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Virginia Weisell Dike

Virginia Weisell Dike was born in 1944, in the United States of America. Her father William Weisell was a senior partner in the law firm of Locke, Reynolds, Boyd and Weisell. He also served as an officer in the Air Force during World War II. Her mother Mary Williams was a librarian. .She is married to Prof. Azuka Dike and they are blessed with five children. She worked as a volunteer in Tanzania and taught secondary school students in the U.S. before she moved to Nigeria with her young family in 1975 where she took up appointment as Lecturer II in the Department of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Prof. Virginia Weisell Dike is a veteran and an erudite Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who  specialized in school libraries, children’s literature, use of multi-media resources in teaching, library services and research methods specialized in school libraries, children’s literature, use of multi-media resources in teaching, library services and research methods. To provide service to the community and help to develop the habits of pleasurable reading and recreational activities in children,  she developed an internationally recognized model children’s library at the University of Nigeria, known as Children’s Centre Library (CCL) which provides both community service to the university and the wider Nsukka community. The CCL provides teaching, laboratory and research support for the Library School and other University faculties. Professor V. W. Dike has authored many books, written many journal articles and book reviews.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Virginia had her higher education at Harvard University (B.A. 1966), Columbia University, Teachers College (M.A. 1969) and Columbia University, School of Library Service (M.S. 1975). In 1983.She became the founding head of the Department of Library and Information Science where she served as the head for many years. In October1, 1991,Virginia rose to the rank of Professor.

PROFESSIONAL BODIES

Prof. Dike as she is popular called, belongs to many professional associations notable among them are the Nigerian School Library, She is also a Fellow and member of the Nigerian Library Association, member of the International Association of School Libraries (IASL). Regular attendee of IFLA section on school libraries and four-term chair of IFLA roundtable of the same section. Member of IBBY, the Nigeria Academy of Education, NALISE and the Librarians’ Estate Association of Nigeria,