Contact Information

• Name:

  Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Library

• Postal Address:

  P.O. Box 1727
  Lagos
  Nigeria

• Location:

  13-15 Kofo Abayomi Rd. Victoria Island

• Telephone:

  234-1-2615606, 2615607,

• E-mail:

  dgeneral@niianet.org

• Director:

  Q. F. Coker (Mrs.)

• Year founded:

  1961

Collections

• Type of repository:

  Library

• Types of source material:

  Archival records
  Ephemera
  Government records
  Newspapers
  Personal papers
  Photographs
  Sound recordings
  

• Size:

  57,728 monographs; 1,706 journal titles; 321,899 newspaper clippings; 20,031 pamphlets

• Holdings:

  The collection is mainly in the field of social sciences with books on comparative politics and government, international law, comparative law, international trade and finance, economic development of the underdeveloped and developing countries and military science, peace and disarmament. The Library also has books on African countries and organisations and as a depository library, it has publications of Organisation of African Unity (OAU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and United Nations. The collection consists of newspapers clippings from Nigerian and foreign newspapers, pamphlets etc. on wide range of domestic and foreign subjects and tapes derived from the library's Oral Documentation Project. Depository of World Bank Books

• Receiving new material?

  No

• Languages:

  English and French
  

Access Conditions

• Access conditions:

  Members and staff of the Institute, also post-graduate and non-members with special permission from the director of the library.

• Finding tools:

  Electronic catalogs
  

• Copier available?:

  No

Repository publications:

• Nigeria: Bulletin on Foreign Affairs. 2x a yr
• Nigerian Journal of International Affairs. quarterly
• The Nigerian Forum. monthly