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Library Resources And Security Challenges
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1.4 Research Questions
The following research questions were presented for the study:
i. Does the library have an existing security policy that defines what a security challenge is and how to handle it?
ii. Is adequate security of library resources necessary in an academic library?
iii. What type of library resources security breaches does the respondents perceive in the library?
iv. What type of library materials are more vulnerable to security breaches?
v. What are the measures used by the library to reduce and address these security breaches?
vi. What are the challenges to collection security management?
1.5 Scope of Study
The
study is on library resources and security challenges in the
polytechnic library of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri. The study
focuses particularly on identifying the various types of library
resources and their security challenges and ways of reducing these
identified challenges.
1.6 Significance of the Study
The
researcher intends to contribute significantly to the importance of high
rate of security on library resources as these resources contains
useful information for human and nation development. Security challenges
faced by the library resources militates against the provision of
adequate information materials to library users. This work will also
serve as a reference material to future researchers and library
professionals who wish to write on library resources and security
challenges in the libraries.
1.7 Historical Background of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri
The
Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri was established in 1978 by the Imo
State Government through Edict No. 16 of April 1978 as the College of
Technology, Owerri. It took off at its temporary site at the premises of
Government Technical College (GTC) Owerri along Egbu Road in the same
year. The school in November 1981 was moved to its present and permanent
location at Nekede in Owerri. By the Imo State Government Edict No. 6
of 1987, the name of the institution was changed to “The Polytechnic
Nekede, Owerriâ€. Six years after and precisely on 7th April 1993 the
school was formerly taken over by the federal government and was renamed
by the federal government to “The Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerriâ€
which is the institution’s present name.
1.8 The Polytechnic Library of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri
At
the inception of the school in 1978 at its temporary site at Government
Technical College (GTC) Owerri, the Chief Librarian of the then College
of Technology was appointed on March 1978 and the school open for its
classes on 15th December, 1978. The collection of the library in 1981 at
the inception of the institution at its permanent site was housed in
one of the apartment of the School of Engineering block and was later
moved to a new classroom complex on January 1993 by then the permanent
site of the library has not been built until 1988 when the foundation
stone was laid by the then chairman of the National Board for Technical
Education (NBTE) Dr. Abdullahi. The library building was completed in
2000 and commenced users services in 2001. Dr. C. I Osuoji was the then
acting rector of the institution in 1993 and later assumed office as the
rector in 1996 which lasted till 2000. Mr. Chukwuma Chukwu was
appointed the acting registrar while Mr. J. U. Obasi was the acting
librarian. Chief Sir Uduma took over from Dr. Osuoji in 2000 as the
acting rector and handed over the mantle of leadership to Engr. O. I.
Nwankwo who emerged as the 6th substantive digital rector from June
2010. Mr. C. A Omenka acted as the acting rector from July 2010 to
September 2010 and handed over to Dr. (Mrs.) Celestina Njoku as the
rector from September 2010 till date. Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Oti was the
chief librarian from 2010 to 2014, while Chief Christian Enyia is
currently the chief librarian of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri.
The
Federal Polytechnic Nekede library has many departments which includes:
the administrative department, the technical service department made up
of the cataloguing and classification section, collection development
section and the bindery and reprographic section, the readers service
department made up of the circulation section, reference section,
serials section, reserved books section, special collections section and
the audio-visual or media unit and currently the library has the
E-library or digital library department.
Today the Federal
Polytechnic Nekede Owerri Library has about 32,196 (thirty two thousand
one hundred and ninety six) volumes of books in its collection according
to the school’s curriculum and 3228 (three thousand two hundred and
twenty eight) periodical and journal titles. It also has its collections
in digital format called audio visuals. The library is also linked to
the libraries of other academic institutions both foreign and within the
country through its wireless internet connections.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research project is on Library Resources and Security Challenges in the Library of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri. Data was collected using questionnaire designed and distributed to the staff of the library used as case study. In analyzing and presenting of the data collected, tables, frequencies and simple percentage (%) were used. The findings showed that the library is faced with different types of security challenges which are book theft, non-return of library materials, book mutila ... Continue reading---
