make library resources and services simple as well as easy retrieval by the
users.
 To provide bibliographical record.

2.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF USERS AND THEIR INFORMATION NEED

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 President Kennedy library institute of administration Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as an
academic library has its types of users and their information need. The users are
characterized based on their information need. President Kennedy library has four categories
of users which are: students, researcher, academic staff and non-academic staff.

 Student are of three type which are diploma student, undergraduate student
and post graduate student.
 Diploma student information need is mainly on advanced secondary school
texts book which will enable them to gained admission in to the undergraduate
program.
 Undergraduate students are more advanced than that of the diploma student,
their information need is more of academic and research work.
 Postgraduate student are the ones that studies in masters and PhD’s programs
and their information need is mostly thesis and dissertation.
 Researchers this category mainly focused on thesis and dissertation in order to
develop their research work
 Academic staff as the name implies they are the lecturers, so their information
need is basically on the materials that will help them develop their lecture notes,
research and academic related issues.
 Non-academic staff this category mainly deals with newspapers and magazines.
In some cases, they go beyond the newspapers it depends on their information need.

CHAPTER THREE

3.1 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THE PRESIDENT KENNEDY LIBRARY

This entails the practical aspect gained in all the divisions and departmental libraries under
the President Kennedy library. The practical experienced gained in the industrial training
such as classification, cataloging, indexing, abstracting, accessioning, book labeling, charge and
discharge etc.

3.2 CUSTOMER SERVICES DIVISION

This division is headed by Mal. Hussain Salihu. The customer service division is the entire
point for users who need to engage in the use of library with their questions and concerns.

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 Activities in the division include:

 Registration of users of the library,

 Students' clearance,
 charging and discharging of books,
 Shelving and re-shelving
 Moderate users of library
 Reserve books services.
 Orientation services
 Referral services
 Checking in and out of user and Weeding of outdated books etc.

3.3 RESOURCE PROCESSING DIVISION (RDP)

This division is headed by Haj. Hadiza Aliyu and its also called technical division. The RDP is
responsible for processing of resources received into the Library. We usually send such
information resources to be electronically and manually catalogued and classified. This
processing activity is associated with materials description so that users can access them
when they come to make use of the library.

The Division performs series of activities on the information resources so that they can be
readily available to the users. These activities include: receiving and recording of newly
acquired information resources from the Resource Development division. Getting all the
newly acquired information resource cataloged getting all the cataloged materials classified
Appropriately. All cataloged and classified materials are subsequently input into computer for
subsequent card production. Getting all on the spine of each item for easy location and
retrieval.

3.4 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

This division is headed by Mal. Yusuf Abubakar. the Resource Development Division is
responsible for the selection and acquisition of information resources for the University
Library System (ULS). These information resources which include gifts/donations are
processed and given directional guides as to which section of the library the resources are to

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be placed for use. These resources when processed are sent to the Resource Processing
Division for cataloguing and classification.

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 THE MAIN ROUTINE SERVICES OF RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

These include the following:

 Acquisition of information materials

 Outsourcing information materials through library friends
 Liaison’s with the book publishers
 Liaison’s with the book vendors
 Collections of books through gifts and exchange
 Giving accession number to the books
 Putting ownership stamp
 Filling record of books/journals/magazine etc.

THE MAIN ROUTINE SERVICES OF THIS DIVISION ARE;

 Cataloguing
 Classification
 Lettering
 Input/entries
 Book finishing
 Conversion and forward to customer division

3.5 REFERENCE AND SERIAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION

This division is headed by Dr. (Mrs.) L.O. Esieve. The reference and Serial Management
Division (RSMD) is a combination of two divisions, Reference and Serial Division. Reference
Division is the section that manages reference information materials such as:

 Encyclopedia,
 Dictionaries,
 year book,
 Maps
 Globes
 Directories
 Almanac

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  Gazette e. t. c.

The information materials in the Reference sections are not for loan. They are for consultation
within the library only. The Division is saddled with addressing customers’ ever-changing
remote and physical information inquiries using myriad techniques, skills and knowledge, in
addition to establishing perpetual relationship between customers and the conventional and
non-conventional information resources in the library and beyond through instructional and
informational processes for their maximum exploitation in teaching, learning and research

THE MAIN ROUTINE SERVICES OF REFERENCE SERVICES DIVISION INCLUDE THE

FOLLOWING:

 Answer user query

 Registration of students with the library,
 Charging and discharging of books, Shelving and re-shelving
 Shelve reading
 Referral services

WHILE SERIAL DIVISION IS THE SECTION THAT MANAGES PUBLIC ACTIONS THAT ARE
PRODUCED AT REGULAR INTERVALS E.G

 Journals,
 Newspapers
 Magazines etc. the main activities is to index and abstract newspaper etc.

