ONI-ORISAN, Babatunde Abayomi

BA, librarian, born June 4,1932, Lagos; married Ibitokun Mercy Omotayo 1962, two sons, three daughters; Education: Eko Boy's High School. Lagos, 1946-51; University College, Ibadan, 1955-59; 1961-62; University of Ibadan, 1965-66. Career: Graduate Teacher, Offa Grammar School, Offa, 1959-64; Assistant Librarian, Sub-Librarian, Senior Sub-Librarian, University of Ibadan, 1964-72; Deputy University Librarian, University of Ife, 1972-76; Visiting Lecturer, Library Acquisitions, Institute ofLibrarianship University of Ibadan, 1968-72; Editor, Nigerian Library Association NewsLetter, 1969-71; chairman, Western Division. 1971-72; chairman Kwara State Division, 1982-86; mm: Historical Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Library Association; National Implementation Committee on Cooperative Acquisitions, 1982-87; National Library Advisory Committee on Inter-Library Lending, 1974-80; presd. Committee of University Librarians of Nigerian Universities, 1986-90; ch. Committee on State of Affairs in Nigerian Federal University Libraries, 1989-90. publ: Education, School Libraries and Nigeria's development plan 1970-74; Nigerian Libraries 8(1); April, 1972; Present Patterns of Library Service; Nigerian Libraries 9(3); December 1973; Library Accommodation: Standards and realities, Afncan Journal ofAcademic Librarianship Volume 5; 1987;…