Welcome to the Modern university Library. Our library seeks to support the teaching, learning, and research activities of the Institute community by providing various information resources and services.
The library has an amount of electronic and print information resources with local and international research coverage. To enhance effective utilization of these resources, the library has highly invested in human and technical resources, making it well-endowed with highly-trained staff who are always happy to assist users in locating, retrieving and using information. On top of that, the library is equipped with advanced facilities and enough space hence providing a conducive environment for reading, reflecting and writing.
VISION STATEMENT
The aim of the Modern university Library is to be an exemplary centre of excellence in modern business management training, research and consultancy services,
MISSION STATEMENT
The library is in line with the Institute Mission of providing high quality competence-based training and offer research and consultancy services through applied technology.
OPENING HOURS
- Monday to Friday from 9:00a.m -04:00p.m.
- Saturday- Sunday from 2:00p.m -10:00p.m.
- Public Holiday – During Semester from 9:00a.m-10:00pm
- Public Holiday –During Vacation from 2:00pm-06:00pm
Library Services
A librarian is there to help library users find the best resources his/her their topic, develop search strategies, locate primary sources, and search the web for credible information.
Ask Librarian is a collaborative virtual reference service that connects students, faculty members, and researchers from participating Institute libraries across modern university with real-time library and research assistance through chat. Ask Librarian is a free service for people to ask library and research reference-related questions to Modern university library reference Staff. Usually provides a free, quick reference service and basic answers to brief, factual questions.
Library e-Resource
A librarian is there to help library users find the best resources his/her their topic, develop search strategies, locate primary sources, and search the web for credible information.
To ensure that, information services are always of high quality and well-aligned with teaching, learning and research activities, the library works hand-in-hand with the Institute’s students and academic staff in acquiring new information resources. Because of that, the library is tirelessly striving to keep up with technological developments to ensure digital access to information through acquisition of digital solutions and information resources, and provision of digital literacy trainings to library staff and users.
Library CD ROMS
These CDROMs are accessible through the Reference and Research Library Catalogue. Search your query by using the list available:
- Mind on Statistics, Duxbury.2004 (2copies)
- Data CD for Mind on statistics. Jessica M.Utts, Robert E.Heckard (2copies) 2002.
- Data CD for Statistics: the exploration and analysis of Data. Peck, Olsen, Devore.2001
- Introduction to the practice of statistics 4.0. David S.more, George McCabe. 2003 (2copies)
- Beginning and Intermediate Algebra, K.Elayn Martin-Gay 2005 (6 copies)
- Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: a combined course, Charles P.Mckeague, 2004.
- Business Mathematics in Canada, F.Ernest Jerome,2005
- College Algebra: enhanced with graphing utilities, Michael Sullivan,
- Designing and managing the Supply Chain, Simchi Lev, 2008. (3 copies)
- Operation and Supply Management: the core, Robert Jacobs, Richard Chase 2008.(4 copies)
- Microsoft Office Project 2007 for Dummies, Nancy Muir.2007. (2 copies)
- The basic practice of Statistics 2.0, David S.Moore, 2000.
- Statistics: a first course, Donald H.Sanders, Robert K. Smidt, 2001. (2 copies)
- Data CD: a first course in Statistics, McClave/Mendenhall/Sincich, 2003.
- Emerald Insight: This provides access to academic journals and books relevant to a range of subject areas
- Research4Life provides institutions in lower- and middle-income countries with online access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content.
- Social Science open Access Repository: www.ssoar.info
- Directory of Open Access Repository: www.opendoar.org
- Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ https://doaj.org/
- Directory of Open Access Repositories: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/
- Google Scholar https:// scholar.google.com/citations
Library Collection
- General Collection: The general collection consists of information materials in various fields. Materials in this section can be borrowed for home reading and be returned after (seven) 1 weeks. Library materials can be located or accessed through Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) (http://library.iaa.ac.tz/). A catalogue card is a brief description of an information item. The library has already entered all bibliographic records into the library-integrated management system, namely the KOHA database. The library catalogues are of two types, author catalogues and subject catalogues. The author catalogues (file) list books, pamphlets and other documents alphabetically according to the author’s surnames. In the case where the book has no personal authorship, the authorship will be attributed to the title, society, body or institution.
- Reference, Research and Reserve Collection: The Research and Reference Section deals with the assistance of clients to access information in the library’s collection and from other sources, and to make the best selection from the collection. We have a Special Reserve collection that Contains books reserved for library users that are considered to be in great demand in various disciplines offered at Modern universty Also, as the name reveals, this section meets research needs and as such is stocked with authentic materials with quality content.