contribution of Kennedy library

It announced that the most prestigious library in Addis Ababa University has presented the results of studies and research in digital form online.

In the year On November 22, 1956, the 45-year-old American's 35th President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Leila Oswald. After hearing the news of the death of Enneh Susu, who was a close friend of Hailesalase I, Janhoi laid the foundation stone to erect a memorial to his friend, which was supported by the American government at the time. In June 1961, it was officially inaugurated in the presence of John F. Kennedy's mother, Rose Kennedy, and Emperor Haile Selassie: the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library.

Kennedy library 

Libraries are institutions that provide information and reading resources that enhance the ideas that build the thinking of the generation. For this reason, the library is supported by physical and digital options of written information. In this connection, one of the early and cited libraries is the Kennedy Library located in the main campus of Addis Ababa University. This library, which is one of the moments of Addis Ababa University, has been used by three generations in its 62 years. He has crossed over the intellectual achievements of yesterday as a bridge to the generations of today.

The John F. Kennedy memorial at the library

The library, which now offers 24-hour service, is better than the service delivery and organization it was when it started. Mainly, the library contains books and research works focused on humanities and social sciences, religious and political books and so on. The service is accessible to the campus community as well as registered external users.

The library is playing an important role in supporting and complementing the research and teaching process of the university community by providing appropriate information resources and modern services. In particular, he stated that the University is constantly working to provide and improve the library services.

This is evidenced by the digitization of the library. Therefore, it was pointed out that the University is in the process of improving the limitations of time and space and modernizing the use of resources. In connection with this, the university has announced that it will digitize about 20,000 books at a cost of 37 million birr and provide them to the University community.