Obafemi Awolowo University

=== Library ===

The central library, known as [[Hezekiah Oluwasanmi]] Library, (named after the second Vice-Chancellor, Professor Hezekiah Olusawanmi)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fabunmi |first1=O. M. |last2=Asubiojo |first2=B. O. |title=Awareness and Use of Online Public Access Catalogue by Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/922 |journal=Library Philosophy and Practice (E-journal) |date=23 April 2013 |publication-date=2013}}</ref> consists of two multi-storey wings in the centre of the campus. It has a seating capacity of 2,500 with the availability of Internet access to books and journals. It is a depository for the publications of the [[United Nations]] and its agencies including [[UNESCO]], [[International Labour Organization|ILO]] and [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa|ECA]]. The library collection includes over 300,000 titles and 762,000 volumes of monographs, government publications, theses and audio-visual material, in addition to the subscription of over 1,000 journals in hard format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library|url=http://library.oauife.edu.ng/|publisher=OAU|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> The library collection is accessible to users through [[Online public access catalog|Online Public Access Catalogue]] (OPAC) and the library's circulation services are fully computerized. 297,352 records have been converted to electronic format and the digitization of its newspaper collection has been done by [[OCLC|online Computers Library Corporation, Inc.]] of Ohio, US.<ref name="National Universities Commission" /> The university library also enjoyed financial support from the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Corporation]] for computerization of the library, this gave birth to the opening of the e-library in July 2008 for the use of staff and students of the University.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Omotayo |first=B.O. |title=Access, Use, and Attitudes of Academics toward Electronic Journals: A Case Study of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/335 |journal=Library Philosophy and Practice (E-journal) |date=19 March 2010 |publication-date=2010 |issn=1522-0222}}</ref>
[[File:Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Ile-Ife.jpg|thumb|Hezekiah Oluwasanmi library]]