100,000 E-books Now Made Available To Nigerian Varsities
Nigerian universities now have access to over 100,000 e-
books which were made available by the Nigerian
Research and Education Network (NgREN).
Executive Secretary, National Universities
Commission » (NUC), made this disclosure at the formal
donation of a -four- million dollar worth of e-content to
Nigerian universities.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),
EBSCOHost, a multinational Information Communication
Technology (ICT) firm, made the donation on Thursday, May
26, in Abuja.
Okojie said that by accessing these resources, Nigerian
universities and research institutes will be part of more
collaborative efforts that would facilitate accreditation of
programmes.
Nigerian universities were urged to utilise the resources
which were made available on the NgREN » at no cost until
the end of 2016.
"The NgREN has secured access to all EBSCOHost e-books
collections and seven EBSCOHost research databases among
which is a full text e-journal.
"Others are periodicals and magazines of several academic
disciplines and professional specialisations.
"These resources contain more than 100, 000 high-quality e-
book titles, 27,100 full text journals, 18, 430 indexed and
abstracted journals, 9,041, 400 cited references, daily
updates and 630 videos with transcripts and related articles.
"This will in fact, grow the number of available resources in
the nation's university libraries and as a result, heighten
research activities among institutions in the Nigerian
University System (NUS).
"In addition, it will improve the ranking of Nigerian
universities,'' he said.
In her remark, EBSCOHost's Vice-President (Sales), Mrs
Collen Mills, said that access to e-content could raise the
quality of education.
(PULSENG)
books which were made available by the Nigerian
Research and Education Network (NgREN).
Executive Secretary, National Universities
Commission » (NUC), made this disclosure at the formal
donation of a -four- million dollar worth of e-content to
Nigerian universities.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),
EBSCOHost, a multinational Information Communication
Technology (ICT) firm, made the donation on Thursday, May
26, in Abuja.
Okojie said that by accessing these resources, Nigerian
universities and research institutes will be part of more
collaborative efforts that would facilitate accreditation of
programmes.
Nigerian universities were urged to utilise the resources
which were made available on the NgREN » at no cost until
the end of 2016.
"The NgREN has secured access to all EBSCOHost e-books
collections and seven EBSCOHost research databases among
which is a full text e-journal.
"Others are periodicals and magazines of several academic
disciplines and professional specialisations.
"These resources contain more than 100, 000 high-quality e-
book titles, 27,100 full text journals, 18, 430 indexed and
abstracted journals, 9,041, 400 cited references, daily
updates and 630 videos with transcripts and related articles.
"This will in fact, grow the number of available resources in
the nation's university libraries and as a result, heighten
research activities among institutions in the Nigerian
University System (NUS).
"In addition, it will improve the ranking of Nigerian
universities,'' he said.
In her remark, EBSCOHost's Vice-President (Sales), Mrs
Collen Mills, said that access to e-content could raise the
quality of education.
(PULSENG)
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