A TECHNICAL REPORT OF STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK

EXPERIENCE

SCHEME [SIWES]

HELD AT

REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY EDE, OSUN STATE

BY

EDEGWA EDWARD OGHENEVO

LS20200205880

SUBMITTED TO

THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION

SCIENCE

FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC EDE,

OSUN STATE

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF

NATIONAL

DIPLOMA IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

JULY, 2022

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 CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that EDEGWA EDWARD OGHENEVO with matriculation Number

LS20200205880 DPT of the department of Library and Information Science, School of
Business Studies, the Federal Polytechnic Ede Osun State underwent her four(3) months
Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) at Tekena Tamuno Library,
Redeemer’s University.

____________________ _____________________
Name of Student Signature and Date

__________________ ____________________
SIWES Coordinator Signature and Date

___________________ __________________
Head of Department Signature and Date

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 DEDICATION

This report is dedicated to Almighty God, the giver of wisdom, knowledge, and
understanding. And to my parents MR and MRS EDEGWA for their financial, moral,
spiritual and prayerful support for me, may the Lord reward you abundantly and may you
reap the fruit of your Labor in Jesus name.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All praise and thanks is due to Almighty God, the Gracious and the Merciful. I thank
God for seeing me through in writing this report

My profound gratitude goes to Almighty God for His infinite mercy, grace. Blessing.
Wisdom and knowledge, understanding and loving kindness bestowed on me.

Special thanks to my family i.e., my parents Mr. & Mrs. EDEGWA for their parental
care in my life. May they live long to eat the fruit of their labor. Thanks to my sisters:
Edegwa Mercy and my lovely Aunty for their prayers, advice and support. A special
appreciation to my lovely uncle MR. SUNDAY., Am always grateful for the support,
words of encouragement and financial assistance during my SIWES Program.

Finally, my appreciation goes to the Head of Department, all lecturers in the

department of Library and Information Science and everyone who contributed in one
way or the other for my success all through my SIWES program. I pray Almighty
God will be there for you in every aspect of life. Amen.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

Certification…………………………………………………………………….ii

Dedication………………………………………………………………………iii

Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………iv

Table of content…………………………………………………………………v

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction………………………………………………………………..1

1.1 Aims and objectives of SIWES……………………………………………2

1.2 Objectives & Scope of SIWES in Nigeria ………,,…..…………………..3

1.3 History of Tekena Tamuno Library ………...………….………………...4

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 Tekena Tamuno Library Organogram ……… ……………………………8

2.1 Readers Services Division……………………..………………………......8

2.2 Serials Section..………………………………………………………….....10

2.3 References Section…………………………………………………………11

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 Virtual Library..…………………………………………………………..15

3.1 Circulation Unit………………………………………………………….15

3.2 Binding Unit …………………………………………………………..16

3.4 Law Unit .…………………………………………………………..17

CHARPTER FOUR

4.0 TECHNICAL UNIT......................... ……………………………………...19

4.1 Library Management Software …………………………………………..20

4.2 Acqisition Unit ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,21

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4.3 Cat & Class Department ………………………………………………….,22

CHAPTHER FIVE

5.1 Challenge encountered………………………..………………………..…..20

5.2 Recommendation……………………………………………………….….21

5.3 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………23

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 CHAPSTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION TO SIWES

The student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES). Is a compulsory skills

training designed to expose and prepare students of Nigerian universities,
polytechnics, colleges of education, colleges of technology and colleges of
Agriculture, for the industrial work situation they are likely to meet after graduation.

The scheme also allows students to familiarize themselves with and expose
themselves to the needed experience in handling equipment and machinery that are
usually unavailable in their institutions. Before the establishing of the scheme, there
was a growing concern among the industrialists, that graduate of institutions of higher
learning lacked adequate practical background studies preparatory for employment in
industries. Thus, employers were of the opinion that the theoretical education of
higher institutions was not responsive to the need of the employers of labor

SIWES introduction, initiation and the design was done by the Industrial Training
Fund in handling employer's equipment and machinery.

