{"id":6522,"date":"2024-03-19T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/?page_id=6522"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:35:31","slug":"message-from-the-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/message-from-the-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6522\" class=\"elementor elementor-6522\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f58fe9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f58fe9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e98f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"52e98f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<section class=\"aastu-library-director\">\n  <div class=\"director-container\">\n    <h2>Message from the Library Director<\/h2>\n\n    <p class=\"welcome\"><strong>Welcome,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      As the resource center of a higher education institution, the University\n      Library is a storehouse of knowledge and information for its community as\n      a whole, as well as an entertainment and gathering station for students.\n      I believe that building a strong library is building a strong university\n      community\u2014for the library service reaches out to all the university\n      community and supports the majority of the university activities.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      AASTU Library strives to provide the best service in supporting the\n      University\u2019s mission of excellence in teaching-learning, research,\n      technology transfer, institutional capacity building, and strategic\n      partnership by making information resources accessible, easy, and timely\n      for all the university community and external partners.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <h3>Explore Our Digital Portal<\/h3>\n\n    <p>\n      I invite the university community to visit our website. We have organized\n      the information and resources you need from what may seem like a rather\n      daunting mountain of material. You can learn more about our library and\n      see what we have to offer from where you are.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <p>\n      Furthermore, I encourage students to make the library an outside-classroom\n      learning platform by making use of available resources to broaden their\n      knowledge and build the necessary skills to remain competitive in the\n      dynamic world.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"director-signature\">\n      <p class=\"name\">Zeleke Abebaw (PhD)<\/p>\n      <p class=\"title\">Library Director<\/p>\n      <p class=\"email\">\n        Email:\n        <a href=\"mailto:zeleke.abebaw@aastu.edu.et\">\n          zeleke.abebaw@aastu.edu.et\n        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"library-motto\">\n      AASTU Library \u2013 Empowering Minds, Building Community\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<style>\n  .aastu-library-director {\n    background-color: #C6C8CA;\n    padding: 40px 20px;\n  }\n\n  .director-container {\n    max-width: 900px;\n    margin: auto;\n    background: #ffffff;\n    padding: 40px;\n    border-left: 6px solid #AE8A2F;\n    box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);\n  }\n\n  .director-container h2 {\n    color: #11284D;\n    margin-bottom: 20px;\n    font-size: 28px;\n  }\n\n  .director-container h3 {\n    color: #AE8A2F;\n    margin-top: 30px;\n  }\n\n  .director-container p {\n    color: #11284D;\n    line-height: 1.7;\n    margin-bottom: 16px;\n  }\n\n  .welcome {\n    font-size: 18px;\n  }\n\n  .director-signature {\n    margin-top: 30px;\n    border-top: 1px solid #C6C8CA;\n    padding-top: 20px;\n  }\n\n  .director-signature .name {\n    font-weight: bold;\n    color: #11284D;\n    font-size: 18px;\n  }\n\n  .director-signature .title {\n    color: #AE8A2F;\n    margin-bottom: 5px;\n  }\n\n  .director-signature a {\n    color: #11284D;\n    text-decoration: none;\n  }\n\n  .director-signature a:hover {\n    text-decoration: underline;\n  }\n\n  .library-motto {\n    margin-top: 30px;\n    padding: 15px;\n    background: #11284D;\n    color: #ffffff;\n    text-align: center;\n    font-weight: bold;\n    font-size: 16px;\n  }\n<\/style>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from the Library Director Welcome, As the resource center of a higher education institution, the University Library is a storehouse of knowledge and information for its community as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6522"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7099,"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6522\/revisions\/7099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aastu.edu.et\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}