Benson Ali
Director Digital Services
American University of Nigeria
A Director responsible for the coordination of acquisition of library materials and management of electronic resources. Holds a Master’s degree in librarianship.Played an important role during the library’s transition from print to digital resources. Has a keen interest in community service activities: conducted Universal Service Provision Fund Need Assessment Study for the Cyber Cafés set up in Adamawa, Nigeria. Improved the content of Library-on-a-Flash an application that contains Open Educational Resources, shared among institution and schools for internally displaced people (IDP) in the region. He is also the coordinator of the IFLA/FAIFE Public Access to Health Information program in the North-east region of Nigeria.
Prior to his coming to AUN in 2005, he worked as a Polytechnic Librarian and later as Director of the State Library Board.
Interests: Information Literacy, Open Access, Digital divide, Library Management and Administration,.
Contact
Members Council
- Representative (American University of Nigeria)
Sessions
- Effective academic engagement of students at AUN using online tools during the COVID-19 lockdown era
- Library on a flash application (LOAF): Collaboration between ITU and the Library
- Textbook affordability initiative at American University of Nigeria
Event attendance
- AMICAL 2021 · Jun 21–24, 2021
- AMICAL 2020 · Jan 15–18, 2020
- AMICAL 2019 · Mar 29 – Apr 1, 2019
- AMICAL 2017 · May 17–20, 2017
- AMICAL 2016 · May 12–14, 2016
- AMICAL 2011 · Apr 27, 2011