The University of Ilorin has been chosen by the Carnegie
African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP) to host an African Diaspora scholar,
Prof. I.S.Y. Ajiferuke, of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies,
University of Ontario, Canada. to work on a collaborative research project with
academic staff members of the Department of Library and Information Science,
University of Ilorin. The research project is expected to boost the academic
staff’s research and grant writing capacity.
The collaboration, which is sequel to an application made by
the Department to the Carnegie Foundation, is a programme managed by the
Institute of
International Education (IIE) in conjunction with Quinnipiac
University, which chairs the Advisory Council, and is funded by the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, United States of America (USA).
The research collaboration, entitled “Graduate Teaching,
Training and Mentoring in Statistical Methods for Library and Information
Science” is scheduled to commence on January 15, 2015 and end on April 14,
2015, in the Department of Library and Information Science, and it will be led
by Prof. L. O. Aina of the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences,
University of Ilorin and Prof. Ajiferuke. The Canadian Professor is one of the
60 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellows that will travel to Africa to conduct
joint projects submitted by host universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South
Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. He holds a Bachelors of Science degree and
Masters degree in Statistics, Masters degree in Library and Information Science
and Ph.D. in Information Science.
While at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Ajiferuke is
expected to also assist doctoral students and lecturers in the Department and
the Faculty to improve research and grant writing capacity as well as lead
series of seminars in the Faculty.
The Head of the Department, Library and Information Science,
University of Ilorin, Dr. A. O. Issa, expressed the appreciation of the
Department to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, for supporting the
application.
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