Aminu Musa Umar

College Librarian, Ahmadu Bello University College of Medical Sciences, Nigeria

Aminu Musa Umar is a College Librarian at the College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He also served as a Better Evidence Champion. Aminu graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science and a master’s degree in the same area. Aminu also recently finished his PhD in Library and Information Science with a specialization in Social Informatics-Information Behavior. He has a special interest in Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Digital Information Resource Management, Institutional Repositories, Digital Archiving, Knowledge Management, Health Informatics, and Research Methodology.

Aminu previously worked at Ahmadu Bello University as: an Institutional Digital Repository Manager, Kashim Ibrahim Library’s Head of the Digitization Unit and Head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division, and documentalist at the Institute for French Research in Africa (IFRA) and Institute for Development Research.