The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of? the Arthur Mbanefo Digital Research Centre (AMDRC), Mr Olajide Alex-Oni, on Tuesday said that the facility was established for advanced research in science and technology in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Alex-Oni told\u00a0 The Tide<\/i> in Lagos that the facility, located within the Akoka Campus, University of Lagos (UNILAG), had digital resources for post-graduate research works.<\/p>\n
“The facility is actually strictly for post-graduate students, because we do not have the capacity to take care of the undergraduate community.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
He said that the facility\u2019s digital materials were concentrated in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine (STM), as that was the focus of the online publishers they had agreements with.<\/p>\n
“Some of the online publishers are specialised in handling materials in the areas where we have focused our energy, and this makes material-sourcing and availability encouraging.”<\/p>\n
?Alex-Oni said that the centre had an agreement with Gale, which had over 13,000 indexed journals, 1,000,000 articles, and 7,000 peered-reviews, to enhance the quality and wealth of digital resources.<\/p>\n
He said that the facility also liaised with the Wolters Kluwer Heart\/Ovid, with 740 full text downloads, over 280 journals in Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health; Hinari, with over 15,000 journals.<\/p>\n
NAN reports that owing to the quality of research works, for which the facility was established, a broadband Internet connection was provided to facilitate work speed.<\/p>\n
“This facility has its own VSAT, providing direct, uninterrupted Internet access. With the Wi-Fi available, people can be in the courtyard and still enjoy Internet connectivity,” Alex-Oni said.<\/p>\n
He said that researchers could access online real-time selected data from their collaborators\u2019 databases, including e-journals, e-books, recordings, citations, and other materials for research and acquisition of knowledge.<\/p>\n
The CEO also said that there was vast material for research in biotechnology, cell technology, molecular energy, and other areas, where advanced 3D technology, came in handy for researchers.<\/p>\n
He said that only registered individual and corporate members would have access to the facility.<\/p>\n
Alex-Oni said that the individual category included postgraduate students, professors, lecturers and independent researchers, while the corporate group included the university and tertiary institutions; private and public organisations and research institutes.<\/p>\n
“We are structured to accommodate the university teachers, professors, who, upon registration, should be able to use the materials here for their self-development and improve in their teaching too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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