The Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has appointed Dr. Olukemi Adebimpe FADEHAN as the in coming University Librarian.

Dr. Olukemi Adebimpe FADEHAN was born in Ibadan in November, 1962 and she indeed had her formative years there. She later attended Methodist High School Ilesa, Osun State where she obtained the West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1978.

She then proceeded to The Polytechnic, Ibadan for her General Certificate of Education (GCE ) ‘A’ Level and Cambridge ‘A’ Level Certificates which she earned in 1980. She later enrolled in University of Ibadan and graduated with a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree in 1983. In 1986, she bagged the degree of Master of Library Studies (MLS) from the same university. In 2006, Dr. Fadehan was conferred with Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Library and Information Studies by the University of Ibadan. She is a Certified Librarian of Nigeria (CLN). She also possesses a Proficiency Certificate in Computer Fundamentals from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile–Ife.

Dr. Fadehan began her working career in 1984 when as a National Youth Corps Member, she was deployed to Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation. There , she worked as an announcer. She worked briefly under the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission as a teacher at Unity High School, Abeokuta. From November 1987 to July, 1992, she worked in the library of Ogun State University, Ago – Iwoye, first as Librarian II and then, as Librarian I.  On August 1, 1992, she joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University as Senior Librarian. She eventually rose to become Deputy University Librarian of that great citadel of learning.  Came March  1, 2013 , it was time for this hard–working and high – flying Nigerian woman to fly higher. After due process, She was hired and assumed duty as the University Librarian of the University of Lagos. Her areas of service over years as a librarian have been extensive, covering many aspects of librarianship. She has worked as Gifts & Exchange Librarian, Serials Librarian, Reference Librarian, Africana Librarian, Deputy Librarian, Research Department and now, University Librarian.

Dr. Olukemi Fadehan has taught Library Instruction Programme for over 31 years. She has a multidisciplinary research approach to library and information studies with great emphasis on User Studies (Information Provision and Use). Her papers have enhanced the literature of library and information services with import for information needs, behaviour & packaging, gender, Information and Communication Technology, oral traditions, indigenous knowledge systems, university archives, leadership/management in library and information terrains, music librarianship, family education, political and religious information issues.

Others include library instruction and students’ performance, grey literature, information quality and accessibility.  Of great importance is her contribution to the business and corporate information literature through her doctoral thesis on ‘Environmental Scanning’ (within the scope of Library & Information Studies) as a maiden effort in Nigeria. Olukemi Fadehan has a lot of publications to her credit. She has also attended many local and international conferences.

She is a member of the Nigerian Library Association, the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Reference & User Services Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and the Society of Nigerian Archivists and the Association for Information Science and Technology. She has won awards and recognitions for her efforts in several areas. She received the Researchers Participation Award of the National Universities Commission in 2004. She received commendation for Mounting of Exhibition at the 45th Year Foundation Day of OAU, Ile – Ife in 2007. In 2008, she was declared as Best Library Worker in NIALS, University of Lagos. Remarkably, she is the first black female University Librarian at the University of Lagos. It is in recognition of her contributions to national development in the field of Librarianship that Dr. Olukemi Adebimpe Fadehan was deemed worthy to be conferred with the Development in Nigeria Merit Award, the Fellow of Management Consultants (FIMC) and the Fellow of Institute of Information Management (FIIM). She is happily married to Engr. Ayoola Fadehan and the marriage is  fruitful.