ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION TRUST FUND (ETF) LIBRARY INTERVENTION PROJECT IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION LIBRARIES
ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION TRUST FUND (ETF) LIBRARY INTERVENTION PROJECT IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION LIBRARIES
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2010-07
Authors
GARBA, Koki Rufa’I
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Abstract
The study assessed ETF library intervention funding in Nigerian colleges of
education. Its objectives include among others to discover the library services provided by
colleges of education libraries before the intervention funding was received, to examine the
satisfaction of the users with the services they received before the intervention and to find
out the services funded by ETF library intervention and assess the satisfaction of the users
with the services. Relevant literatures on the theory and practical application in library
funding and financing were reviewed to establish the foundation of the study. The study
used the staff in the colleges of education libraries and students as subjects. The subjects
were drawn randomly to avoid working with biased samples. Data collected were analyzed
using descriptive statistics in form of frequency distribution and percentages. Hypotheses
formulated were tested using t-test and the findings in testing the hypotheses revealed
differences in services provided by the colleges and services provided from the intervention.
The study discovered that the services provided by colleges of education libraries were
manual literature searching as reported by 113(23.77%) of the respondents and library users
were not satisfied with the services they received from the college libraries before the
intervention was received. It also identified that the major services funded from ETF library
intervention fund include among others book acquisition/lending service as reported by
87(14.22%) of the respondents and users were highly satisfied with the services funded by
the ETF library intervention as recorded in the responses of 195(41.40%). In assessing
adequacy of funding it was discovered that the intervention fund was not adequate recorded
from 193(40.98%) of the respondents. It established the acceptable mode of disbursing fund
to libraries was through the college as identified by 323(68.57%) of the respondents. It
finally insistent on use of ETF approved consultants reported by 185(39.27%) of the
respondents as the major challenge in managing the fund. The study concluded that funding
was essential to college of education libraries and recommended that if teacher education
was to be improved library services need to be supported by regular and adequate funding.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF LIBRARY SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, EDUCATION TRUST FUND,, LIBRARY INTERVENTION PROJECT,, NIGERIAN COLLEGES,, EDUCATION LIBRARIES.