Prof. (Mrs) A. E. Adetimirin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture (Crop Science) from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan (1989) and a Diploma in Data Processing from the Institute of Data Processing Management, London, United Kingdom (1991). She holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Library and Information Studies from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria in 1997 and 2008 respectively.

Prof. Adetimirin is involved with teaching and research supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. In the University of Ibadan, she has served in many committees at the Departmental, Faculty and University levels such as: Departmental Deputy Coordinator for Distance Learning, Postgraduate Seminar Coordinator, Postgraduate Coordinator, Student Adviser and member of the Finance, Inaugural, Orientation and Ethics committees in the Faculty. She has also served as Chairperson of the Faculty and Departmental Library Committee, ICT Laboratory and Welfare committees.

Her research interests are ICT use by different user groups, Distance Learning, Ethics, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. Prof. Adetimirin has attended many conferences and workshops in Nigeria and other countries and published articles in journals and chapters in books both locally and internationally. She is a reviewer for many journals such as Electronic Library, Informing Science, Open Learning; The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, Nigerian Journal of Library and Information Science and others. Prof. Adetimirin has served as External Examiners to some universities in Nigeria and resource persons to many national and international organizations.

Prior to my present appointment, I was the Chief Librarian at the Dominican Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Samonda, Ibadan, Nigeria for six years (June 1999 to September 2005). Dominican Institute is a degree awarding institute, affiliated to the University of Ibadan for its bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA for its master’s degree in Theology. The students and lecturers in this institution are from different countries in the world and this equipped me to interact with them and gain knowledge of meeting and providing services to students and lecturers from different countries. My responsibilities at the library of the Dominican Institute included cataloguing and classification of library materials, provision of reference services, acquisition and indexing of library materials, updating of library database, database search for library users and general library administration.

I undertook the internship for my Master of Library Studies (MLS) programme (24 February to 4 April 1997) at the Library and Documentation Center of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. I was a Volunteer Visiting Librarian at the Albert Mann Library of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA from July to August, 2004 (six weeks) during which time, I worked on two agricultural electronic databases -The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA). I also participated in the recording of the AGORA training CD currently in use in over 130 developing countries. Upon my return to Nigeria in September 2004, I was a resource person for a two week training of librarians from Nigerian universities and research institutes on TEEAL and AGORA.

Prof. Adetimirin is a Certified Librarian of Nigeria (CLN), member of the: Nigerian Library Association (NLA), Nigerian Association of Library and Information Science Educators (NALISE), Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), United Kingdom and Informing Science, United States of America. She is a convener of many groups that mentors teenagers, students and young professionals through online webinars and discussion groups on areas such as academic integrity, ethical behavior and good citizenship. Prof. Adetimirin is also actively involved in community services to secondary schools and library and information professionals as she belongs to some organizations that provide educational services to the community on pro bono basis: Concerned Parents and Educators (CPE), Library and Information Team (LISCON). Prof. Adetimirin has received grants and awards from national and professional bodies.