Sam Ehimigbai Ifidon

Professor Samuel Ehimigbai Ifidon (born 7 July 1941) is a Nigerian retired librarian. and member of Nigerian Institute of Management. He has published 7 books, 8 chapters in books, and over 50 articles in national and international journals.

Early life Professor Samuel Ehimigbai Ifidon was born on July 7, 1941, to the family of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Odion Ifidon, in Sabongidda-Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria.

In 1958, he proceeded for his Higher School Certificate at King’s College, Lagos (1959–1960).

Bachelor of Arts degree, University of London (1960–1964); postgraduate diploma in Library and Information Science, University of Ibadan, (1966); Masters of Library and Information Science, University of Western Ontario, Canada, (1970); and doctorate degree, University of Ibadan (1978)

In 1973, left for the then Midwestern Polytechnic (now Auchi Polytechnic) as the pioneer Polytechnic Librarian;

In 1978, upon his appointment, he became the pioneer University Librarian, University of Maiduguri (1978–1982). He was the pioneer Managing Editor of Lagos Librarian (now Basic Librarian), the Journal of Lagos State Division of the Association (1972–1974); the National Publicity Officer of the Association (1974–1975); Chairman of the Borno State Chapter (1978–1986); Chairman of Bendel (now Edo) State Chapter (1984–1986); and member of the governing council of the association (1974–1986). He was part of the struggle that culminated in the recognition of Librarians in academics institutions as academic staff and the acceptance of the Librarianship as a full-fledged profession by the promulgation of the Librarians’ registration council of Nigeria Act in 1995 and was subsequently elected to head the Education Committee of the Association as Chairman to the criteria for determining a Librarian in Nigeria. Nigeria Institute of Management Committee of University Librarians of Nigeria National Management Information Systems Implementation Committee, National Universities Commission Editorial Adviser, Nigerian Libraries Editorial board, African journal of academic librarianship COMMUNICATE, Journal of Library and Information Science Canadian Library Association

Publications Professor Sam E. Ifidon has published three monographs (one of them, Collection Development in African University Libraries, was reviewed in World Libraries Vol. 2, No. 1) and numerous articles in such journals as Library Review, Libri, International Library Review, African Journal of Academic Librarianship, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Nigerian Libraries. He was formerly the editor in Chief of Communicate: Journal of Library and Information Science. In 2019 he co-authored "Reference and Information Services in African Libraries" with Prof. Mrs. E.I. Ifidon.