1. How to, Access and Use the Babcock University, Laz Otti Memorial Library, Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Portal Software called KOHA

2. JOHN HENRY CHUKWUDI (M.Ed. Media Technology)
School of Postgraduate Studies, Tai-Solarin University of Education
COLLEGE OF APPLIED EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
DESIGNED BY
JOHN HENRY CHUKWUDI (M.Ed. Media Technology)
February 2015

3. INTRODUCTION
Babcock University emanated from the Adventist College of West Africa (ACWA), which was established on September 17, And Adventist Seminary of West Africa (ASWA) in It became known as Babcock University by virtue of Decree 9, of 1993 when the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1999 issued it the certificate of registration as a private university. Laz Otti Memorial Library has evolved through the years from 1959 as Adekunle Alalade Library serving as a College, Seminary and now as Laz Otti Memorial Library. The library is centrally located with the aim of providing easy access to information resources.

4. INTRODUCTION (CONTD)
The library is made up of five service points, known as the Main Library (M.L.), Education and Humanities (E.A.H) Library, Science and Technology (S.A.T) Library, Law and Security Studies (L.S.S) Library which is Internet driven with high quality stock including Law Reports, Law Reviews, Judgments of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The youngest of them all is the Babcock University Teaching Hospital (BUTH) Library which is situated on the second floor of the commodious Administrative block of the Babcock University Teaching Hospital (BUTH). Laz Otti Memorial Library (LOML) contains approximately over 70,519 volumes spread through all disciplines. Laz Otti Memorial Library subscribes to a host of electronic resources/databases and provides facilities to access them.

5. INTRODUCTION (CONTD)
Access to information on a database can be done in seconds if a user has necessary skills and knowledge to use the features and tools.
The Library provide access to book and non-book resources through several means, among which is the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC).
Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) provide easy access and vital details to bibliographic information held in a library.

6. USER REGISTRATION
Before a user is allowed to loan any library resource, he/she must be registered. An academic library grants access to only registered library users. The category of academic library users include staff, students and visitors.

7. Reasons for Registration
Identification of potential library users.
Right for user to loan books from the library which must be returned after use. (most libraries grant a period of two weeks for every resource loaned).
Right to keep on hold books and other library resources.
Right to request for assistance like inter-library loan, networking and resource sharing in case of unavailability of needed resources within a library.
Visit the Library Circulation desk or
for your registration.

8. ACCESS TO THE OPAC
Resources on the Library OPAC can be accessed through
Author
Title
Publisher
Year of Publication
Call Number
Accession Number
Keyword, among others

9. ACCESS TO THE OPAC
ACCESS TO THE OPAC
Please go to this link

10. Please clique on this hyperlink

11. Or you can also type : http://library.babcock.edu.ng
and press Enter key

12. Search bar and other online databases
On the search bar, type in a search term and click at “GO” or strike the “ENTER” key. The search term may be title, author, keyword, etc. to have access to a resource on the OPAC. On the left side of the OPAC are “important links.” These include links to external databases subscribed by the Library. They provide free access to peer reviewed e- journals and e-books.

13. Keyword Search
Searching the OPAC with keyword limits search to entered keyword(s) and displays several resources available on the database with related entered word(s).

15. Author search and results
Search the OPAC by typing the correct author’s name on the search bar and press the “enter key”
Author search limit search to authors that bear such name on the database.

16. Title Search and Results
Title search bring together all resources on the database based on the searched title.

18. Search Result Explained
Check the displayed results if there is any that meet your need.
Then click at the title.
It will open another page, providing further details of the resource. The details include
Author, Title, call number, etc.
Scroll up to see the call number
Write out the call number
Use the call number to check for the book on the particular shelf.
Pick the book and move to the Circulation desk if you wish to loan or you start reading.

19. Search Result Cont.

20. Showing the Call Number

21. Showing Location of the Resource

22. Showing the status of resource

23. Create List of Recommended Books
To recommend books to students or bring together books you wish others could access, click on the ‘list’ button as shown above.

24. Click on Lists
Note the instruction on the drop menu, ‘Log in to Create your own lists.’ The menu also display other titles, and already created list if any.

25. User Log in Menu
Every user is expected to have an account to be able to loan a resource as well as create list of recommended books for others to access. Library OPAC account is created for every user by the system administrator.

26. To create a list, click on ‘Manage lists’

27. Click on ‘New list’ to create your personal list of recommended books.
New List Name
Click on ‘New list’ to create your personal list of recommended books.

28. Course Title and Code
Type the course title and course code on the bar, and click on ‘save, the course is saved.

29. Back to Search Result
Under each of the selected books for the course, click at “add to list”.

30. Add Recommended Books to Your List.
Click on the highlighted word “search” to include recommended books to your list.

31. SAVING A TITLE ON A LIST
Click on ‘save to list’ under each book you want to recommend, then on the displayed dialog box, click on ‘save’ and the resource is saved on your list on the OPAC. You can then refer the users to such list with the title you used to view and locate the resources on the library shelves.

32. or email Johnh@babcock.edu.ng
For further inquiries, contact the Librarians at the Babcock University Library, Nigeria or

33. Reference: Saturday U. Omeluzor (2012).
Educative presentation designed to enhance Babcock University library users to access library resources.
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