{"id":7674,"date":"2017-01-12T12:58:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7674"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:24:23","slug":"obiagwu-marcel-chinonye","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/obiagwu-marcel-chinonye\/","title":{"rendered":"OBIAGWU, Marcel Chinonye"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, MA, M.Sc, librarian, information consultant, born December 28, 1942, Alor, Idemili South, Anambra State; married Veronica Okafor 1974, three daughters; Education: StMary&#8217;s Primary School, Alor, 1947-54, WMGS, Onjtsha, 1955-59, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1964-65, 1970-71, University of lbadan, 1975-76, Case Western Reserve Uni versity, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1982-84; Career: Appointed Tutor, Oligbo Grammar School, Issele-Uku, 1972-74; Assistant Librarian, University of Benin, Benin City, 1974-76; Librarian II, University of Benin, 1976-78; Librarian I, University of Port Harcourt, 1978-80; Senior Librarian II, Uniport, 1980-82, Senior Librarian I, 1982- 84. Principal Librarian and Head of Research Library, Uniport, since 1984; Head of Reference &#038; Information, University of Port Harcourt, 1986-90; Co-ordinator of Bibli cal Instruction, University of Port Harcourt, 1985-90; Adjunct Lecturer, Lib. Science, University of Port Harcourt, 1985-90; appointed Reference &#038;Information Specialist, King Fahd University of Petroleum &#038; Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 1990-92; Collection Development Librarian, King Fahd University of Petroleum &#038;Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 1992-93; appointed ADNOC Librarian, Abu Dubai National Oil Company, 1993-Date; member, Nigerian Library Association (NLA); member, Special Libraries Association (SLA), Arabian Gulf Chapter; member, Literati Club, UK; Adjunct Editor, International Information &#038;Library Review (IILR), USA; Traditional Title: Ugoewulu ofAlor, 2000; Publication: Library acquisitions under economic recovery programme in West \u2022Africa, Library Management, 1991; Library abuse in academic institutions, International Information and Library Review, 1992 and several scholarly articles in professional journals; Hobbies: walking, travelling, current affairs; Official Address: ADNOC Library, P.O. Box 898, Abu Dubai, UAE; Home: Alor, Idemili South, Anambra State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1532,452],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7674","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-librarian","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7674","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\/7674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7674"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}