Laburaren Balme, wanda aka kafa a shekara ta 1948 yana kan babban harabar Jami'ar Ghana.[1][2][3][4] An sanya wa ɗakin karatu na Balme suna bayan David Mowbray Balme, shugaban farko na Jami'ar Ghana. [5] Laburaren Balme shine babban ɗakin karatu na Jami'ar Ghana kuma shine mafi girma a cikin Jami'ar Gana Library System (UGLS). An ba shi albarkatun bayanai, kayan aikin IT da ma'aikatan ƙwararru. Tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a shekara ta 1948, ɗakin karatu ya ci gaba da ci gaba tare da tarin littattafan da aka buga sama da guda 400,000.[6][7][8][9][10] Laburaren ya yi rajista ga adadi mai yawa na bayanan kan layi ciki har da mujallu na lantarki (joji na e-joji) da littattafan lantarki (littattafai na e-littattafai). [11]
Laburaren Balme tare da ɗakunan karatu na tauraron dan adam daban-daban a makarantu, cibiyoyi, fannoni, sassan da dakunan zama na jami'ar, sun samar da Jami'ar Ghana Library System (UGLS). [1][12]
Ana buƙatar masu amfani da ɗakin karatu / baƙi su saka jakunkunansu, riguna, laima, da dai sauransu a cikin ɗakunan ajiya da aka bayar a babban ƙofar. Dole ne a lura cewa ɗakin karatu ba shi da alhakin tsaron abubuwan da ke cikin irin waɗannan abubuwan da aka ajiye a cikin ɗakunan ajiya.
Teburin binciken ɗakin karatu yana nan tare da ma'aikatan ɗakin karatu, waɗanda za su amsa duk tambayoyinku game da ɗakin karatu da albarkatun sa. Littattafan da za a aro ko dawo da su ana yin su a cikin Hall of Reference.Har ila yau akwai PCs na musamman don bincika littattafai a cikin UGCat (katalolin kan layi na ɗakin karatu). Ana kuma adana littattafan bincike ciki har da Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, da Almanacs a wannan yanki.
Laburaren Balme ajiya ne ga yawancin wallafe-wallafen Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, gami da na hukumomin ta na musamman.Littattafan da aka ajiye a cikin ɗakin karatu galibi don dalilai ne.[14][15]
SRL tarin littattafai ne da aka zaɓa da na yanzu na duk batutuwa da aka koyar a Jami'ar Ghana.Kamar yadda zai yiwu, ana sanya kwafin irin waɗannan littattafai a cikin wannan ɗakin karatu. Wadannan don Tsaro ne kawai.[19]
Wannan kuma don ambaton kawai. Ya ƙware a cikin littattafai da littattafai na lokaci-lokaci game da Afirka. Har ila yau, yana da tarin ajiyar littattafai da sauran kayan ɗakin karatu. Ana iya kwafin littattafai game da Afirka a cikin manyan tarin, kuma ana iya aro waɗannan.[20]
Laburaren yana da tarin ajiya guda biyu, SRL da Africana. Tarin ya kunshi littattafai da kwafin labaran mujallu, waɗanda malamai suka ba da shawarar. Irin waɗannan kayan ana adana su ne bisa buƙata saboda su matani ne na asali don darussan daban-daban. Ana iya amfani da kayan aiki a cikin Tarin da aka adana kawai a cikin ɗakin karatu. Masu karatu suna buƙatar tuntuɓar ma'aikatan da ke cikin shinge a ƙofar SRL da Africana don samun damar kayan aiki a cikin waɗannan tarin.[20]
Sashin Ayyukan Fasaha na Laburaren Balme (wanda ke kan bene na ƙasa, West Wing Extension) yana ba da sabis na haɗin kai ga al'ummar jami'a da jama'a gaba ɗaya. Dalibai na iya aika da dogon rubutun su, ayyukan aikin, littattafan da suka tsufa, da dai sauransu zuwa wurin da za a ɗaure su don biyan kuɗi.[24][25]
Laburaren yana ba da sabis na kwafin hoto wanda ke bawa masu amfani damar kwafa shafuka na kayan ɗakin karatu da takardun sirri. Kudin suna da arha sosai kuma ana tabbatar da aiki mai kyau koyaushe. Sanya naúrar a cikin Gidan Bayani.[26][27]
Ana iya bincika takardun Masters da Doctoral da tambayoyin jarrabawar jami'a da suka gabata a kan layi a shafin yanar gizon ɗakin karatu (http://balme.ug.edu.gh/) [1] ko kuma a kan buƙata don kwafin wuya a Reference Desk. Katin Bayyanawa kuma, a wasu lokuta, za a buƙaci haruffa na gabatarwa kafin a tuntubi waɗannan takardu.[27][28][29]
Ilimi mai amfani a cikin ɗakin karatu yana ɗaukar nau'in shirin shiryawa na shekara-shekara wanda aka shirya don masu farawa a farkon shekara ta ilimi. Masu kula da laburare na batutuwa suna shirya ilimin mai amfani na lokaci-lokaci ga masu jefa kuri'a.[30][31][32][33]
Laburaren yana shirya bita a kan UGCat, bayanan lantarki, software na gudanar da bayanai da sauran albarkatu.Za a tallata irin waɗannan bita don ba da damar waɗanda ke da sha'awar yin rajista a gare su. Bugu da ƙari, ana iya buƙatar horo a kan kowane takamaiman hanya ta hanyar tuntuɓar Mai Gidan Gida na Batun.
