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Strategies For Effective Management Of College Library Resources
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It’s Library
Alvan Ikoku Federal College of
Education library is located at the West area of the administrative
block. It occupies and a floor area and house over 25,280 volumes and
seating capacity of 280 readers. It is organized into the following
section with different people heading them. Reference section M.E.
Onwuana, Binding section, Mr. Alfred Nwanyi, - Cata-class section H.C.
Okorie, Acquisition section –Mr. M.U. Anuebo,s erial section Mrs.
Oziriocha Clara, Circulations section Mr. A.N. Njiribeako and a genral
head who is an acting head Mrs. Uchenna Nwaiwu.
The library has
resources which can be followed by registered readers for a period of 14
days. There are also special studies collections. These include the
local studies on: health, physical education and home resources.
The
library is open to all students of the institution even students from
other institution, lecturers and non-academic staff of the college. It
opens by 8 am daily and closes by 4-6Pm. It does not open on weekends
and public holidays.
1.8 DEFINITION OF OPERATIONAL BASIC CONCEPT
Strategies:
Lay down paths, process and procedures through which the library as an
organization achieves its set objectives out of its mission and purpose
of creation (Onwubiko, 2004).
Effective: Producing the result that is wanted or intended (Onwubiko 2004).
Management:
The process of planning. Organizing, co-ordinating, leading and
controlling the efforts or organizational members and of using all other
organizational resources to achieve stated organizational goals.
(Onwubiko, 2004).
Library: Store house of documented knowledge which
have been professed and orderly arranged to make for easy location,
retrieval and use (Obiora, 2004).
College library: Library found in
Polytechnics College of technology, college of education and college of
agriculture (Onwubiko, 2004).
Library Resources: The totality of
information materials that firm a library collection. They are
classified into two: print and non-print materials. Print materials are
in form of books also called monograph and serials. The non-book
materials also called multi-media resources.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study is on strategies for effective management of college library resources. The study is broken down under the following concepts college library resources, feature of college libraries, strategies for library resources management in college library and sustainable approach to library resources-management in college libraries. The process of data collection of the study was suided by eight objectives and research questions formulated for the study. The objectives of the study are to identi ... Continue reading---
