Around the World to: The Information and Telecommunication Centre at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
| Date | 01 June 2005 |
| Pages | 23-25 |
| Published date | 01 June 2005 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050510613828 |
| Author | Hudron Kari |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science |
Around the World to: The Information and
Telecommunication Centre at the University of
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Hudron Kari
LIBRARY HITECH NEWS Number 5 2005, pp. 23-25, #Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 0741-9058, DOI 10.1108/07419050510613828 23
Brief history
The University of Port Harcourt
raised a proposal for a model
Information and Communication
Technology Centre (ICTC) in the year
2002. The project was to be a centre of
excellence and innovation, to bring the
academic community into the twenty-
first century, with instant access to
global standards and research findings
in different disciplines. The Shell
Petroleum Development Company of
Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
saw the proposal as good and viable in
the present global world. They agreed
to support it.
The university provided one of its
buildings to house the ICTC project.
SPDC virtually rebuilt it to meet
specification for a good Computer
Centre.
The ICTC service of the University
of Port Harcourt was formally opened
on April 14, 2004. The completed
renovation with equipment was
supplied and installed by SPDC on
behalf of NNPC/Shell/EPNL/Agip joint
venture in collaboration with support
from the John T. and Catherine
MacArthur Foundation in the USA.
In compliance with the National
Universities Commission of Nigeria to
provide computing facilities for
academic needs, University of Port
Harcourt had established three
departments namely: Computing
Services Centre, the Management
Information System (MIS); the
Nigerian Universities Network
(NUNET) to link all Nigerian
universities together.
Before the coming into being of
ICTC the above three departments were
independent from each other. They
occupied different buildings and were
under different management until the
establishment of the ICTC University
of Port Harcourt. The ICTC integrated
these three different departments and
brought them under one building and
administration known today as the
Information and Communication
Technology Centre, University of Port
Harcourt.
Objectives of the centre
The objective of the centre is to
provide the university administration,
academic and non-academic staff,
students and the university environment
through maintaining and producing
accurate and timely information,
creating computer awareness and
literacy at all levels, serving as
university gateway to the internet and
ensuring good preventive maintenance
and repairs of all computer systems on
campus.
The vision of the centre is ``to be
model centre of excellence in the
country in the area of ICT and render
such services in a way that we are easily
accessible by staff and students
anywhere in the world''
Our vision (vision statement of
ICTC University of Port Harcourt
2004):
.We believe that information is an
indispensable resource of any in-
stitution.
.Access to the internet and tends in
ICT is a right to staff and student in
any academic setting.
.A well-trained workforce is vital
for any organization's growth.
.A development of an ICT main-
tenance culture is a must for
survival in the twenty-first century.
.Whatever is worth doing is worth
doing well the first time.
Description of ICTC building
Hi-Tech Centre, Uniport Park as it
was then called at the proposed stage is
made up of two floors.
Ground floor plan:
.A hall ± 17.150 10.900m.
.Library ± 10.675 3.775m.
.Software development room ±
4.512 7.775m.
.Hardware maintenance room ±
4.512.5 3.700m.
.Heavy equipment room ± 7.700
4.512m.
.Technologist room ± 3.775
3.700m.
.Reception ± 3.662 3.662m.
.Binding and photocopying ± 3.737
3.737m.
.Seminar room ± 5.637 8.650m.
.Examination room ± 4.900
8.650m.
.Drug store ± 2.400 2.400m.
.Reception ± 3.500 3.775m.
.Waiting room ± 3.500 3.775m.
.Entrance porch ± 6.000 2.500m.
.Office ± 4.200 4.200m.
Top floor plan:
.Computer laboratory ± 16.000
10.676m.
.Research laboratory ± 6.000
6.500m.
.Computer laboratory ± 10.675
16.375m.
.Technologist ± 3.600 3.662m.
.Internet room ± 4.125 3.662m.
.Reception ± 6.225 3.800m.
.Recreation ± 3.925 4.000m.
.Restricted modular ± 7.812
5.100m.
.Board room ± 7.775 5.100m.
.Director's office ± 5.3504.775m.
.Office ± 3.775 3.675m.
.Waiting room ± 5.000 3.662m.
.Security office ± 3.700 3.825m.
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