The Industrial Training Fund solely fund the scheme during it formulative years.
However, due to financial constraints, the fund withdrew from the scheme in 1978.

The Federal Government, noting the significance of the skills training handed the
management of the scheme to both the National Universities Commission and the
National Board for Technical Education in 1979.

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The management and implementation of the scheme was however reverted to the ITF
by the Federal Government in November, 1984 and the administration was effectively
taken over by the Industrial Training Fund in July 1985, with the funding solely borne
by the Federal Government.

1.1 OBJECTIVES OF SIWES

1. SIWES provides the avenue for students in institutions of higher learning to

acquire industrial and experiences in their course of study.

2. Prepare the students for the industrial work situation they're likely to meet after
graduate.

3. Expose students to work method and techniques in handling equipment and

machinery that may not be available in their institutions,

4. Make the transition from school to the world of work easier and enhance students
contact for later job placement.

5. SIWES provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge in real

work situations thereby bridging the gap between theory and practice.

6. Enlist and strengthens Employers involvement in their entire educational process

and prepare students for employment after graduation.

1.2 Objectives & Scope of SIWES in Nigeria

Provides the avenue for students in institutions of higher learning to gain industrial
skills and experiences in their course of study.

Prepare the students for the industrial work situation they’re likely to meet after
graduation.

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Expose students to work method and techniques in handling equipment and
machinery that may not be available in their institutions.

Make the transition from school to the world of work easier and enhance students
contact for later job placement.

Provides students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge in actual work

situations bridging the gap between theory and practice.

Enlist and strengthens employers involvement in the entire educational process and
prepare students for employment after graduation.

1.3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TEKENA TAMUNO LIBRARY,

REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY, EDE

Redeemer’s University Library, now Tekena Tamuno Library, opened to its patrons in
October 2005 shortly after its parent institution. Redeemer’s University took off. The
take-off site of the Library was the temporary site of the parent institution at the
Redemption Camp.(The campground of the Redeemed Christian Church of God) km
46/48. Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mowe. Ogun State. The Library operated it this site
for nine years in a twin building that accommodated 534 patrons. The takeoff
collection of the library in the 2005/06 academic session included about 6000
volumes of books. 136 journal titles and 544 numbers of audiovisual materials. All of
these were donations from academic institutions, home and abroad and private
individuals. January 2015 the collection had grown to its present states of over 25,000
volumes of books, over 500 journal tittles, 12 electronic databases subscriptions that
provide access to well over 25,000 electronic journal titles, in disciplines where the
University mounts academic programmers, Tekena Tamuno Library moved into its
present accommodation in January 27, 2015. Though temporary, the new building is
purpose built and compartmentalized to house the various operations and services of
the Library. The building can conservatively sit over 500 patrons at a time, a figure
that conveniently satisfies the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) benchmark
for the present student population of the University.

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TNT Library, since inception in 2005, has never lacked in quality staff to manage its
operations and services. The Library has enjoyed the leadership of accomplished
librarians who have steered its ship at different periods. To pioneer the leadership of
the Library in September 2005 was Mrs. Olufunmilayo Grace Tamuno, a doyen of
librarianship in Nigeria. She served the University meritoriously without receiving
salaries for two years: She left the services of the University in September 2007.

Mr. Richard Olorunsola steered the ship of the Library in acting capacity from
October 2007 to December 2008 before Dr. Emmanuel Layi Adebayo took over in
January 2009. Dr. Adebayo, an erudite scholar, completed his first term of five years
in December 2013 with many feats and achievements in the areas of innovative
rearrangements and staff development. His commitment to duty earned him another
term that is just in its second year.

TNT Library has been in the news both within and outside the University through the
activities and achievements of its staff members and innovative 2,500 services. In
2011, the Library joined the league of academic Libraries that are digitalizing by
launching its digital collection of over past examination question papers of past
examinations of the Redeemer’s University since 2006, The digital collection is an
home grown initiative designed and implemented by the staff of the Library in
collaboration with the Information Technology Unit of the University.

