Library and Information Technology ( LIT)

Columbus O. Udofot, Ph.D., is the Associate Professor of Library and Information Technology. 

Columbus O. Udofot, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Library and Information Technology.

He studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the University of Ibadan where he bagged a B. Sc (HONS) and MLIS in Library and Information Science in 2002 and 2007 respectively. He returned to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he bagged his Ph.D. in Library and Information Science in 2016.

Dr. Udofot is a Chartered Librarian, a member of the Nigerian Library Association and a Member of the Nigerian Association of Library and Information Science Educators. He has published widely in journals both nationally and internationally. He has attended and presented papers at conferences, workshops and seminars within and outside Nigeria. He is also an author and editor of books in his field of specialization. He is also a reviewer to notable publishers.

Dr. Udofot has over 20 years of both practice and teaching experience at the tertiary level of education. He has been a College Librarian, Deputy University Librarian, Head of Department and member of Committees at different times in various higher institutions in Nigeria. Presently, he is the pioneer Head of Department, Library and Information Technology, School of Computing and Information Technology, Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

The Library and Information Technology programme has been developed to train graduates with theoretical and practical knowledge of Library and Information Technology, 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.

I have the privilege and singular honour, as the pioneer Head, to welcome our students to the Department and wish them a very fruitful stay. Congratulations.

Dr. Columbus O. Udofot, CLN., MNLA., MNALISE.   

Tel:

Email: coludofot@futia.edu.ng

The vision, mission and core values of the Department of Library and Information Technology FUTIA is in tandem with those of the University.

VISION

To be the leading Department in the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in Library and Information Technology producing first-grade graduates committed to changing their environment through transformative and innovative application of knowledge and through cutting edge research and development.

MISSION

To be the leading Department in the application of Library Technology. Able to equip our students with innovative skills through excellent teaching and research. And to be in the fore front of groundbreaking research that will transform our communities and nations.

CORE VALUES

Integrity, Transparency and Accountability.

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 and to respond to the dynamic information needs of society.

Strategic Goals 

The goals of the Programme are to:

1.  produce Library and Information professionals for all types of libraries, information and documentation centres;

2. equip graduates of the programme with relevant theoretical knowledge, practical skills and techniques to develop and enhance their job performance;

3.  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;

4. 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; and

5.  provide an understanding of the role of the new communication technology (such as Internet) in the handling of information.