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Stock Acquisition In Alex Ekwueme Library
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The
nucleus of Atani campus library was established with 1,272 volumes of
books in the field of Computer science, mathematics and Satatistics. The
first professional librarian, Mr. Rowland Ofuluo was appointed in 1995
by recommendation of the polytechnic librarian. Dr Obiora Nwosu left the
polytechnic for Nnamdi Azikiwe University. The polytechnic was at that
capacity until June 2010 when Mr. F.O Obodozie took over as the
substantive polytechnic Librarian.
Today, Alex Ekwueme Library,
Federal Polytechnic, Oko has benefited from TET fund sponsorship,
Federal Government grants and donations from philanthropic individual
like Dr Emeka Offor. As a result of these interventions, the library has
grown into one of the foremost academic libraries in Nigeria. They have
also applied to Ranforly libraries in England to include Alex Ekwueme
library in global rating of Academic libraries.
At present they have
220,000 volumes of books with 120,000 titles. It has equally grown in
staff strength with (48) forty eight professional and Para professional
staff. There is still room for improvement in manpower development.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
It
is obvious that diverse problems militate against Alex Ekwueme library
in Federal Polytechnic Oko. Recently stock acquisitions in the academic
libraries have little or no attention
In many libraries in Nigeria
especially academic libraries, there is lack of fund to build up library
stock. This is because sometimes Government do not provide enough fund
to acquire library materials which aims at building up the library
collections. Sometimes when government maps out fund for a particular
institution, those in charge will not use it adequately and judiciously.
There
is a problem of staffing in the department compared to the number of
library users. In most academic libraries, there are few numbers of
staff to compare to the number of users they attend to. When you come to
the library, there are lots of students seeking for attention of
library staff.
Inadequacy of reading space and furniture is also one
of the problems in Alex Ekwueme library. When materials are been
acquired in the library, there is no reading spaces and furniture for
the library users.
The above problems affect stock acquisition in Alex Ekwueme library in Federal Polytechnic, Oko.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study carried out by the researcher are as follows:
i to identify the various methods of acquiring library materials at Alex Ekwueme library, Federal Polytechnic, Oko.
ii to ascertain the extent and procedure of book acquisition in the library.
iii to determine the needs of stock acquisition in Academic Libraries.
iv to find out the types of materials that are to be acquired in the library.
1.4 SCPOE OF THE STUDY
This
research work is limited to the acquisition of library materials in
Alex Ekwueme Library, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Orumba North Local
Government Anambra State. This research work discusses the acquisition
of print and non print materials in the above mentioned polytechnic.
This research work will examine the different types of materials which
are been acquired by the library, the reasons for the acquisition of
those library materials, its importance to library users.
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