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 CHAPTER TWO

2.0 TEKENA TAMUNO LIBRARY ORGANOGRAM

VICE-CHANCELLOR

CHAIRMAN, LIBRARY MANAGEMENT

COMMITTEE

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN

PUBLIC SERVICES DIVISION TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION

ACQUISITIONS
REFERENCE SECTION
CATALOGUING & CLASSIFICATION
SERIALS SECTION
VIRTUAL/E-LIBRARY SECTION
BINDING SECTION
SECURITY

2.1 READERS SERVICES DIVISION

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INTRODUCTION

Readers in this case are being referred to as Library users. Readers’ Services are
various services like registration of readers, charging and discharging of loans,
packing and shelving of consulted and returned books, organization of library
materials, reservation reference service, information service, displays, user education,
guides and notices, and extension services being rendered to library users in the
library by the librarians. Edoka (2000) in his work describes opening hours, staffing,
seating and study carrels, circulation, registration of users, lending reservation, short
loan services, charging systems, computerized circulation system, reference service,
information service, displays, display arrangements, and topics, guides and notices,
extension services, and user education as services to library users. Though apart from
library services, the library also provides facilities and resources for its clientele,
services to library patrons cannot be over-emphasized Akinbode (1996).

Below are the library service division

 Serials unit
 Reference unit
 Virtual unit
 Circulation unit
 Law unit
 Technical unit

2.2 SERIALS UNIT

The Serials Department manages the journals, newspapers, magazines, and other
periodicals that support Central’s curricular needs and complement the general

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 monograph and reference collections. Most functions of serials collection
management are housed in this department from acquisition to shelving to
withdrawal, excluding cataloging. Serials Department employees provide patrons
with assistance in using the serials collection and maintain the Periodicals Help Desk.
Procedures for employees working this desk are included in the Periodicals Help Desk
Handbook. The Handbook is updated every quarter.

The Serials Librarian is responsible for decisions and policy-making concerning the
serials collections. Collaborative development of these policies with the Library
Department Heads, Collection Development & Management Committee, and Library
Council is expected.

Materials at the serials unit operate open access collection to all users in the library to
meet the user’s needs. Journal articles, Document, and Student project are been
uploaded into the library database KOHA, which allow the student to have access to
the available books/articles in the serials unit.

I was taught how to do the various things at the serials unit/Department

 Cataloging of journals articles

 Taking of user's statistics
 Stamping of newly acquired journals
 Uploading of journals articles into the library database

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INTERFACE OF KOHA SOFTWARE

2.3 REFERENCES UNIT

Every library aims to provide information to its clients. The reference section provides
services that help clients make the best use of a library’s resources, and find the information
they require quickly and efficiently.

Staff working in a reference collection consisting of printed publications and electronic

sources which are used to find information and refer clients to other sources. The Internet in
particular has increased the range of resources available for finding information and
answering inquiries.

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The basic purpose of a reference section is to assist clients to access information in the
library’s collection and from other sources, and to make the best selection from the
collection.

Services provided by THE reference library include

 Assistance in using the library

 Answering requests for information
 Reader education
 Conducting literature searches
 Current awareness services

I was taught how to do the following:

 How to answer user queries using Reference materials
 Taking users’ statistics at an Hour interval
 Shelving of consulted books by users
 How to perform SDI (Selective Dissemination of Information)
 How to answer user queries using the school subscribed databases • How to perform
user's education.
 To render abstracting and indexing services to use
 To maintain information resources and shelf reading.

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 References Section Unit

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

The unit is designed to provide online access to specialized collections of information

resources, which include bibliographic citations with links to full-text documents and other
online resources such as past questions, a collection of online books, journals, and articles,
and it provides access to a specialized collection of information resources in the school.

The Library has some subscribed online databases some of which are

 OARE (Online Access to research in the environment)

 EBSCOhost
 JSTOR
 GOALIE
 HINARI
 AGORA (Access to Global Online Resources in Agriculture).

