Kenneth Dike Library was founded in 1948 as part of the University of Ibadan academic community.

[8] https://www.library.ui.edu.ng/# Kenneth Dike library provides information services to all categories of users to support the teaching, learning and research process of the parent institution.

[11] The library has an African-oriented collection, a closed access reference point for scholars on Nigerian history.

This was developed from the early donations to the library which had a strong focus on Nigerian and African materials.

[1][12] Donations by Carr, Macaulay, Edward Reginald Jerrim helped make it an important repository in Nigeria.