SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES: CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
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2015-02-03
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Akintunde, Stephen Akinyemi
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The importance of special collections for academic and
research work was emphasiszed. Their diversity, richness in
raw data and rarity continue to make them a gold mine for
researchers. The inability of libraries to meet their normal
acquisition targets due to the depressed national economy is
underscored. The present individualistic approaches to
collection building must be reviewed to give way to a more
institutionally relevant, geographieally-meaningfully
co-ordinated effort. This is in view of a survey of Nigerian
Federal Universities which reveals gaps in the acquisition of
special collections. A review of past efforts at cooperation
shows discontinuity and inadequate planning. Suggestions are
proferred for a more meaningful acquisition, processing and
administration of special collections in Nigerian University
Libraries.
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SPECIAL,, COLLECTIONS,, UNIVERSITY,, LIBRARIES:,, CURRENT,, TRENDS,, FUTURE,, POSSIBILITIES,