I was engaged in some activities during my stay in the virtual library which include:

 Digitalization of past questions to the school portal

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  Clerical activities e.g.: printing scanning etc.
 Troubleshooting of the systems
 How to make use of the subscribed online database.

THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

3.1 THE CIRCULATION UNIT

The circulation department is responsible for checking books in and out of the library.
Returning books to the stacks and ensuring the stacks are in order. This department is also in
charge of collecting fines for overdue material, billing for lost books, and locating missing
material. This department is also responsible for borrowing materials, registration of non-
user’s/members issuing library clearance to departing student/user's circulation units that
have shelving where course reserves, and the prospector. Request it, and other materials are

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held for pick-up by patrons. Automation of the library enables the circulation unit to record
timely and accurate loan transaction data. Duties perform in the circulation unit include:

 Registration of new users

 Lending of books
 Reservation of books
 Maintenance of statistic
 Renewal of book
 Over-due charges.

I was taught how to perform the following activities in the circulation unit:

 How to reserve/hold a book on KOHA

 How to charge and discharge library materials
 How to make the OPAC (online public access catalog) ready for use
 Stamping of newspaper
 How to prepare an over-due list
 How to shelf the newly arrived material
 How to shelf read
 Handling of manual records
 Maintenance of records
 Registration of new members
 Maintenance of statistic

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ATION UNIT

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3.2 BINDING UNIT

The Binding unit is also one of the library sections in the library, it’s a place where the worn
out library resources are been taking to for repairs and bounded. The binding section does
binding of journal issues, newspaper or project.to make them easier for library user and
library personnel to locate them. The binding unit use specific materials and method to make
the book s last long as possible and are easily used by the library user.

Types of Binding are listed Bellow;

 Soft Binding
 Spiral binding
 Hard cover binding
 Minor binding

The binding section service is therefore available for Master and P.H.D student. The binding
service is literally open to all who want to bind their personal or other academic documents
library users are called upon to take full use of the library service.

Primary duties of a binder include;

 Type casting
 Making book cases
 They combine printed sheet to a finished project
 Stitching or gluing assembled printed sheet
 Stamping of book cover with foil machine
 Binding and rebinding of newspaper, journal, project

Materials used a the binding sections as follow;

 Glue-gum
 Cardboard
 Presser
 Tape rule
 Thread paper
 Paper
 Binding cloth

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 SPINE MACHINE CUTTING MACHINE

PRESSING MACHINE CAP MACHINE

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 3.3 LAW UNIT

This library is a special library used by law students, lawyers, judges and their law clerks,
historians, and other scholars of legal history to research the law. This library contains print,
computer-assisted legal research, and microform collections of laws in force, session
superseded laws, foreign and international law, and other research resources. E.g. continuing
legal education resources, legal encyclopedias (e.g. Corpus Juris, Secundum among others),
legal treatises, and legal history. It also has law librarians who help legal researchers navigate
law library collections and who teach legal research.

Four Categories of Law

1. Criminal Law – Lawyers ensure every citizen abides by the laws.

2. Energy Law – Lawyers oversee the taxation of energy and approving licenses to
industries.
3. International Law – Lawyers improve relations of one nation with the other.
4. Corporate Law - Lawyers who take care of a business’ legal boundaries.

Criminal Law

This is one of the most opted law types. In Criminal law, lawyers need to make sure that the
individuals abide by the set criminal statute or laws. In case someone commits any offense by
breaking the law, lawyers guide the suitable measure as per the body of criminal law.

Energy Law

Energy Lawyers work with companies to manage the taxation of energy. These are also
known as ‘extraction’ charges. They take care by providing information about the rights of
the companies on energy-rich lands and their licenses.

Energy lawyers work with industries using energy sources, municipal utilities, and public
utilities.

International Law

International law is about the rules made by customs or treaties, recognized by the nations for
trading and building relations with each other.

An international lawyer needs to take care of the legal practices on disputes on an

international level. The disputes can be related to international trade or international business.

