Department of Library and Information Science

Welcome to the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Maiduguri. We are pleased to welcome you to a vibrant academic community committed to excellence in teaching, research, and professional development in the dynamic field of information studies.

Our department focuses on training skilled and ethical information professionals capable of managing information resources in libraries, archives, digital repositories, research institutions, and corporate organizations. In today’s knowledge-driven society, the ability to organize, access, evaluate, and disseminate information is essential. Our programmes are carefully designed to equip graduates with the competencies needed to succeed in this evolving environment.

We combine strong theoretical foundations with hands-on experience, enabling students to develop expertise in information technologies, digital librarianship, knowledge organization, and research methods. Our dedicated academic staff mentor students to think critically, innovate, and contribute meaningfully to addressing contemporary information challenges at local and global levels.

Beyond the classroom, we promote professional growth through seminars, workshops, conferences, and institutional partnerships that enhance practical skills and employability. We foster a supportive and engaging learning environment that encourages excellence, creativity, and lifelong learning.

We invite you to explore our programmes and join us in advancing knowledge and shaping the future of the information profession.

This programme has been developed to train graduates with theoretical and practical knowledge of Library and Information Science, which is the area concerned with the acquisition, processing, preserving and disseminating of needed items of information and information itself. It is intended to produce graduates that have the requisite knowledge, skills, competencies and capacities to respond to the dynamic library and information needs of modern-day users. It is tailored towards the production of graduates who can go beyond being passive organizers of other people’s knowledge to being ICT competent and active generators of knowledge such as institutional repositories, editing of Wikipedia entries, and other open access resources, thus contributing to the universal availability of information. Graduates of this programme can compete with their peers anywhere in the world.

Our Philosophy

The philosophy of the Programme is to train graduates with the requisite skills and competencies to function in the 21st century library and information environment. Graduates of the programme should be capable of getting libraries and information centres to communicate in space and time to be to respond to the dynamic information needs of society.

The objectives of the Programme are to:

• Produce Library and Information professionals for all types of libraries, information and documentation centres
• Equip the graduates of the programme with relevant theoretical knowledge, practical skills and techniques to develop and enhance their job performance
• Encourage the spirit of inquiry and creativity among the Library and Information professionals so that they are capable of understanding the emerging concepts of the role of information in a complex multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and largely non-literate society like Nigeria
• Provide prospective Library and Information professionals with the intellectual and professional background adequate for their assignments and to make them adaptable to any changing situation
• Provide an understanding of the role of the new communication technology (e.g. Internet) in the handling of information