REDUNDANCY AND IT'S INCIDENCE ON THE SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AKWANGA
REDUNDANCY AND IT'S INCIDENCE ON THE SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AKWANGA
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2002-12
Authors
JIRIKO, MARKUS MAKON
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out the redundancy and
it' s Incidence in the Science and humanities collections of
the library of college of Education Akwanga.
The documentary and observation Research methods were
adopted for conducting the study. The documentary
observation and questionnaire were the instruments used to
collect data. Data was analysed using percentages, tables
and the chi square.
The findings revealed that.
(1) The lecturers and students used the library either
occasionally or at least daily.
(2) Books constitute the major source of information in
the library.
(3) Most of the lecturers and students were not involved
in the selection of information resources to be
acquired into the library.
(4) The science collections (45.16%) were more redundant
than the humanities (37.97%) with Geography and
Mathematics being the most redundant of them.
(5) Non-involvement in selection process, lack of
information on availability of information resources
and lack of recently published materials were the
major reasons for redundancy.
(6) Lecturers and students should be adequately informed
of the availability of materials in the library by
displaying recently acquired information resources.
(7) Only recently published information resources should
be acquired into the library so as to reduce or
eliminate redundancy of the library collection.
It is concluded that the collection is not qualitative
enough for proper learning, research and teaching
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DEPARTEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE, FACULTY OF EDUCATION.
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA.
MLS THESIS
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
LIBRARY SCIENCE.
Keywords
REDUNDANCY,, INCIDENCE,, SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES COLLECTION,, LIBRARY,, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AKWANGA