{"id":53,"date":"2025-10-10T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/library\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2025-10-11T08:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:55:22","slug":"historical-background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/library\/historical-background\/","title":{"rendered":"About AU Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Ambo University Library<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ambo University library is one of the most essential and notable academic part of the university. Ambo University library was established\u00a0 in 2009. Ambo University Library (AUL) is commissioned to promote the instructional, research, and public service goals of the entire university community through the expert provision of information. AUL gives services to supply information for scientific research and education to the members of the academic community. AUL serve the fullest extent possible to supports the institutions in their continuing mission to provide users with access to a range of services and content that supports their teaching, learning and research.<\/p>\n<p>The library is reported a million items in its collection. This collection is said to 30,000 volumes of books and other documents. The library also has a dissertation and theses collection on different colleges and institutes. In addition, the library building in AU are a means to address the current highest ever student enrollment and to make available adequate space both for bringing collections and ICT infrastructures. The AUL acquires books, journals, articles, magazines, electronics materials and other documents required for undergraduate and postgraduate level teaching and research through procurement and donations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>Vision<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To be the leading and preferable academic library in the country and recognized research based library for promoting academic and research excellence in East Africa.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Mission<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>To provide appropriate, efficient, effective and intuitive library and information service to acquire, manage, and provide information resources to support for teaching, learning and research activities through rendering users based library and information services as well as acquiring relevant of information resources to the users.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Library facilities and Services<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Loan services<\/li>\n<li>Inter-library loan\/documentary service<\/li>\n<li>Reference and periodical services<\/li>\n<li>Computer and internet services<\/li>\n<li>Information literacy<\/li>\n<li>Book store service<\/li>\n<li>Binding service<\/li>\n<li>Special need service<\/li>\n<li>Training and consultancy service\n<ul>\n<li>Koha integrated library management system<\/li>\n<li>Dspace for digital library and institutional repository.<\/li>\n<li>Cataloguing and classification<\/li>\n<li>Basic computer Training<\/li>\n<li>E-resources<\/li>\n<li>Reference management tools (Mendeley, Zotero and EndNote)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ambo University Library Official Website links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/library-and-documentation-services\/\">https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/library-and-documentation-services\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Ambo University Library Systems<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Ambo university digital library\u00a0<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The digital information on this system is collected purposely to support academic activities of our university.\u00a0 We therefore invite you to explore, discover and enjoy this knowledge from\u00a0 our Digital Library using the following address.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/10.7.100.61:8080\">http:\/\/10.7.100.61:8080<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>Ambo university institutional library<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ambo University Institutional Repository is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material. Repositories are important tools for preserving an organization&#8217;s legacy; they facilitate digital preservation and scholarly communication. Therefore, you can access thesis and dissertation that has been done by Ambo University Researchers.\u00a0 \u00a0Please use\u00a0 this link <a href=\"https:\/\/irlib.ambou.edu.et\/xmlui\/\">https:\/\/irlib.ambou.edu.et\/xmlui\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>Online Public Access catalogue (OPAC)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ambo university online public access catalogue (OPAC) is an online bibliographic database of materials held by Ambo University library. Users search a library catalogue by author, title, subject heading and any keyword. Please use this link\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/libcat.ambou.edu.et\">http:\/\/libcat.ambou.edu.et<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>E-Resources<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Subscribed Journals<\/li>\n<li>Open Access (OA)\n<ul>\n<li>OA Repository<\/li>\n<li>OA Journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Branch Libraries<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ambo University Main Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo University Social Science Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo University Medicine and Health Science Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo University Law Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo University Hachalu Hundessa Campus Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo University Mammo Mazemir Gudar Campus Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo university Waliso Campus Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo University Postgraduate Library<\/li>\n<li>Ambo University Female Students Library<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<article class=\"contact-information-box\"><span id=\"contact-information-header\"> Responsible Staff: <b><u>Zeleke Deressa Gerbi (PhD), Associate Professor of Condensed Matter Physics and Director of Ambo University Library Services<br \/>\nEmail: zelekederessagerbi@gmail.com<br \/>\nPhone: 0902326076<\/u><\/b> <\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"contact-information-box\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/article>\n<p><strong> <span id=\"contact-information-header\"> Library and Documentation Service Directorate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"contact-information-header\"> Contact Information <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Address Main Campus<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i> ambou.library@ambou.edu.et<br \/>\n<i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i> AmboUniversityLibrary<br \/>\n<i class=\"fab fa-telegram-plane\" style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><\/i>https:\/\/t.me\/AmboUniversity_Library<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fax\"><\/i>+251-1112609503<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;82,81,80&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bounceInUp&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Ambo University Library Ambo University library is one of the most essential and notable academic part of the university. 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