BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY

• ELOML started operations as a library in1966/67 session
• The first Medical Librarian was appointed in the 1966/67 session
• It is named after the first African Neurosurgeon and Dean Faculty of Medicine
• Was made a National Focal Point (NFP) for Nigeria National Medical Library of Nigeria (NMLN) by the World Health Organization (WHO) under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)
• The oldest and the most extensive Hospital-based Medical Library in Nigeria

PAST MEDICAL LIBRARIANS IN THE E. LATUNDE ODEKU MEDICAL LIBRARY

1.     MRS MARGARET AMOSU            1966 - 1977

2.     MRS PATRICIA SHOYINKA           1978 - 1984

3.     MRS O. G. TAMUNO                      1986 - 1988

4.     MR. F. O. ARAMIDE                        1989

5.     MRS. AKIGBE F.               

6.     MRS KOMOLAFE-OPADEJI     

7.     DR. JOSEPHINE U. IGBEKA          2011 - 2020