In 1991, the state government formed a 13-member steering committee to plan for and obtain approval for the university.

Other unit libraries serve the departments of Chemistry and Mass Communications.

This library system commenced operation from makeshift quarters at the inception of BSU in 1992.

A new Central Library Complex, constructed with a grant from TETFund and designed to house 45,000 books and 3,000 students, was commissioned in August 2016.

[4] Branch Libraries In 2015, the university's Department of Mass Communication started a radio station, BSU FM on 89.9 MHz.