Emmanuel Layi ADEBAYO

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

ADEBAYO

First Name

Emmanuel

Other Names

Layi

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

January 6, 1955

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Oyo

Place of Birth

Oyo Town, Oriire LGA, Oyo

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Deborah Arinlade, 1981

Number of Children (Male)

2

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

Librarian

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Christ Apostolic Church Primary School, Asani, 1961-66; Ladigbolu Grammar School, Oyo, 1967-72; Baptist College, Iwo, 1976-77; Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, 1978-8l;University of Ilorin; 1983-85; University of Ibadan, 1986- 87; University of Uyo, 1999

Educational Qualification

B.Ed, MLS

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Nigerian Library Association; Nigerian Association for Physical, Heath Education and Recreation

Present Appointment

University Librarian of Redeemer’s University

Previous Appointments

Class Teacher, 1977-90; Librarian, Federal College of Education, Omoku, Rivers State, 1990-99; College Librarian, since 1999

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Co- Author Introduction to library studies; Odumat Publisher, Oyo, 1994; Rudiments of Library Studies Odumat Publisher 1995

Hobbies

watching soccer game, listening to music

Other Relevant Information

Dr. Adebayo’s career has witnessed quite a number of achievements and tremendous rapid upward growth due to God’s grace and the adventurous spirit which the almighty endowed him with. Within a period spanning about eight years (1991-1996) he occupied the position of head of almost all the operational areas of librarianship. He was head Cataloguing and Classification Unit, Reference Services, Acquisitions, Special Collection and Circulation units between 1991 and 1996. He was exposed to administration in the early period of his career, this made him to serve in more than sixty (60) committees in four tertiary institutions. He has also been involved in preparation of libraries budgets in all the libraries he had worked, since 1991to date.

In addition to this are the numerous innovations which he introduced in all the places he had served. Record has it that he prepared the Architect Brief for the construction of a 1000-seating capacity library at the FCE (T), Omoku. The FUTA Library under his headship as University Librarian also received the award for the best University Department in 2007, just a year after assuming duties there and 25 years after FUTA was established.

In the area of scholarship, Dr. Adebayo is an academic to the core with more than sixty (60) publications to his credit. These are in reputable local and international journals, chapters in books published by reputable publishers and participated in forty three conferences where he presented more than twenty papers both in Nigeria, East Africa and in Europe.

On service to the Community and the Nation, Dr. Adebayo has served on various panels which include among others:

Appointment of Deputy University Librarians in many Universities
Appointment of College Librarians in three Colleges of Education
Appointment of Polytechnic Librarian in one Polytechnic
External Examiner to a Doctoral candidate in Library and Information Science in one University in an Asian country.
Member, Library Sub Committee for the establishment of one University
Member Editorial Board of three academic journals in Library Science and
Fellow of two professional bodies

Residential Address

P.O.Box 418 Oyo Town, Oyo State.