The Library

The world in which The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management students pursue their studies, and will later work, is characterised by information overload. More than one million books are published every year around the world. Web-based information abounds, proliferating much more quickly (and uncontrollably) than print material. The key to life success in this era is the ability to sort through the plethora of information to find the most relevant, best quality resources for a particular purpose. While academic libraries used to focus on providing books, journals and other print materials in support of students’ course work, the priority now is to train students to become independent, information literate citizens.

At the Academy, we take this role very seriously. Of course, we still provide a wide range of information resources in all formats, but equally important are our efforts to help our students learn how to locate, evaluate and use information effectively.

Facilities

The Library is a bright, airy space with seats for 75 people. There are closed rooms for group work and meetings, as well as individual study spaces. A fully-equipped multi-media centre is part of the Library, with photocopiers, scanners, laminating and binding facilities.

The Library is fully wireless-enabled, so students can use their laptop computers, and desktop computers are available too. A video/DVD player can be used to preview films.

Jane Campbell, Director, Learning Resource Centre

Jane is the Director of the Academy's Learning Resource Centre, and also teaches an information literacy module to first-year students. She began her career as a librarian in Canada, and has spent the last 18 years working in Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates as library developer, manager and consultant.

Jane has a Master of Library Science from the University of Toronto in Canada, and Bachelor's degrees in sociology and education.

Scolah Kazi, Librarian

Scolah joined The Emirates Academy in November 2008 as Librarian.  Previously, she worked in the medical library of Family Health Options Kenya. She has a BSc Information Sciences in Library & Information Studies from Moi University Kenya.

Collections

The Library houses the best collection of hospitality and tourism materials in the region, offering not only books, journals and DVDs but an extensive choice of electronic resources, as well as specialised items like restaurant menus. The Academy Library is a depository library for the UN World Tourism Organization, and a set of their reports is available in both print and electronic form. We also have excellent core collections in business and management topics, economics, accounting, interior design, and computer applications, among other subjects.

The Library’s electronic resources are available from all student computers anywhere in the world.

The Library also has a small equipment collection, including chargers and headsets  all for short-term loan.