Events
To read is to empower
To empower is to write
To write is to influence
To Influence is to change
To change is to live
The Centre for Learning Resources (CLR) Monthly Seminar
The Centre for Learning Resources has entrenched the tradition of intellectual discourse as a platform for capacity building and community service. The 8th in the series of its monthly seminar, titled: The Reading Habit of Secondary School teachers in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State was delivered by Mrs. Adebayo Oyeronke, the circulation librarian on February 26, 2009. It was robust, educative and scintillating. The seminar was well attended by secondary school teachers, students and faculty of Covenant University.
Training
The Centre for Learning Resources organizes a well coordinated refresher course for the library assistants. This is the seventh in the series of in-house training programmes of the Centre for Learning Resources. The sessions majored on the History, Nature and Growth of Libraries, Developing Basic Communication and Excellent Interpersonal Relation skills, The Role of Library Assistants in Creating and Maintaining a Most Conducive Environment for Learning and Research in a World Class University, and Basic Internet Search Skills and the use of Online Resources among others. The sessions had all the library assistants in attendance. These training sessions prepare and equip our library assistants to be the best in any Nigerian University Library System. The sessions were administered by the academic librarians and other guest lecturers, under the supervision of the Director.
Delegates from American Embassy visit CLR
On the 19th of November, 2008, delegates from the United States of American Embassy in Nigeria led by Linda Parker paid a courtesy visit to Covenant University. One of high Points of the visit was a paper presentation by Linda Parker on Current Issues in ICT Application and Support Learning Resource Emphasis at the Centre for Learning Resources. It was a most enriching delivery. It turned out to be round table dialogue on impacting the society through library and information services leveraging on modern techniques that ICT provides.