Prof. Sam K. Afrane (middle) with Ms. Vivian Amponsah
The Vice Chancellor of the Christian Service University (CSU) in Kumasi, Professor Sam K. Afrane, has urged students of the university as well as Ghanaian students to make good use of the various libraries for their academic excellence.
Underscoring the importance of the library, Prof. Afrane described library as the centre of academic work, source of information and resources.
The CSU Vice Chancellor said this during media engagement to celebrate the university’s library (Chapman Library) month-long celebration aimed at creating awareness for the students to make good use of the library.
Under the theme: “Beyond the Bookshelves: Exploring New Horizons in Libraries,” the month-long celebration scheduled from March 3 to 28 aimed to promote library engagement through various activities, such as library evangelism, media engagements, book fair & fun activities, debates, seminars, and library giveaways.
According to him, the library month is very important as it offers the entire university community the opportunity to focus on library activities for that period.
“Library is such a facility that if one is not careful, very few people will benefit from its immense benefits, therefore the idea planted to take the library to the people and not just sit down and wait for the students to enter the library to use it is very laudable,” he stated.
“I want to commend head of the library, Vivian Amponsah and her team for this innovation, given birth to a very innovative idea of devoting one whole month to talk about the library and bringing it to the doorsteps of the students and staff. Library plays a very critical central role to the university’s activities, and we cherish it so much,” he added.
Prof. Afrane was optimistic that by the end of the month-long celebration, a good number of the students and staff, will know more about the Chapman Library in terms of online resources, databases, and other things.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor of CSU, Dr. Stephen Banahene, in his succinct remarks, stated that the Chapman Library is the hub of the academic resources which offers the academic needs of the faculties, students and the entire university.
He stated that, making materials available virtually and also improving the stock of the library was a major challenge for the university.
“We want to be available to our students both online and in house, and we want to provide them conducive library environment such that our readers who come around will find what they want, because knowledge keep increasing. We hope to partner relevant institutions and individuals to be able to make our library the best, so that we can continuously help our teaching and learning processes,” he concluded.
FROM David Afum, Kumasi