Corporate Law

The main job of corporate lawyers is to take care of business and make it abide by the law.
Corporate lawyers help clients and professionals to run their businesses while staying within

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legal boundaries. They need to take care of the legality of the products manufactured,
transactions, and all the other practices. Just like other courses, corporate lawyers also need to
get a degree from a law school and practice further

LAW SECTION

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 CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 TECHNICAL UNIT

Technical service operation comprise of ordering, claiming and receipt of materials,

cataloging and classification of materials; and serials control. Beside these other technical
services operation contain circulation, documents, foreign language and special collection,
and bibliographic instruction in technical services areas. This leads me to believe that
distinction between technical services and public or reader services in individual libraries is
based on custom and tradition arising out of incidental circumstances, rather than on
fundamental principle. We cannot deny that automation play a vital role for future technical
processing. ICT has made it possible for developed countries for the purpose of adopting
their bibliographic date for their own library and the online catalogues have changed the
scenery of cataloguing and classification. The most used library software that was
introduced to the library system in help with the activity of the library is KOHA

4.1 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

The software used to carry our acquisition, cataloguing, serials control etc. of the library. E.g.
KOHA

KOHA is an open source integrated library system, KOHA is created by Katipo

Communication and it’s written in perl language.

KOHA modules include

 Administration
 OPAC
 Cataloguing
 Serials
 Acquisitions
 Patron

4.2 ACQUISITION UNIT

This unit is responsible for the stock building operation, the stock acquisition in those library
is through the following; purchase, Gift bequeath, legal deposit & Donation. This unit has a
policy which is known as Acquisition Policy, whereby Academic programmes, School,
colleges, lecturers and student are taken into consideration. They are also responsible for the

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selection and procurement of information materials and resources in the library. The section
also select vendors, individual titles or resources, arrange for standing orders, and negotiate
consortium pricing.

Duties carried out at the acquisition unit as follow;

 Mailing the order.

 Book selection.
 Receiving the order.
 Compiling a request list from the library patrons.
 Keeping of acquired materials in the library.
 Stamping of books.
 Placing accession number on acquired books.

I carried out the following activities;

 Stamping of received books to the library.

 Arrangement of acquired books.
 Accessioning the new books into accession register.

4.3 CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION UNIT

CATALOGUING and CLASSIFICATION assist the library users to judiciously access and
utilize the library material. The purpose of cataloguing and classifying is to provide a solid
bibliographic description of all available materials there is in the library, the classifying is
done by using the Library of Congress Classification Scheme.

I was involved in the following activities;

 Cataloguing if book using data worksheet

 Classification of book by using online base
 Cataloguing of book using library of congress online calculator
 Cuttering of authors name using the online cutter calculator

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CATALOGUING OF RECEIVED BOOKS

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 CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 CHALLENGES
Every organization, institution of formal settings have various problems associated with it, although it
varies from each other. The Redeemer's University, Ede, main library is without exception. Some of
the problems are stated below:
 inadequate power supply
 Insufficient equipment in some section like bindery
 Lack incessant network facilities.

5.2 RECOMMENDATION
I hereby recommend the following for the Redeemer's University Ede, main library.
 A standby generator should be allocated to the library
 Provision of adequate equipment in the library.
 The staff should also note that library users are like customers and they are always right
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 Provision of internet facilities.
 I also recommend the ITF the SIWES training allowance in time. If possible during the
programmer.

5.3 CONCLUSION
From the training I have obtained I discovered that the student’s Industrial Work Experience Scheme
(SIWES) had achieved the objectives which it was established. Not only that the training exposed me
to so many activities in my field of study, but also to the fundamental working principles of those
activities.
The knowledge gain in class, both in oral and theoretical aspects was further enhanced by the
practicability of the SIWES, it brought me in contact with some library materials that only heard of
and I have never seen.
Industrial training is to bridge the gap between school based knowledge and work place skills.
Consequently, every student should embark on industrial training at relevant times to enhance their
knowledge.

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