Authors :
Dr. Ibrahim Idi Ahmad
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 10 - October
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8434794
Abstract :
This paper assessed the Academic Librarians
Readiness towards Resource Sharing activities among
the Federal Polytechnic Libraries in Northern States in
Nigeria Three (3) objectives and research questions were
formulated. Literatures were reviewed on concept of
resource sharing activities in Libraries, types of resource
sharing activities in libraries, readiness of librarians
towards resources sharing activities and challenges
associated with resources sharing activities in libraries.
Cross sectional survey design was used to collect data
from the respondents. A sample of 107 respondents were
selected from the population consisted of all Academic
Librarians in Federal Polytechnics in Northern Nigeria.
The findings indicated that the academic librarians
under study generally participate in inter-library
loaning, exchange of personnel, and sharing
bibliographical data to share resources. However, they
do not engage in maintenance of union catalogue,
cooperative reference resource sharing, cooperative
acquisition and the academic librarians under study
believed that their libraries have the necessary resources
and infrastructure to provide high-quality resources and
deal with challenges that may arise during resource
sharing. It was concluded that that the academic
librarians have certain level of reediness and the findings
suggest that while there is some level of participation in
resource sharing among academic librarians in federal
polytechnic libraries in northern Nigeria, there are also
need to increase their willingness for the activities.
Among others, it was recommended that academic
librarians explore and adopt other types of resource
sharing activities, such as cooperative acquisition
building and technology sharing. This could help to
improve access to resources and services, reduce
duplication of efforts and costs, and foster collaboration
among polytechnic libraries in the region.
This paper assessed the Academic Librarians
Readiness towards Resource Sharing activities among
the Federal Polytechnic Libraries in Northern States in
Nigeria Three (3) objectives and research questions were
formulated. Literatures were reviewed on concept of
resource sharing activities in Libraries, types of resource
sharing activities in libraries, readiness of librarians
towards resources sharing activities and challenges
associated with resources sharing activities in libraries.
Cross sectional survey design was used to collect data
from the respondents. A sample of 107 respondents were
selected from the population consisted of all Academic
Librarians in Federal Polytechnics in Northern Nigeria.
The findings indicated that the academic librarians
under study generally participate in inter-library
loaning, exchange of personnel, and sharing
bibliographical data to share resources. However, they
do not engage in maintenance of union catalogue,
cooperative reference resource sharing, cooperative
acquisition and the academic librarians under study
believed that their libraries have the necessary resources
and infrastructure to provide high-quality resources and
deal with challenges that may arise during resource
sharing. It was concluded that that the academic
librarians have certain level of reediness and the findings
suggest that while there is some level of participation in
resource sharing among academic librarians in federal
polytechnic libraries in northern Nigeria, there are also
need to increase their willingness for the activities.
Among others, it was recommended that academic
librarians explore and adopt other types of resource
sharing activities, such as cooperative acquisition
building and technology sharing. This could help to
improve access to resources and services, reduce
duplication of efforts and costs, and foster collaboration
among polytechnic libraries in the region.
