The United Republic Of Tanzania

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

EBONITE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

For Quality Education

Library - Our Services

Ask Librarian Service

This is also one of the best service that enable users to contact and interact with some Library services virtually and remotely. You may email or contact a Librarian during working hours to get any help.

Tutorial Session Service

This service provides an audio-visual support service to facilitate the teaching and learning activities of the University through non-print collections.

Reference Service

This service houses a collection of extensive general reference materials, which are intended to be consulted for a particular question or query, rather than read thoroughly. These collections are like Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Yearbooks, Almanacs, Handbooks and many other Reference Sources.

Current Awareness Service

This service involves dissemination of information that keep users well-informed and up-to-date in their fields of basic interest as well as in related subjects. Therefore, it enables someone to get knowledge on recent development especially those developments which relate to the special interest of the individual. Users of information can be informed promptly, as soon as possible after publications but before absorption into the comprehensive secondary sources.

News Service

This service involves newspapers and televisions that inform about what is going on, interpret the news, provides conducive avenue for reading and listening to news and eventually entertain Library users.

Information Literacy Service

This service enable Library users to evaluate, organize, use, and communicate information in various formats, most notably in situations requiring decision making, problem solving, or the acquisition of knowledge. It is a combination of research skills, critical thinking skills, computer technology skills, and communication skills. Therefore, information literacy is essential for academic success, effective functioning in the workplace, and participation in society as knowledgeable citizens and lay the foundation for independent lifelong learning.

Recreation Service

This service provides an avenue for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and is considered to be 'fun' as it is an essential element of human biology and psychology.

Library Computer Service

This service provides an opportunity to Library users in accessing different information resources. Users may use the networked computers to harvest knowledge from different sources.

Digitization Service

This service offers digitization, curation and preservation of information materials to enable and support access to digital collections.

Search Zone Services

This service enables Library users to reach to the Library Open Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)

Projects, Theses and/or Dissertation Service

This service provide access to theses, dissertations and /or projects available in both electronic and printed media. The service also provides a platform for researchers to deposit their theses and dissertations and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. Therefore, the service represents a wealth of scholarly and artistic content. This also advocates for an open access publishing, providing resources for researchers to make their work freely accessible in various ways.

Lending Service

This service houses and circulates the major Library collection covering the different areas of discipline. The service adopts the 'open shelf system', where users can go directly to the shelf and choose the books they would like to browse or use. All books under this service may be borrowed for external use at specified period of time.

Special Reserve Information Service

This service includes books, which are high in demand and limited in copies. It adopts the 'close shelf system'. Users are not allowed to enter this section; they should seek the assistance of the Library staff. Books under this service are for internal use only and may be borrowed for two hours; a borrower may extend its use provided there is no prior request for the book.

Internet Service

This service enables using digital or analogue technology so as to gain access to the Internet and certain services, whether by means of a television, personal computer or otherwise.