ACADEMIC STATUS OF LIBRARIANS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
ACADEMIC STATUS OF LIBRARIANS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
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1984-06
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AMPITAN, EDWARD JOSEPH
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"In the literature of librarian status-seekers,
I read much of what librarians expect to achieve in
the status package, less of what they are prepared to
pay for it... unless librarian do what faculty doteach,
research and publish - they will not achieve
true faculty status. If they, do then they are faculty,
not librarians" Powell (1970).
This research was designed to ascertain the
opinions or attitudes of professional librarians and
faculty staffs in Nigerian Universities on the
desirability or otherwise of according academic status
to librarians working in Nigerian University libraries
with the accompanying academic privileges an
obligation.
The study was also aimed at finding out the
opinion of the respondents on the importance of the
library, the competence of the librarian in the
provision of academic services for teaching and
research purposes. Other criteria investigated
included the criteria for according academic status,
appointments and promotion of librarians, and whether
both the librarians and faculty staffs are to be treated
at par in terms of academic privileges and benefits.
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