Brief History of Accra City Campus (ACC) Library
Welcome to the Accra City Library. Established in or around 1963 to serve the students of the then Accra Workers’ College. The library evolved through the “External Degree Centre” period in the year 2000. The Collection has increased from 5000 to 20000 volumes. The Library is part of the University of Ghana Library System (UGLS) which is made up of the Balme Library, libraries in the various Colleges, Schools, Institutes, Departments and Halls.
The Library is located in the Library Complex Building opposite the entrance to the car parking space for lecturers. The Complex is shared with other departments and units like the Clinic, Security and lecture hall on the ground floor. The first floor is dedicated to ICT, the second floor is the Library Quite Reading Area on the left-wing and Collaborative Area on the right-wing and the third floor is the lecture hall. The Office of the Librarian and other library offices are located on the Ground Floor.
The library has facilities in-house and online which are very important and vital part for academic work on campus. The Collection which consists of both electronic (www.balme.ug.edu.gh) and print resources provide essential background reading for the courses taught (mainly the Humanities). Staff strength has also increased from the initial four to eight since June 2018 to meet the increasing demands of the Campus.
The Library provides excellent facilities and products such as Reference Materials, Textbooks, Journal Databases, Ghanaian Newspapers Index, Study carrels, Library Instruction, etc. Facilities include a Quite Reading Area, Collaborative Area for group discussions, private photocopy services, and an Internet wifi networked environment.
The Library will be expanded with new services points such as Electronic Resource unit for staff and students on the ground floor, the extension of the quiet reading area/zone to replace the collaborative area/zone and establishing the collaborative area on the third floor when the lecture hall block at the back of the library is completed. Library Management and Staff are committed to serving the ACC community.
The Immediate Past Head of Library was Mr. Joseph, Antah -Assistant Librarian from 2006-2016 and the current Head of Library is Mr. Samuel Bentil Aggrey –Senior Librarian, from 2016 up to date.
Units
The Library has the following units.
Working Hours/Opening Hours
During Semesters
Monday - Friday 9:00am – 8:00pm
Saturdays: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Sundays: 9:00am – 4:00pm
During Revision Week and Examinations
Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 10pm
Saturdays: 9:00am – 7:00pm
Sundays: 9:00am – 7:00pm
Semester Break
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Policies and Regulations
Care of Books
General Rules and Regulations
Collection
The collection of the library covers most of the courses on campus. The Library of Congress (LC) Classification Scheme is in use to classify and process books in the library. Currently, the total volume of books stands at about 20,000.
Services
The library provides various services to aid in teaching, learning, and research.
Contact US
Mr. Samuel Bentil Aggrey - Senior Librarian/Head of Library. sbaggrey@ug.edu.gh
Mr. Dellator Adesi- Principal Library Assistant: Cataloguing Services. dadesi@ug.edu.gh
Mr. Kwesi Sewe- Principal Library Assistant: Library Electronic Resources/IT Services. Ksewe@ug.edu.gh
Ms. Gemma Tettey Dede - Senior Library Assistant: Reader Services/Reserved Collection. gdtettey@ug.edu.gh
Mr. Richard Ansah - Library Assistant– Cataloguing Services. ransah@ug.edu.gh
Ms. Jessy Amamoo – Junior Library Assistant II: Reader Services. jnamamoo@ug.edu.gh
Mr. Kennedy Amoako – Junior Library Assistant II: Reader Services. kamoako@ug.edu.gh
Mr. Christopher Zinanu – Junior Library Assistant: Reader Services. czinanu@ug.edu.gh