the Situation in three Academic Libraries in Imo State, Nigeria (2024)

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What are the challenges facing academic libraries in Nigeria? ›

Lack of efficiency, technological inefficiency and inadequate energy supplies were highlighted as some of the challenges of providing information services in digital society. Librarians should strive to acquire ICT skills through personal training to be relevant and defend their profession.

Furthermore, the study showed that majority of the library and information services for socio-political rebirth in Nigeria are rendered less often (occasionally) due to the problems faced by public libraries in services delivery which includes poor funding, epileptic power supply, lack of adequate support from the ...

The 163 established and maintained academic libraries are located in different states of the country (NUC, 2018). ...

The important factors for the development of libraries in Nigeria include the use of ICT tools, information resources, facilities, funding, authentication, digital preservation process, copyright issues, training, and ease of access.

Recruitment, education, and retention of librarians.

The need to find and retain quality leadership for libraries is a core issue for the future. Even as retirements seem to increase, fewer librarians are entering the profession as a whole, and fewer librarians are entering the academic library field in particular.

The biggest problems facing libraries are funding and the Internet. People read on their smart devices and magazines are digital. So, advances in technology affects libraries in 2018. In my opinion it's the availability of books and Journals electronically.

The paper also examines the problem raised in library automation as lack of proper planning, lack of fund/economical resources, lack of resources and technology, lack of competent and willing manpower, lack of skilled and trained staff/professional, and other problems encountered such as absence of committee ...

Most libraries in Nigeria are owned by the government. They are mainly funded through their parent institutions through an annual budget exercise that takes into account the national rolling plan.

An academic library is set up to meet the teaching, learning, research and information needs of the parent institution as well as impact the immediate community where the institution is resident through community impact initiative programmes.

Where is the biggest library in Nigeria located? ›

However, regarding collection size, the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., USA, currently holds the title of the largest library in the world, with over 170 million items in its collection.

The development of academic libraries in Nigeria can be traced back to pre-independence period when the University of Ibadan and its library were established in 1948.

Studies have consistently reported inadequate levels of ICT literacy as one of the major problems facing libraries in Nigeria as they move into the 21st century. ICT infrastructure development and poor funding have been identified as problems, followed by poor ICT skills among staff (Ebiwolate, 2010).

Besides, the main purposes of a school library as enunciated by Ralph (1962) are to encourage the reading habits of the learner, develop in pupils the ability to learn from books without teachers, breakdown the rigid divisions which the school timetable often creates between different subjects and thus enhance social ...

Damage to library materials is caused by natural elements such as temperature and humidity extremes, light, pollutants in the air, mold, and pests. Their detrimental effects are usually gradual, cumulative, and irreversible.

The findings reveal the major challenges in academic libraries in Africa as: chronic financial constraints and inadequate basic infrastructure, insufficient ICT infrastructure, poor library and information science curricula, slow acceptance of open access resources, resistance to change, and difficulty in the ...

The paper identified inadequate funding, lack of equipment, facilities and materials, lack of awareness, lack of implementation of research results, low rating in human capital indices, brain-drain, underemployment, etc, as challenges of research and human capital development in Nigeria.

The major challenges confronting the publishing industry include book piracy (39.3%) and inadequate infrastructure such as electricity (25.1%) while the prospects include the ever expanding population of schools enrolment and the policy of compulsory education coupled with government bulk purchases.