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Peer reviewedIfidon, Betty I. – World Libraries, 2000
Identifies major problems that affect reader's services departments in Nigerian university libraries. Highlights include the functions of the reader's services department, including circulation, collection management, user education, and interlibrary loan; student population explosion; funding shortages; staffing shortages; and suggested…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation
Opaleke, J. S. – Rural Libraries, 1997
To improve its service, the Offa (Nigeria) township library conducted a user study. The investigation found that 51% of users were students ages 19 and below and that 78% were males. Most users wanted extended hours, improved newspaper collections, more accurate shelving, and a consistent lending policy for all materials and users. (PEN)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Policy
Peer reviewedNwali, L. O. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1992
Reviews the Senior Library Assistants course at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Library (Nigeria). The following six subject areas included in the curriculum are discussed: (1) libraries, information, and society; (2) collection development; (3) organization of library materials; (4) reader's services; (5) preservation; and (6) library…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedAjibero, Matthew Idowu – Public & Access Services Quarterly, 1995
Examines the present services offered by university libraries in Nigeria, future users' expectations, the role of information technology, the type of staff needed, and the impact of computers on acquisitions, circulation, interlibrary loan, serials control, and online information retrieval. Finances, staff development, and the need for library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Alabi, G. A. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1985
This overview of an experimental automated circulation system at Ibadan University (Nigeria) includes a discussion of system hardware, software, program structure, file structure, and system functions (charges, discharges, renews, overdues, fines, reservations, recalls, and assisted query). Statistics on manual and automated systems related to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Design, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedAhiakwo, O. N.; Obokoh, N. P. – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
A survey at the University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) examined faculty attitudes toward returning overdue library books. Results were analyzed using the cluster method of factor analysis, and forgetfulness of library obligation and personalization of resources were identified as the primary factors influencing faculty to retain books. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cluster Analysis, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Osiobe, Ann E.; And Others – 1988
A study examined the distribution of home factors known to favor early reading--defined as reading English early in life--by non-native English children to whom English serves as a second language. Subjects, 216 primary school children, were surveyed by means of oral interviews. Home factors such as books in the home, parent-child reading, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
