THE Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) has maximised student’s utilisation of online library aiming at boosting academic performance.
Through the online library, the university was looking forward to supplying students with the latest digital textbooks in different disciplines, including communication, economics and business administration.
Speaking to the ‘Daily News’ yesterday, SAUT Assistant Librarian, Mr Merdad Wilfred said students will get exposed to different learning materials, including textbooks through their smartphones, laptops and desktop computers while at the university.
The university is fully equipped with Wi-Fi internet for them to access the online library named E-Resource “Research for Life” located at the university website.
Mr Wilfred, who spoke during the Community Day which is marked in December, said SAUT has extended its online library through internet working with different universities across the country and abroad to enrich students and academics with different publications from different authors across the world.
He mentioned Mzumbe University, University of Dar es Saalam, Institute of Accountancy Arusha, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Makerere University, Day Star University, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University as some of the universities in Africa in which students and academicians across the country can access different publications directly by using the SAUT online library.
He further mentioned Vechita University which is based in Germany and Tampere University based in Finland as some of the universities from Europe which are interlinked with the SAUT E-Resource for students to access textbooks so as to broaden their knowledge.
Equally, Mr Modestus Chilato, SAUT’s Senior Assistant Librarian said through Emerald Publishing, which is conjoined to SAUT E-Resources, it allows students and scholars to access textbooks wherever they are across the country by using their own internet bundle.
Economic Expert and analyst, Mr Mazagwa Iboku told the ‘Daily News’ that students harnessing the digital space for learning will be exposed to international development perspective through knowledge and technology transfer.
