It is not strange seeing most 21 st century librarians that lack the capacity to contribute meaningfully to the organizational growth and productivity of their university libraries till they retire from library service. If these librarians were to be from the onset of the profession, the profession would have long gone into extinction. Who is to be blamed, the head and the leadership style adopted or the subordinates? This is the thrust of this study, which investigated the University Librarians leadership styles and staff productivity in selected university libraries in Imo State,
The study assessed cataloguing and classification practices of the National Library of Nigeria in the digital age from bibliographic control perspective. The study was guided by two objectives. The design of the study was descriptive survey design, while sampling technique adopted was purposive sampling of four professional departments. Method of data analysis for research questions involved using a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics, mean and standard deviation. The findings revealed that though cataloguing and classification of information resources are highly practiced with the use of standard tools, the digital age has not impacted on her cataloguing practices, as the practices are not ICT-driven in this digital age. Cataloguing and classification practices are not automated, e-tools are not effectively used in cataloguing and classification, and even resource description and access (RDA) has not been implemented in the apex library of the nation. Recommendations were made, and the study concluded that it is imperative for the National Library of Nigeria to be ICT-driven in her cataloguing and classification practices in this digital age, so as to engender effective bibliographic control and effectively contribute to the world knowledge through universal bibliographic control and universal availability of publications.
The study investigated the effects of fee-based services on library service delivery in federal university libraries using the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Library, Umudike as a focal point. The study was guided by four (4) research objectives. It adopted a survey design with a population of fifty-three (53) library staff from the university. The complete census sampling technique was adopted which implies the use of the entire population as respondents. A checklist and researchermade questionnaire were the instruments for data collection. Hence, fifty-three copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents. All the copies administered were retrieved giving a response rate of 100%. Data was analyzed using simple percentages, frequency counts, and mean scores, as well as presented in frequency tables. Furthermore, a criterion mean of 2.50 was adopted to ascertain the level of agreement or disagreement of item statements. The study found out that the library studied adopted few fee-based services, more of free-based services, and total absence of some of the library services investigated. The study revealed that although only few fee-based library services were adopted, it has numerous effects on the federal university library such as generation of additional income, increases library services, goodwill and patronage among other numerous positive effects. The study also found out challenges of poor planning/pricing policy, absence of quality services, and gross Juliana O. Akidi and Chukwuemeka Chukwueke http://www.iaeme.com/IJLIS/index.asp 52 editor@iaeme.comresistance of the concept of fee-based services as among the challenges facing feebased library services and its effectiveness in federal university libraries. Based on the findings, the study recommends efforts to make the prices for fee-based services affordable, strong relationship between the library and its users, provision of relevant library services and introduction of digitized services as means to further strengthen fee-based library services and make it effective in federal university libraries, in order to engender the desired delivery.
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