Activities in the division include:

 Registration of students with the library,

 Charging and discharging of books, Shelving and res-helving
 Shelve reading.
 Indexing services
 Abstracting services
 Bag set of newspaper monthly or yearly.

3.6 E-LIBRARY DIVISION

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 This division is headed by Haj. Hauwa’u Zayyana and this division has only one unit which is
ICT unit. The electronic library (e-library) also known as paperless library is a set of
documents available through electronic means by the use of digital technologies that allow for
the retrieval, archiving, preservation, and dissemination of those documents.

The main duty of this unit is to guide students on how to search online information from the
University Databases and other online e-resources. The main routine services of e-library
include the following;

 Assist student/staff on how to use university library Digital repository

 Supervising the affairs of the e-library
 Trains and supervise SIWES/IT student
 Assist student/staff on how to use the subscribed and open access Data Bases
 Help in downloading the latest e-books, e-journals etc.
 Assist patrons in searching of information on internet
 Assist student/staff in print out document
 Taking users statistic and
 Referral services
 Opening and closing the e-library at appropriate time

3.7 DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY

A department that has an in-house library at a central location for use by employees must
account for the library material acquired. Acquisition can be in a form of purchase, donation,
bequest and so on.

3.8 DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY OF ACCOUNTING

This division is headed by Mr. Shattuson Moses Ayuba. the departmental library of Accounting
is also one of the special library purposely to serve the departmental lecturers as well as to
serve the students/staff it’s also acquired it resources by itself. This library is under President
Kennedy library at Kongo campus.

THE ROUTINE SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY OF ACCOUNTING

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 These are:

 Answer user query

 Registration of students with the library,
 Charging and discharging of books, Shelving and re-shelving
 Shelve reading
 Referral services
 Signing student clearance. e.t.c

3.9DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Departmental library of Business Administration Department is headed by Isah Dalha. The

function of the library is to serve and meet the information needs for both staff and students
of business administration department and by extension the entire institute of administration
(Kongo campus) by providing information resources (textbooks, Journals, Dictionaries,
Encyclopedia, theses, Dissertation, Project, Handbooks etc.) and services that facilitates and
promote Teaching, Learning, Research and Community services.

THE ROUTNE SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY

The followings are some the routine services of the Departmental library of Business
Administration:

 Registration of students/staff with the library,

 Students' clearance,
 charging and discharging of books,
 Shelving and Re-shelving
 Close access of materials
 Reserve books services.
 Orientation services
 Referral services
 Checking in and out of user
 Users statistics.

3.10 DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

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The departmental library of local government and development studies is a special library
creates to serve for the department right from Diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate
students as well as for staff.

THE ROUTNE SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY

 We process new arrival books.

 We amend torn mutilated books.
 We charge in and discharge out information materials.
 We sign student clearance forms.
 We attend to students that make use of our e-library.
 We are in charge of keys to the bags cabinet outside the library.
 Shelving and shelve reading.

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 3.11 DEPARTMENTAL LIBRARY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Departmental library of public Administration is headed by Aliyu Usman, its among the special
library under President Kennedy library and its own and manage by the department, they
acquire, process and preserve their information resources. The library serves students from
diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, lecturers and supporting staff.

THE ROUTINE SERVICES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LIBRARY

 Checking in and out of students

 Shelve reading
 Answers customer query
 Shelving and re-shelving
 Referral services
 Clearance of graduating students
 Cataloguing and classification of books
 Abstracting
 Making list of project/thesis/dissertation
 Stock taking of outdated books/projects. Etc.

