Contact:
Krisha Chachra VTLS Inc. 1701 Kraft Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 USA +1.540.557.1200 chachrak@vtls.comJuly 13, 2007: Re-Release
Six University Libraries in Nigeria Sign VIRTUA
Blacksburg, VA – VTLS Inc. is please to announce that six academic libraries in Nigeria have signed Virtua as their integrated library system of choice. The following libraries are:
University of Jos, in Jos
Obafemi Awolowo University, in Ile-Ife
University of Ibadan, in Ibadan
Ahmadu Bello University, in Zaria
University of Port Harcourt, in Port Harcourt
Bayero University, in Kano
All six universities are part of 17 federal universities found in Nigeria and are all considered highly notable. Ahmadu Bello University is the largest in the country with 33,000 students and University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university. The latter was the first large Nigerian university to automate their library and chose VIRTUA to expand and enhance the quality of their automation.
The libraries signed a five-year contract this year. They’ve already received a first round of introductory training. In order to ease the installation and serve the universities’ needs, VTLS has hired a local person, based at Ibadan University, to provide first-line support. A go-live date is schedule for later this year.
“We are delighted to partner with VTLS on this project. Not only do they bring to the table an exceptional product, they also have extensive experience dealing with local challenges such as unreliable power and low bandwidth,” says Susan Schnuer, Associate Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs. “VTLS is committed to putting in the time and effort to help these university libraries implement an automation system.”
“We are honored that VIRTUA was chosen by these prestigious universities in Nigeria,” says Dr. Vinod Chachra, CEO of VTLS Inc. “This partnership further strengthens our international ties among libraries and librarians, and will continue to help bring visionary technology to Nigeria in order to access important information from the universities’ library collections.”About VTLS Inc.
VTLS Inc. www.vtls.com, a leading library automation company in business for over 30 years, provides visionary technology in library solutions to a diverse customer base of more than 900 libraries in over 32 countries. Virtua is our premier ILS solution, Visualizer is our facet-based data discovery tool, Fastrac is our RFID technology, and we also provide cutting edge software and services for Digital Libraries with Digital Imaging and VITAL, our Repository Services solution. VTLS is one of the few ISO 9001:2000 quality certified companies within the library industry.
