Chidi Nkwopara
11 November 2008
A digital library, estimated at $200,000, will soon be built in Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri West local government area of Imo State.
Already, the leadership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Nigeria Section, has since opened serious discussions with the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, for the construction and installation of the digital library in the school.
Addressing journalists after the Institute's seminar in Owerri, the IEEE Chairman, Nigeria Section, Tubde Y. Salihu, an engineer, explained that the project is its contribution towards providing Information Communication Technology (ICT) facilities in deserving tertiary institutions in the country.
"Our reason for siting the ultra-modern state-of-the-art digital library in the Polytechnic was informed by what the IEEE executives saw on ground in the school. It is expected that this project would cost $200,000." Salihu said.
Answering a question, Salihu said the most important thing is for the school management to guarantee the organization's usage, stressing that "the facility in the school has amply proved that the present management of the Polytechnic has actually lived up to expectation".
While saying that the Polytechnic already has 700 computers hooked to the internet, Salihu also opined that this is a feat other tertiary institutions in the country ought to emulate.
Enumerating the benefits of the proposed digital library, Salihu said it includes access to quality technical research that would enable each researcher to select no fewer than 25 topics per month, pointing out that there are 1.7 million documents in the IEEE/IET Electronic Library.
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