Professor Philip U. Akor is a Professor of Library and Information Technology who taught in the Department of Library and Information Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, West Africa. He started his career in Librarianship as a Library Assistant in the School of Basic Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
He worked as a Tutor in the Benue State Teaching Service Board, where he served as Dean of Studies, Vice Principal and a Principal before he transferred his services to the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo and to the Federal University of Technology, Minna where he served as a Departmental Coordinator, Postgraduate Studies, Head of Department, an Ag. Dean School of Science and Technology Education, a member of the University Senate and a member of various committees in the University. He holds a National Certificate of Education (NCE), BA (Ed), Master of Library and Information Science and Doctor of Philosophy of Education in Library and Information Science from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Prof. Akor is currently the University Librarian, Federal University of Technology, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. He is a dynamic and a prolific academia. He has published over one hundred (100) articles in both local and international reputable journals, book chapters and standard textbooks in the field of Library and Information Science. He is the editor in chief to Information Navigation: International Journal of Technology and Information Studies (IJTIS).
He is a Chartered Librarian of Nigeria (CLN), a member of Nigerian Library Association (NLA), National Association of Library and Information Science Educators, Association of University Librarians in Nigeria Universities (AULNU) and member WACREN. Because of his love for his community, he has engaged in various community services both humanitarian and academic wise and presently committed to it. He is happily married to Mrs. Kate Akor, a Deputy Director of Education and they are blessed with wonderful children.
