NSE EMMANUEL AKWANG Ph.D.



Department of Library & Information Science

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NSE AKWANG

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Dr. Nse Emmanuel Akwang was born in Mbioto 2, Etinan L.G.A. of Akwa Ibom State. She had her primary education in the present day Jubilee Primary School, Uyo.

She proceeded to the prestigious Cornelia Connelly College (CCC), Uyo for her secondary education.

Dr. Akwang went further to obtain a Diploma in Data Processing and Information Technology in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife and later bagged a Bachelor Degree in French Education and Master Degree in Library Science both in University of Uyo.

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In her quest for further studies, Dr. Akwang enrolled in a PhD programme in Abia State University, Uturu and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Science with specialization in Library Management.

Dr. Akwang started working in Nyong Essien Library, University of Uyo (UNIUYO) as a Library Porter in March 1997. She was later posted to Foreign Languages Resource Centre in 2003 and subsequently to University Staff School as Mistress II (French)/Teacher Librarian in 2007.

In 2012, Dr. Akwang transferred her service from UNIUYO to Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) as Librarian II and grew to the rank of Senior Librarian. In 2016, she was appointed Head of Obio Akpa Campus Library, having demonstrated high level of competence and capability in library management.

Over the years, Dr. Akwang has served at different times and capacities in almost all the sections in the university libraries including Readers’ Services, Processing, Resource Development, and Administrative Divisions, among others.

Dr. Akwang has presented quality academic papers at local and international conferences. She has published more than 32 scholarly papers in high impact facto national and international journals and edited books in Library and Information Science.

She is also a Library Educator who teaches both undergraduate and post-graduate students of Library and Information Science in University of Uyo and Akwa Ibom State University respectively.

Dr. Akwang has supervised a total of twelve (12) undergraduate research projects and two (2) post-graduate theses.

She is Chairperson, Association of Women Librarians in Nigeria (AWLIN), Akwa Ibom State Chapter and member of many professional bodies including Librarians’ Registration of Council of Nigeria (LRCN), Nigerian Library Association (NLA), and Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN).

Dr. Akwang is a devout Christian, an ordained Deaconess of Word Power Gospel City. She has four (4) grown up children, four (4) grand-children and many relations to celebrate her achievements.

Her hobbies include reading, writing, and research. She is a professional librarian with twenty-four (24) years work experience in university library system.

With her sterling performance and proven work record in library services, Dr. Akwang has created a niche for herself in Librarianship which certainly led to her recent appointment as University Librarian, Akwa Ibom State University.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

    - Good communication and management skills

    - Excellent client services orientation

    - Good computer appreciation/Internet skills

    - Pleasant personality and highly creative

PORTFOLIO

NSE EMMANUEL AKWANG Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS
By Dr. Nse Akwang

Akwang, N. E. (2020)

Marketing strategies for ICT-based services in academic libraries: a conceptual description. International Journal of Applied Technologies in Library & Information Management, 6 (2), 11-23.

Akwang, N. E. & Ekpenyong, G. (2014)

Techniques on library use. In: Afolabi, M. and Etuk, M. E. (Eds.) Library Users Education: Instructional Manual for Library Patrons. Uyo: Penmark Publishers.

Akwang, N. E. (2023)

Professional standards in university libraries: elements and implications. AKSU 2023 Library Training Workshop, ICT Centre, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, 4th – 6th April, 2023.

REFEREES

Prof. Eno Joseph Ottong

Department of Library and Information Science University of Calabar, Calabar Cross River State

Prof. Akpan H. Ekpo

Department of Economics University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Uyo Akwa Ibom State

Dr. Eboro E. Umoren

Department of Library and Information Science University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Uyo Akwa Ibom State

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/WORKSHOP PAPERS/BOOK OF ABSTRACT

Akwang, N. E. (2023).

Professional standards in university libraries: elements and implications. AKSU 2023 Library Training Workshop, ICT Centre, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, 4th – 6th April, 2023.

Akwang, N. E. (2023).

Innovative technologies in university libraries: an overview. AKSU 2023 Library Training Workshop, ICT Centre, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, 4th – 6th April, 2023.

Edet, G. & Akwang, N. E. (2019).

Knowledge sharing and communities of practice: implications for the LIS educators. Book of Abstracts of 21st National Conference/AGM of the Nigerian Association of Library and Information Science Educators (NALISE), Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, 9th – 13th September 2019

Akwang, N. E. (2019).

Library services in academic libraries. Maiden AKSU 2019 Library Training Workshop, ICT Centre, Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, 14th – 16th May, 2019

Akwang, N. E. (2019).

Librarians’ perceptions and adoption of web 2.0 technologies: a survey of academic libraries in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Conference Proceedings of the 4th Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC) Conference, ZESA National Training Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe, 27th – 29th March 2019

Ottong, E., Ottong, U. J. & Akwang, N. E. (2018).

Security of cyberspace and electronic resources in academic libraries: a case study of universities in South-South region of Nigeria. Book of Abstracts of IIMA/ICITED JOINT Conference, Prairie View A & M University, USA, 8th – 10th October 2018

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