FOURCHAPTHER

4.1 CHALLENGES OF SIWES ON STUDENTS

The main objective of the program is to bridge theory with practice by making it possible for
students to get themselves exposed to ‘real jobs and actual job’s situations and environments.
The following problem however has become obvious inhibiting the attainment of its
established goals.
1. Information and communication Technology
The proliferation of ICT in the library has created some new modus operandi for the LIS
profession by virtue of new tools for information exchange. We recognize the challenge when
we note that the library profession in developed nations like India, Bangladesh just like their
colleagues everywhere, particularly those serving high-tech institutions, are already subject to

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challenges resulting from ICT. We assert that the new technology may call for organizational
change in the traditional library and that librarians may function more like consulting
information engineers than as the traditional, passive custodians of information and
dispersers of documents.
Digital/e- library as an information service in which all information resources are available in
computer process able form and the functions of acquisition, storage, preservation, retrieval,
access, and display are carried out through the use of digital technology. The ICT environment
calls for librarian to be managers and organizers of digital content. It requires new
management skills and other roles such as content creators, web page planners and designers,
and Internet navigators where librarians can be more proactive than in the analog era.
Librarians operating in this information environment may be called Internet librarians, digital
librarians, “cybrarians,” or “webarians,” all coined from ICT jargon. These changes are
positioning librarians for the global information arena.
There has been a revolution in user services. Developments in ICT affected users' information
need, tasking librarians to catch up with the trend and satisfy their clientele. We also observe
that the growing number of university students, the increase in study programs, the increase
in research, and rapid ICT developments have all changed the routines of traditional academic
librarianship.  The fact is that these changes and demands need innovative librarians who can
meet the needs of users.
E-learning also developed in academic communities following the emergence of digital
technology. To satisfy patrons, librarians should adapt to the new learning environment
characterized by new information formats with a learner-centered and interactive approach.
Most of the attaching organizations hardly possess these facilities which SIWES is finding it
difficult to attain it establishing goals.
2. Non-provision of training manual for students
An attachment as well as forwarding manuals to institutions, non-availability of up to date job
specification handbook and inadequate of industrial training programs.

4.2 CHALLENGES OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY LIBRARY

The president Kennedy library institute of administration, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria was
established to promote academic activities in the university for research activities leading to
the discovery of new and better ways of acquiring knowledge. The following problem
however has become obvious inhibiting the attainment of its established goals.

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 1. Shortage of Facilities
There is a general shortage of Necessary facilities in the library. The maximum users that can
be present in the library at a time are 310 individuals which is the estimated total library
sitting capacity as compared to the entire institute of administration populations. Mostly,
during exam period there is extreme lack of library space and comfort as well as bad situation
with the Library server in e-Library yielding epileptic and lift services.

2. Attitude of the User Community

The user community of the library is often stubborn. They occupy spaces not for reading but
mostly sit to watch movies and play games on their laptops, IPod’s, IPad etc. Refusing to pave
way for others to use the library resources and do social media. This illicit act set back the
library effort to administer quality and efficient services to the user community.

3. Poor Maintenance of Library Material’s

The materials/facilities possessed, by the library and the accessibility to these materials is
what determines the worth of the library. At times these materials are mal-handled by actual
library users. This might be as a result of lack of training or ignorance on the value of the
library materials.

4. Lack of Current Materials

It is quite unfortunate that the most current materials are not used in the library to reflect the
current trend of information accessibility, retrieval and dissemination of information, the
equipment’s in the Digital library are mostly outdated and no library software has been install
for library services and management.
In the reader’s services division, most of the materials on the shelves has undergone series of
revision and edition, but the library still maintains the initial editions. This do not urge well of
the library as a special information Centre.

5. Shortage of Library Staff

The library in all its size and capacity in run and maintained by a handful of staff. This has
reduced the effectiveness of the library services, as few staff is available to attend to the needs
of a large community of users.

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It is surprising that there are only about eleven professional or trained librarians at President
Kennedy library, Institute of administration Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. The others are
untrained or supporting staff. This is not health for the status of the library as an academic
library with high demand and need of professional skill and knowledge.

4.3 PERSONAL CHALLENGES

In the cause of my Industrial Training (IT) at the President Kennedy library, Institute of
administration Ahmadu Bello University Zaria to acquire the requisite knowledge as a
librarian was accompanied with the following challenges:
1. Transportation
Due to the fact that the Industrial Training (IT) as popular known by the populace was
undertaken in a process that you worked as a staff of the library. As a staff, you are to report to
work by 8:00am unlike going to lectures that has time and allows changes, on a daily basis,
money was most time a hindrance but not optional due to non-allowance by the attaching
organizations and non-payment of SIWES allowance by the Government. In school, lectures
were not on a daily basis and perhaps not in the early hours of the day compared to work
situation so it was very new and different experience all together.
2. Attitude of the Staff
Some of the staff members of the library sometimes action and behaviors made it hard to
interact with them, hence there was poor social relationships. This lead to difficulties in asking
questions where there was limited understanding and hindrance for knowledge to be
attained.

