The Gramblinite

Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: Quick Read

Media Credit: John Preston Felix Unaeze, A.C. Lewis Memorial Library director, has a list of improvements on his agenda as new director.

Technological advancements, structural and service improvements are just some of the high points on the agenda for Felix Unaeze, new director of library services at the A. C. Lewis Memorial Library.

"We are trying to elevate this library from where it is right now to another level," the enthused library director said.
He joined the faculty in September 2009 and brings a wealth of experience and qualifications.

He last worked at the University of Wisconsin - Superior, where he held positions as library director and lately as associate professor and research librarian at the Library Science Program of the same institution.

Prior to that, Unaeze was the director of public services at Chicago State University Library from 2004 to 2007.

He also worked at Ferris State University in Michigan as the head of reference and institutional services in the library.

He was an employee at Northern Illinois University, New Mexico State and Lincoln University of Missouri.

Unaeze is a graduate of Lincoln University of Missouri, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in journalism, master of arts in political science and an MBA in management. He also holds a master of arts in library science from the University of Missouri - Columbia.

As a new library services director, Unaeze seeks to improve the facade of the facility, reorganize and enlarge the periodical department, create new reading areas, improve restroom facilities, and upgrade the technological capacity of the library.

"We are now preparing for all the accreditation visits that will be coming up… (Preparing to) answer all the questions that will be asked, along with improving our services," said Unaeze.

The library workers are also working on getting assistance through grants.

"The library staff is trying to write some grant proposals in order to help us improve our technology here," Unaeze said.
Recently, a grant proposal was submitted to the Collaboration Learning Spaces for the Conceited Generation.

The director credits the hard work of librarian Rhonda Rolen and her colleagues in ensuring that the proposal was completed and submitted.

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