By Aminu Garko
Kano, The Department of Computer Science, Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil,Kano State,has created a Robotic material to support staff domestic work such as cleaning, sweeping and knighting in the institution.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Musa Yakasai,who disclosed this to newsmen in Wudil said the robotic material would assist the staff in discharging their duties optimally.
Yakasai said that the management of the institution had greatly improved on the Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology of the University to allow students to fully access technology and be part of the Global IT transformation.
He said the robot machine had already been tested and was perfectly working according to its original design, adding that “as time goes on, we will create as many as possible this kind of machine that will help reduce the workload of the Institution”, he said.
On the University’s Library, the Vice Chancellor said that the newly-renovated Library had the capacity of over five hundred Students and was fully connected with Internet and other IT materials.
He said that in spite the fact that they had created E-Library and which was fully functional, they still encouraged students to continue with the normal Library system for improved reading culture.
“We have created Technical Service Department, which is unusual as a department responsible for the general procession of library material’s with Information Resources/Automatic Development Unit, Cataloguing and classification unit, than the E-Library it’s self,” he said.
In the same Library, he said,the University created Serial Department, adding that it was responsible for the general procession and discharging of serial materials that includes Newspapers, Journals and Reports”.
“These Department is also responsible for Postgraduate Unit, Periodical Unit, Bindery Unit Multi Media Unit, that for Bindery we are using the place to correct any book destroyed by the Students and even their Assignments they can use the unit to bind whatever they have”.
He said the Library was initially housed in the former Teachers College Wudil Students Dining Hall with a modest collection of Books and serial with other few Documents.
Yakasai noted that in his first year he was able to expand the library into a modern Ultra Library designed to accommodate all sections of circulation, Serial, Reference, Postgraduate, technical electronic and administration Unit.
“Today the library is now in a possession of over 300 fully connected network computers, facilities and departmental libraries created specifically to facilitate the teaching, learning, researchers and Community Services activities of the University,” he added.