4.4   SUGGESTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS

In this section, suggestions are made toward tackling identified challenges faced by students
during/course of SIWES. Possible suggestions are presented below:

i. There is a need for the administrators and management of SIWES in collaboration with
institutions of higher learning to arrive at a common/uniform credit unit, if say 6 credit units
for each attachment for similar courses/programs. The agreed credit unit should necessarily
take cognizance of the minimum credit unit required for a semester and graduation for
various courses/programs across universities.

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ii. SIWES organizing and supervising bodies should liaise and set committee on the improving
students’ supervision during attachment in other to attain goal and objectives of SIWES.

iii. There is also need for SIWES organizing, supervising bodies, participating institutions and
employers to come together and find ways to be paying little allowance to the participating
student in other to alleviate their hardship during Industrial Training.

iv. Government should take full responsibility of funding libraries and forget lift services that
are creating negative perception about Librarianship in our country. If government
Endeavour to take full responsibility to library funding, Library will be recognizing as one
agent for nation building and reputation librarianship built in develop countries will be
achieved here in Nigeria.

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 SUMMARY
The SIWES has provided a training ground where skill relating to how information can be
processed, managed, preserved, retrieved and documented. This has gone a long way in
equipping me in merging what has been learn in the lecture room to what was actually learnt
on the field. The Scheme which is a skills training program is designed to expose and prepare
students of Universities, Polytechnics/Colleges of Technology, Agriculture and Colleges of
Education to real life work situation after graduation.
SIWES is a cooperative industrial internship program that involves institutions of higher
learning, Industries, the Federal government of Nigeria, Industrial Training Fund (ITF),
Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and NBTE/NCCEE in Nigeria.

5.2 CONCLUSION
In conclusion the SIWES program has proved invaluable as I know that am not going back to
the classroom the same. I can definitely say that indeed my stay/period of SIWES is fulfilling
one as I was thoroughly tutored from one library activity to another and from one
division/unit to another. Initially, it was hectic that I nearly gave up but much later I started
getting used to the system and now I can confidently say that I am very capable.

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President Kennedy library has impacted knowledge of library services to me and have change
me from classroom librarian to practical librarian. Library services such as cataloging,
classification, indexing, abstracting, charging and discharging, answering user query, shelving
and shelve reading, taking statistics of users and consulted materials, accessing online
databases, using of search engines, book finishing, registering new student, stamping and
accessioning number. These are few library services I learnt practically during my stay in
President Kennedy library.

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS
The following recommendations were based on the experience of IT at President Kennedy
library, Institute of administration Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
i. Proper Coordination and Supervision of the Exercise: The various bodies involved in the
management of the SIWES exercise i.e. Federal Government, Industrial Training Fund (ITF),
NUC, NBTE and NCCE should come together and fashion out a modality that will ensure
smooth operation of the SIWES exercise. Efforts should be made to ensure that students
attached to the organization are properly supervised to ensure that what they are doing is in
line with the objectives of the SIWES exercise.
ii. The various bodies involved in the management of the SIWES programs should liaise with
the various industries ahead of tune so as to minimize or reduce to the barest minimum the
high level of reward or student allowance and incentive to aids students for their industrial
training participation due to nonpayment of SIWES allowance by the Government.
iii. Employers of labour are very important in the effective running of this scheme. They
should try as much as possible to absorb a large number of SIWES students in their various
establishments to acquire the practical training.
iv. Government should liaise with bodies involved in the management of the SIWES programs
ahead of tune so as to reduce or put an end to the barest Delay in release of funds for
supervision and student’s industrial training allowances.
v. Finally, Library schools should revise their curriculum and introduce new courses to meet
the need of employers in the public and private sector and some of other courses that will
expose student to area of self-employment in this time of global unemployment and personnel
downsizing.
ICTs development have put more pressure on the SIWES program to help student develop
new skills, student should be aware of what the society holds for them and adapt accordingly.

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 REFERNCE

A.B.U. (2018). President Kennedy library-Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Retrieved on 8th
Oct. 2018 from http://www.library.abu.edu.ng

Akerejola, O. (2008). Information and guidelines for Students Industrial Work

Experience Scheme. Retrieved on 10th Oct. 2018 from
http://www.itf-nigeria.org/docs/siwes-op-guide.pdf

Ode, E.O. and Omokaro D.A. (2007), Basic Principles and Practice of        Librarianship;
Makurdi: Oracle Business Ltd.

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