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Stock Acquisition In Alex Ekwueme Library
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1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Few
books were written on the field or topic stock acquisitions, what we
have severally are materials on collection development in which
acquisition is included.
This research work is carried out by the
researcher in order to help users especially library science students to
identify the processes of stock acquisition in an academic libraries
making reference with Alex Ekwueme library, Federal Polytechnic, Oko so
as to enable them to differentiate between stock acquisition patterns
in various libraries (public, school, special and national libraries).
Additionally,
the study will help to contribute to the knowledge of anybody who might
need information or assistance in the following ways:
· It
will help students and researchers especially library and information
science students who may need this work as a reference in the field of
stock acquisition.
· It will serve as a guide to library staff to their users/patrons.
1.6 RESEARCH QUESTION
The
researcher formulated the following research questions on the
assumption that it would aid her in bringing the research work to a
logical conclusion.
i. What are the various methods of acquiring library materials at Alex Ekwueme library federal polytechnic, Oko?
ii. Are there procedures of book acquisition in the library?
iii. What are the needs of book acquisition in Academic Libraries?
iv. What types of materials are needed to be acquired in the library?
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
BOOKS:
According
to librarian Glossary (2001), These are monographs, text books or set
of blank sheet of paper bound along one edge and enclosed within
protective covers to form a volume especially a written or printed
literary composition, presented in this way.
Books are non-periodical
printed publication of at least forty five (45) pages. It is known that
books carry the knowledge of the society and this knowledge is needed
every time by the members of the society. As a result of this, books are
published constantly to carry information.
Dina and Olukola (2002)
cited UNESCO to define book as a non-periodic printed publication of at
least (49) forty nine pages exclusive of the covers. A book can
therefore be described as a collection of sheets in printed or written
form which has been cut, sown, and usually bound between covers into
volume. A book may be more than one volume like Encyclopedia Britannica
which has 30 volumes. Books can be divided into fiction and non-fiction.
NON-PRINT MATERIALS.
Non-print
materials consist of library resources that are not in printed format.
They are called audio-visual materials (A.V.M). These materials require
special equipment for their use. They require auditory and visual
appreciation to use them. They are divided into three:
i.
Audio: They consist of sound recordings produced on magnetic tape.
Examples are audio cassettes, audio tapes, records, educational radio
programmes, etc.
ii. Visual: Visual senses (eyes) are
required for their use. Examples are slides, film-strips,
transparencies, microfilms, ultra fiche, microfiche, etc.
iii.
Audio visual: These materials require both audio (ears) and visual
(eyes) senses for their use. They include television, videotapes,
tape/slide programmes.
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