It was a filled day of knowledge and upgrade for the staff of the Library Unit of the Planning and Information Technology Department of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) as they began an intensive 2-days training on Library Management Software (LIBPLUS).
The whole idea is to automate the entire library process from manual to electronic. The Electronic Library System provides the latest functions as well as allowing books to be displayed on the screen as if they were printed books. The system makes advances in retrieving books and papers.
The system enables the user to display multiple books on a single screen and skip from one part describing an idea to a link describing the same idea within another book. It enables the user also to reference dictionaries and thesauruses simultaneously to check any unknown terms, attach notes and tags to various positions in a book, translate original text, and output text as voice data.
NBRRI, through the leadership of the present Ag. Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Samson Duna, is set to compete with world standards in all areas of Research and Development.
