{"id":10825,"date":"2017-02-17T10:56:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T09:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10825"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:01:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:01:08","slug":"okorie-kalu-chima","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okorie-kalu-chima\/","title":{"rendered":"OKORIE, Kalu Chima"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>librarian, administrator, born February 25, 1923, Umuhu Ezechi, Bende, Imo State; married Emma Onyeakagbulem Eluwa 1956, three sons, two daughters; Education: Methodist Central School, Umuhu Ezechi, 1928-30, Methodist Central School, Igumale, 1931-33, Methodist College, Uzuakoli, 1934-41, Higher College, Yaba\/ Achimota College, Accra, Ghana, 1942-44, School of Librarianship, College of Further Education, Loughborough, England, 1949-50, School of Librarianship, North-West Polytechnic, London, 1950-51, Institute of Education, University of London, 1951-52; CAREER: Senior Library Assistant, British Council, 1946-49; Librarian, Lagos Municipal Library, 1952-55; Delegate, UNESCO, Seminar on Development of Public Libraries in Africa, Ibadan, 1953; Librarian, Ministry of Welfare, Enugu, 1955-56; Regional Librarian\/Secretary, Eastern Nigeria Library Board, 1957-60; Director of Library Services\/Secretary, ENLB, 1960-70; Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Librarianship, University of Ibadan, 1960-70; Deputy Director, UNESCO Regional Seminar, Enugu, 1962; External Examiner, Institute of Librarianship, UI, 1963-66,-Visiting Lecturer, Department of Library Studies, UI, 1970-75 and associate Lecturer\/Internal Examiner, 1975-80; member, Provincial Council, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1966-70; Delegate\/Rapporteur, UNESCO Seminar in Kampala, Uganda, 1970; Director of Library Services\/ Secretary, East Central State Library Board, 1970-76; Leader, Federal Government Cultural Visitation in Librarianship to the USSR (Moscow, Leningrad. Samarkand, Tashkent and Alma-Ata), 1975; UNESCO Consultant on Public Libraries, Sierra-Leone, 1976; Director of Library Services, Imo State Library Board, Owerri, 1976-78; External Examiner (MLS Programme in Public Libraries), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1976-79; member, National Library of Nigeria, 1979-82; Personal Assistant to General Manager\/Public Relations Manager, Golden Guinea Breweries Limited, 1979-85; External Examiner, Department of Information Science, College of Technology, Owerri, since 1980; retired voluntarily from the Public Service of Anambra\/Imo States, June 1, 1978; member, British Library Association, 1948-78; associate of the British Library Association, 1951 and its fellow, 1953; Secretary and Treasurer, West African Library Association, 1955-61, and its President, 1961-62; President, Nigerian Library Association, 1962-63 and its Councillor 1962-74; member, Canadian\/American Library Association, 1962-75; Affiliate member. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 1979; President, Rotary Club of Umuahia, Rotary International District 912, 1984-85; District Governor&#8217;s Group Representative, Rotary International District 914, 1986-88; National Honour: conferred with Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 1964; Foreign Honour: member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), 1961; Publications: numerous articles in professional journals and books; Hobbies: reading, current affairs, music, dancing, gardening, art collection, table tennis, yoga, farming; Official Address: Book media Services Limited, PMB 1177, Umuahia; Home: Obu Onyekachi, Umuhu Ezechi Ebulu, 25, Ojike Street, PO Box 401, Umuahia, Imo State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,1532],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10825","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-librarian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10825"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}