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Dr Muhammad Jameel Yushau

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"xeEpvYvC" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Dr&period; Muhammad Jameel Yushau<&sol;p><div class&equals;"rApBDMTc" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Harvard University experience is incomplete without discussing the abundant &num;learning opportunity offered by Harvard University library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Harvard University has the oldest university library system in the United States&period; The library was established in 1638 and there are 28 libraries currently under the &num;university library system&period; It comprises 20 million books&comma; 700 staff&comma; 6 million digitized and publicly available items&comma; 1 million maps and spatial data sets and 400 million rare items that include photographs&comma; letters and manuscripts as stated by the university library page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;14937" style&equals;"width&colon; 310px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-14937" class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-14937" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;FB&lowbar;IMG&lowbar;1668408142699-300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Harvard library " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-14937" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Harvard&&num;8217&semi;s library<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Widener library&comma; which is the largest and located at the Harvard Yard is where I enjoy spending part of my weekend&period; Widener library is an architectural edifice and a tourist attraction&period; Many visitors to Massachusetts State visit Widener Library as part of their touristic voyage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"O5fdOR4X" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A student is allowed to bring at least four guests to study in the library&period; So myself and my family utilize this opportunity especially during the weekends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;09&sol;11&sol;nigerias-yushau-appointed-harvards-africa-policy-journal-editor&sol;">Nigeria’s Yusha’u Appointed Harvard’s Africa Policy Journal Editor<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Widener library was named after Harry Elkins Widener&comma; a book collector&comma; businessman and 1907 graduate from Harvard University&period; He died in the titanic accident of April 1912 along with his father&period; But his mother survived&period; The surviving mother gave &dollar;2 million grant to start the library in the name of her son&period; In addition to the 6 million digitized items&comma; there are materials in 450 languages in the library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;14938" style&equals;"width&colon; 310px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-14938" class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-14938" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;FB&lowbar;IMG&lowbar;1668408131487-300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Students at the site" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-14938" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Students at the site<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Takeaway&colon; The backbone of a university is the quality of its library&period; Contributing to the library is not the exclusive preserve of the university&comma; but a public responsibility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Yushau is a candidate for the Mid-Career Master Program in Public Administration&comma; and Editor-in-Chief of Africa Policy Journal<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; 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