Yakubu Aderounmu ADEDIGBA,

Biographical record

Title

Mr

Surname

ADEDIGBA,

First Name

Yakubu

Other Names

Aderounmu

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

Newswatch Who's Who (2nd Edition)

Date of Birth

December 2, 1939

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Ondo

Place of Birth

Arigidi-Akoko, Ondo

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Patience Morenike Elliott

Profession

Agricultural information specialist, librarian

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St. Stephen’s Primary School, Ikare-Akoko, Ondo State, 1944-45; Jubilee Central School, Ikare-Akoko, 1946-51; Victory College, Ikare-Akoko, 1952-57; City of Birmingham Polytechnic (now University of Central England), 1962-66; University of Denver, Denver, USA, 1982-83; University of Wales, Aberystwth, Wales, 1980.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Secretary, Victory College, Ikare Old Students’ Association, Ibadan branch, 1981-86; National President, Nigerian Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists, 1985-89; am: International Federation of Library Association standing committee for African Region, 1987-92; Councillor, Nigerian Library Association, 1991-93; Editorial Board, Nigerian Library and Information Science Review since 1994; the British Library Association, Nigerian Library Association; Nigerian Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists.

Previous Appointments

Assistant Chief Librarian, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, 1979-89; Chief Librarian, 1989; Head. Library and Documentation Services, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State, since 1989; co-ordinator, UNESCO/National Library of Nigeria Survey of Information Resources in Oyo State, 1977

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Forestry Researchers as information Users in Nigeria, Information Development, 1(4), 1985 pp 229-233; Budgeting in the Agricultural Libraries and Documentation Centre in Nigeria, International Library Review, 20(2) 1988 215-236; User Education in Research Institutes Libraries in Nigeria IAALD Quarterly Bulletin 35(2), 1990 73-76; Special Library and Information Science Review 10 (1 and 2) 1992 Pp 1-7.

Hobbies

Football, table tennis, reading