A
not-for-profit organization set up in memory of Z.O Dibiaezue, the Zaccheus
Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries (ZODML), has launched an e-library www.zodml.org.
Speaking
at the launch, co-chairperson and member of ZODML’s Board of Trustees, Mrs. Ifeoma
Esiri, noted that the online resource has been designed to give students and
readers of all ages throughout Nigeria and across the world access to resources
to educate themselves.
The
launch, she said, is central to the achievement of ZODML’s mission of providing
channels for people to acquire knowledge and improve their learning by
accessing the information and learning tools offered by the library.
Also,
she said that ZODML’s vision is to see a Nigeria in which everyone has access
to resources for personal development and growth.
“At
the core of this project is self-learning which can only be possible if there
is free access to educational resources. Now, with the launch of our website,
www.zodml.com, students and readers all over Nigeria and beyond can access our
online library and also take advantage of the various learning tools that the
website has.”
Mrs. Esiri,
she said is bi-monthly essay competition for secondary school students as part
of activities to project and launch the website.
Students,
she pointed out would be required to write short essays on their learning process
in their various schools, adding, the winning entry would win a net book and a
visit to Google Nigeria to experience a day of work at the search engine
company.
In her
remarks, another member of trustee of ZODML and rights activist, Mrs. Ayo Obe, lamented
the dearth of good libraries where students could just go and have a good read
in Nigeria. The launch of ZODML’s, she said, would not only make it easier for
students and everyone to borrow books from the library online but will also
help students to learn how to use the internet for constructive activities and
learning.
ITRealms
gathered that some of website’s features consist of a catalogue of past
question papers for secondary students from notable examination bodies like the
West African Examinations Council, (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO)
and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), journals and articles, a
career guide section and a special collection of writing by Nigerians living in
Nigeria and the diaspora.
Additionally,
the website seeks to be ‘Nigeria-centric’, giving books and novels written by
Nigerian authors a given centre stage, to inspire writing skills in Nigerian
students.
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