SharonDelight Information Consult

Ezra Shiloba Gbaje

Ezra Shiloba Gbaje
Systems Consultant

Before attending the School of Library and Information Management (SLIM), Emporia State University, USA, in the fall of 2004, I had been teaching at the Department of Library and Information Science at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, where I was also responsible for the management of the Information Technology Laboratory set up by SLIM's Emporia-Nigeria Project. I have an interdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree in Technology (Mathematics and Computer Science). As a Masters Student in Library Science I was employed as a graduate teaching assistant at the Learning Support Services Center of (SLIM). In this position, I diagnose and provide technical support for faculty and students on-site and remotely, using telephone and online collaborative tools. I was also responsible for administering SLIM listservs, computer troubleshooting, updating static and dynamic web pages.

On completion of my MLS in the fall of 2005, I worked briefly as the Digital Services Librarian for the Raymon H Mulford Library, Medical University of Ohio(now University of Toledo Health Science Campus). Where I worked with Open Source Softwares to implement various Information Technology Projects and provide both software and hardware support to the various units in the Library.

I am currently back to the Department of Library and Information Science Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, doing what I love: teaching and research and always looking for an opportunity to implement information and web technologies to facilitate access to information.

In April 2008, I secure a grant from eIFL.net to organize an International Workshop on Open Access repositories: New Model of Scholarly Communication.

I am married to a beautiful and lovely lady, "Mine," and I am blessed with two beautiful daughters: Sharon and Delight. I love Information technology but what I am more passionate about is my family.