Dalibai na iya samun damar bayanan a waje da harabar bayan sun yi rajista a http://ezproxy.ug.edu.gh/. Ma'aikatan jami'ar za su yi amfani da imel ɗin ma'aikatan su da kalmar sirri don samun damar sabis ɗin.
Laburaren yana ba da damar yin amfani da labaran lantarki da littattafai. Ana samun hanyoyin haɗi zuwa waɗannan bayanan a http://balme.ug.edu.gh/index.php/bincike-kayan aiki/bases-da sauri-a-z kuma a kan Jagoran Batutuwa waɗanda masu ɗakin karatu suka kirkira.
Kungiyar Soroptimists International Club ta Accra ta ba da gudummawar ɗakin karatu na makafi ga jami'ar a shekarar 1989. Yana hidimtawa dalibai masu nakasa. Kayan da ake da su sun haɗa da littattafai a cikin Braille da sauran kayan aikin da ɗalibai suka yi amfani da su don sauƙaƙe aikin su na ilimi. Tana kan West Wing Extension Ground Floor .
Bincike na Bincike (RC). Binciken Bincike (RC) wuri ne na bincike mai kayan aiki na fasaha, wanda aka nufa don amfani na musamman ta hanyar baiwa, ɗaliban digiri da masu bincike. Gano RC a bene na biyu, Gabashin Wing Extension a cikin Laburaren Balme. Ana buƙatar rajistar biometric kafin a ba da izinin amfani da kayan aikin.[34]
Ilimi Commons (KC). Wannan dakin gwaje-gwaje ne na Kwamfuta don daliban digiri na farko da ke Gabashin Gabas na Gidan Gida. An samar da kwamfutoci da sauran wurare a nan don taimakawa dalibai a cikin karatunsu.[35]
Digitization & IR Unit. Rukunin Digitization da IR suna da alhakin adana kayan ɗakin karatu ta hanyar digitization da adana kayan lantarki. Rukunin yana bincika littattafai, jaridu da sauran kayan bugawa na Laburaren Balme kuma yana buga rubutun ilimi da wallafe-wallafen malamai a shafin yanar gizon UGspace don samun dama da amfani kyauta.[36]
Faculty Research Commons (FRC). Andrew Carnegie Faculty Research Commons yanki ne da aka tanada don Faculty kawai. FRC tana sanye take da kwamfutoci da haɗin intanet, scanner da na'urorin bugawa don bukatun bincike na kwaleji.
Cibiyar Samun Bayanai (IAC). LAC yana kan bene na biyu, West Wing Extension na Balme Library. Ya ƙunshi Lab na horo, dakin gwaje-gwaje na kwamfuta da ɗakunan taro. Gidajen suna don amfani da al'ummar jami'a, sauran cibiyoyin ilimi da kuma jama'a gaba ɗaya. Ana buƙatar katin ID mai inganci don amfani da dakin gwaje-gwaje na kwamfuta.[37]
Gidan Karatu na Sa'o'i 24. Yankin karatu na sa'o'i 24 wuri ne da aka keɓe don ɗaliban Jami'ar Ghana. Gidan yana sanye take da haɗin intanet mara waya, tebur da kujeru masu kyau don karatu da bincike. Ana ba masu amfani damar kawo kwamfyutocin su don karatu.
Yankin Nazarin Yammacin Stack. Wannan yanki na binciken ya maye gurbin sashin da aka yi amfani da shi don adana mujallu na kimiyya. Tana kan West Ground Floor, kusa da dakin Z. Ya ƙunshi karatun carrels waɗanda ke inganta nazarin mutum.
Laburaren ajiyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya yana tattara takardu da wallafe-wallafen Majalisar Dinkinobho ta hanyar tsari na musamman tare da Laburaren Dag Hammarskjöld. Tun daga shekara ta 1946, ɗakin karatu na Dag Hammarskjöld na Sakatariyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a New York ya shirya don rarraba takardun Majalisar Dinkinobho da wallafe-wallafen ga masu amfani a duk duniya ta hanyar tsarin ɗakin karatu. Laburaren Balme ajiya ne ga yawancin wallafe-wallafen Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, gami da na hukumomin ta na musamman. Littattafan da aka ajiye a cikin ɗakin karatu galibi don dalilai ne.[38]
Ana adana littattafan Larabci a cikin Laburaren Larabci don biyan bukatun bayanai na ɗalibai da ke karatun yarukan Larabci, Harsunan zamani da Nazarin Addini.[39]