• Conservative Practices Of Information Resources By Libraries For Enhanced Collection Usefulness In University Libraries In Enugu State

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    • Significance of the Study
      The result of the study will be significant to academic libraries in Enugu State as it is important to crucial support services in the accomplishment of the academic mission of their institutions. It will also be of paramount interest to all the stakeholders in higher education to ensure that the traditional resources of these libraries are preserved for as long as possible to make them viable for academic purposes. The study will also sensitize library management in the institutions about the true conservation and preservation practices to inculcate in other to improve them so that their libraries will be saved from destruction and still continue to render services to their users. Theoretically, the study will add to the body of knowledge and serve as reference material for scholars and student who wishes to conduct further studies in related field.
      1.6 Scope of the study
      The scope of this study borders on conservative practices of information resources by libraries for enhanced collection usefulness in University libraries in Enugu State. The study further discusses the personnel need for preserving and conserving library materials. The study is therefore delimited to librarians, library users and library and information student of University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State.
      1.7 Limitation Of Study
      There are few factors that posed as limitation of the study. Those are Financial constrain and Time Constrain.
      Financial constraint– Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or information and in the process of data collection (internet, questionnaire and interview).
      Time constraint– The researcher will simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the research work.


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The broad objective of this study is to examine conservative practices of information resources by libraries for enhanced collection usefulness in University libraries in Enugu State. The study adopted the survey descriptive research design and with the aid of convenience sampling method, the researcher purposively selected one hundred and fifty (150) participant for the study. Self- structure questionnaire was issued to the respondent of which one hundred forty-one (141) was retrieved and valid ... Continue reading---