It is a great privilege to welcome you to the WATICO Library. This library supports the vision of the COLLEGE by providing resources to enhance the academic activities of the various departments in the college in their promotion of academic excellence and research prominence of the students and staff. Also, it is part of the WATICO academic system and therefore provides access to a wide range of research tools.
As we undertake this tremendous exciting journey of experiencing and creating scholarship, the library aims to support you in learning, teaching and research by acquiring, organizing, preserving and providing access to and delivery of relevant information to satisfy your needs.
Once more, it is an honour and a pleasure to welcome you and to wish you a wonderful and exciting experience as you become part of the users of the WATICO library.
Ms. Martha Baidoo
(CEMBA, MPhil. Information Studies)
LIBRARIAN
The College Library as an integral part of the College is committed to bringing people and relevant information together. To support fully the instructional, research, and services programmes of the College by providing transformative and innovative services, resources, and programmes. Provide access to relevant information through teaching, acquisition, organization, and preservation of scholarly information resources to students’ teachers, staff, and the greater WATICO community. Through the available resources, the library aims at creating an enabling environment for all categories of staff (academic, administrative, and technical) as well as students to be productive and confident in their use of available information resources.
The College Library is committed to integrating people and relevant information, supporting the College’s programs, and providing innovative resources to meet WATICO community needs.
To be vital, relevant and the driven force for academic excellence
Be able to:
Access
Our most cherished principle is freedom of access to information in all forms and for all persons. All information resources that are provided directly or indirectly by the library, regardless of technology, and methods of delivery, should be readily, equally, and equitably accessible to all library users. We treasure the library ideals of free speech and open inquiry (all upheld by our collections, our services, our policies, and our processes)
Confidentiality/Privacy
Giving protection to our user’s privacy and confidentiality is fundamental to the ethics and practice of librarianship as well as necessary for intellectual freedom
Education and Lifelong Learning
Libraries play a critical role in integrating information resources, learning technologies, and research skills across the college curriculum. We collaborate with faculty to develop and deliver a 21st-century education to a diverse community. We promote the freedom, discovery, and openness of access to information along with the application of critical thinking toward knowledge creation.
Excellence in Service and People
Provides the best service to all library users, regardless of expertise or affiliation. We strive for excellence by enhancing our knowledge, encouraging professional development, and fostering future members’ aspirations. We value our fellow employees, treat everyone with respect, and celebrate diversity. We work together as a team for the Library and College’s greater good.
Preservation
The library supports the preservation of both the physical and intellectual content of information published in all media and formats. Central to libraries and librarianship is the preservation of information resources and that is what the library affirms.
Sustainability
The library is supporting the library community by showing its commitment to assisting in the development of a sustainable library with the addition of sustainability as a core value of librarianship. This consists of practices that are environmentally sound, economically feasible, and socially equitable.
A member who reports the misplacement of a borrowed book will be given up to Fourteen (14) days to look for it. During that period, he or she shall be liable to pay a fine of twenty Ghana Cedis (GH₵20) a day for the first seven days.
Offender will pay twice the current price of the book including shipping and handling charges, plus a processing charge of GH₵100.00.
A user who tears pages, sections, and illustrations from library materials shall be dismissed from the college.
All students must present their identity cards and passport size photograph before they are registered. Registration is valid for the duration of a registered course. A user will be issued with a Borrower’s Card which must be shown at the Issue Desk whenever material (book) is being borrowed from the library.
The following are the numbers of materials (books) readers are entitled to borrow from the library:
Type of Membership | Number of items | Duration of loan |
Senior Staff | Six (6) | Four months |
Junior Staff | Four (4) | One month |
Student | Three (3) | Two weeks |
Introducing our new QR code for the Library KOHA system! 📸 With just a scan, you can:
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Scan the QR code and experience the convenience of our KOHA system!
If you need help or have questions, don’t hesitate to ask our librarians. We’re here to assist you! 🤔
NB-Link to the KOHA system: http://ghlibrary.online:2032/
