C H A P M A N L I B R A R Y
THE QUALITY INFORMATION HUB OF CSUC
About our Values
The Chapman Library, as a department of a Christian Institution, exists to project Christ, through our delivery of services to our patrons. The aim of the library is to then, make patrons have the information they need, with the added touch of our Christ-Missioned activity of making Him better known to our patrons. Against this backdrop, the Chapman Library holds the following values:
Philosophy
The Library operates on the philosophy that each member of the society needs to know Christ better and by this be restored back to God through Christ, which relationship, the entrance of sin came to destroy. At the Christians Services University, students are seen as potential candidates for heaven and that education, and by extension research at the library, will ultimately guide these students on their heaven bond journey, making Christ better known to them.
Vision
The vision of Chapman library is to lead in quality information service delivery, with a Christian perspective of making Christ better known.
Mission
The mission of Chapman Library is to provide an environment conducive for the advancement of quality teaching, learning and research at the Christian Service University College, in harmony with Christian values and in the spirit of discipline.
Objectives
The objectives of the Library are as follows:
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To identify, select and acquire resources, in both print and electronic formats, for easy accessibility to information seekers in the CSUC academic community• To promote the sharing of resources through interlibrary loan procedures for borrowing resources from other libraries and institutions.
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To accession, catalog, organize, display, and facilitate access to library resources.
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To provide continuous trainings and seminars in information literacy and research related activities as well as regular library usage orientations.
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To enhance the integration of IT and related services to library service delivery.
NOTICE BOARD
Our seventh edition of the Orient (the Library Newsletter) is published at the beginning of every semester and is made availble via all our Online and Social Media platforms. This semester's edition is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Oti-Appiah, the former cataloger of the Library.
The Chapman Library has a number of platforms, to which all patrons could be members. Notable among these is the WhatsAop platform, whiich has been used to bring all levels of students together, to have a realtime library information sharing experience.
Patrons are encouraged to join any of the pgrop category they belong to, in order to have this real-time experience with the Library.
The Library organizes a library One-on-One Session for all its patrons, once a year, in the Second Semester of that year.
This is to encourage interfacing with the library on various needs that patrons may have.
This season, however, the One-on-One session will be organized online and done on semester basis. Students, Alumni, Staff and Community Members will be called individually and given an orientation, at their prefered time.
The Library has so far, organized two Open Days, where patrons were given a one-stop tour of the library, both physically and via an online means (for the second program).
The event, not only meant to primarily showcase the resources and services of the library, but as well raise some funds for a special library project. This season, we are raising One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢100,000.00) to invest into our Virtual Library conceptt.
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