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About Unical |
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The University of Calabar Library was established in October 1973, as a Library of the Calabar Campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. It was, like any similar |
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institution, established to advance knowledge and ideas through teaching and research in order to enrich the nation's human capital for development and provide a basis for decision-making and action in national and world affairs. |
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The account of the university begins from 1973, during the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War, when this institution was the campus of the University of Nigeria, |
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Nsukka. Like the odyssey of a small boat moored on the Calabar River, the University story begins from the original site, the old Duke Town Campus, and takes us through the rapid growth of the University to its present titanic magnitude. Twenty-five years after it was founded, the University of Calabar has witnessed phenomenal growth in its student population. From the initially projected untimate enrolment of 10,000 students in various degree, diploma and certificate programmes spread accross ten faculties and three Institutes, in spite of the fact that physically the institution has not expanded beyond the limits envisioned in its Masterplan. |
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In fact, it was after the return to democratic governance in 1999, with President Olusegun Obasanjo as Visitor to the universities, that a renaissance swept through Nigerian Universities, leading to the completion of abandoned projects, staff motivation with improved welfare and realistic salaries. The recrudescence of private interest in university funding was another crucial development at the turn of the millenium. |
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This phase in the history of the University of Calabar, which coincided with my stewardship, witnessed active internal revenue generation through endowments and consultancies that supported the provision of additional lecture and office space, laboratories and services. My fervent hope is that the milesones of the University of Calabar will serve as inspiration and beacon to students, staff and our benefactors, both public and private, so that we can raise the university to greater heights of excellence in the service of our nation and humanity. - Prof. Ivara E. Esu |
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