ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES IN THE NORTHWEST ZONE OF NIGERIA
ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES IN THE NORTHWEST ZONE OF NIGERIA
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2014-05
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GANI, Esther
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The study sets out to investigate the process of establishing and managing e–libraries in
universities in Northwest zone of Nigerian. Issues of e-library management such as where the elibrary
should be established, access to the e-library, computer usage, registration of users,
staff structure and training were investigated. In addition, various services available in the
university e-libraries ranging from virtual to reprography were discussed, staff competency in
managing e-libraries in Northwest Nigerian universities were studied. Objectives of this study
include among others identifying the policy used in the establishing of e-libraries and their
development. Five research questions were raised, among which are; what are the policies for
establishing e-libraries and how are e-libraries managed in universities in Northwest zone of
Nigerian are raised. Qualitative research method was adopted. Focus group method, eight (8)
University Librarians (40) System librarians and System analysts from eight (8) universities in
the Northwest of Nigeria were used as sample size of the study. Questionnaire and interview
constituted the instrument for data collection, while descriptive method was used to analyze the
collected data. The findings of the study showed that the universities in Northwest zone of
Nigeria do not have policies for establishing and managing their e-libraries. Some universities
established their e-libraries within the conventional libraries while some were established
outside their conventional library. Another finding revealed that all the e-libraries in the
Northwest zone had undergone expansion through merger of additional sections. The major
challenges faced by the e-libraries under study were; finance, technology and infrastructure
among others. The study concluded that policies form the basis for standard and uniformity in
establishing and managing of e-libraries which were not available. Based on the foregoing, the
major way to overcome the lack of uniformity in the e-libraries is to design policy for a unified
way for e-libraries that all universities will comply with
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A
MASTER DEGREE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
DEPATRTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
MAY, 2014
Keywords
ESTABLISHMENT,, MANAGEMENT,, UNIVERSITY,, ELECTRONIC,, LIBRARIES,, NORTHWEST,, ZONE OF NIGERIA