Our Committee

Secretary 2018-2022. Lecturer I in the Dept. of Library and Information Science with special interest in information literacy. Leader in the committee’s schools and prison library outreach; member of sub-committees on school libraries, website and social media; organizer of events and holiday programs, and literacy and creative writing workshops. PhD on entrepreneurship improvement through secondary school library-based comic writing programs; MLS project on developing a library periodcurriculum forteaching information literacy skills in primary schools. E-mail: grace.onyebuchi@unn.edu.ng.

Senior Librarian in university library, Head of the Web Presence Section; specialization in digital resources and services. Convener of sub-committee on website and social media; website administrator; creator and administrator of Children’s Centre Library Facebook page. NIA graduate and peer educator trainer on HIV and AIDS issues; involved in vacation programs (dance, singing, computer, virtual water summit). E-mail: helen.okpala@un.edu.ng.

Chair 2018-2022; Secretary 2002-2018. Deputy University Librarian in the University Library heading the special needs section. Organizer of children’s programs and literacy activities, including the noted “Cubs” Reading/Football  Club and literacy promotion in prisons. Supervised the Children’s Centre renovation of 2021. Ph.D degree on meeting the information needs of hearing-impaired students received award as the best in Nigerian library schools in 2016. Received University ofNigeria, Nsukka Excellence Performance Award, 2017. E-mail: ngozi.osadebe@unn.edu.ng.

Chair 2002-2018; past Secretary and Chair of Library Committee 1978-2002; Financial Secretary of UWA, 1976-79, Treasurer, 1993-97. University Professor (retired) in Library and Information Science, specializing in children’s services and school librarianship.  Initiator and coordinator of the library as a teaching laboratory for library and information science and base for outreach programs. Founding Mother of the Children’s Centre; honored as Matriarch of UWA Children’s Centre Library in 2022.   Received University of Nigeria distinguished service award in 2004 for contributions to Children’s Centre. E-mail: virginiadike@gmail.com.

Ph.D student of Department of Library and Information Science; active in school library outreach and children’s programs. Research interest is promoting information literacy competency of early childhood teachers in Enugu state, Nigeria. Email: jlezugwu@gmail.com

Higher Technical Officer 2 in the Department of Library and Information Science, serving as Librarian of the Children’s Centre; B.A. Library and Information Science; active in maintaining the library and all Children’s Centre programs.

University Librarian. Past coordinator of vacation programs, active in story hour and other library activities member of equipment development committee;. E-mail: chinwe.ezeani@unn.edu.ng.

Professor and former Head of Department, Library and Information Science (2015-2019). In this capacity she provided new staff and other assistance to the Children’s Centre as teaching laboratory. She was honored as a Founding Mother for her contributions in the 1980s before moving to Enugu; returning to Nsukka, she rejoined the committee in 2016. E-mail: nancy-achebe@unn.edu.ng.

Member from the1980s; University Professor (retired) in home science and child and family studies with specialization in child development. Honored as a Founding Mother of Children’s Centre; served as committee Secretary; former Vice-President of UWA. Contributed as chair of playground developent committee; participant in Pscho-Educational Testing Services (specializing in reading development); prison library outreach; active in puppetry and other creative arts, cookery and youth forum.

Retired Deputy University Librarian. Former Financial Secretary of UWA and Convener of Library Committee; active in school outreach and library activities.

Member from the 1990s; President of the University Women’s Association from 1997-2001. Professor of Mathematics Education, retired from University of Nigeria, teaching at Godfrey Okoye University in Enugu. As President of UWA, she initiated programs with university students and prison outreach and participated actively in Children’s Centre programs. E-mail: uche.agwagah@unn.edu.ng.