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    Documenting and Disseminating Agricultural Indigenous Knowledge For Sustainable Food Security: The Efforts of Agricultural Research Libraries in Nigeria
    (2011-08-13) Abioye, A; Zaid, Y.A; Egberongbe, H.S
    Developing the agricultural sector remains a critical factor towards the achievement of sustainable food production and, indeed, global food security. While indigenous agricultural knowledge is of immense value in improving food production, its documentation and dissemination remain a big challenge confronting librarians and other information professionals, particularly in Africa where cultural practices are prevalent. This study is aimed at investigating the efforts of agricultural research libraries in Nigeria in documenting and disseminating agricultural indigenous knowledge towards achieving sustainable food security in the country. It is also aimed at determining the agricultural indigenous practices that have been documented as well as the obstacles to the documentation of agricultural indigenous knowledge. Librarians in selected agricultural research libraries in Nigeria constitute the target population of this study while questionnaire is the instrument for data collection. Based on the findings of the study, various recommendations have been made.
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    ''Gone So Far, Yet on the Threshold: Nigerian Library Association at Fifty''
    (Nigerian Library Association, 2012) Abioye, A; Zaid, Y.A; Olatise, O.M
    In commemoration of the fifty years of the existence of Nigerian Library Association (NLA), this paper goes down the memory lane and takes a critical look at the founding and activities of the NLA as a professional association in the last fifty years. Relying on published literature and documentary evidence, it examines the the efforts of her founding fathers and successive leadership in putting the Association on a firm footing as a reputable professional association in Nigeria. It notes, in particular, the role of the Association, not only in promoting the welfare and professional development of her members, but also in uplifting the library and information profession and engendering access to information which is a critical resource for national development. It also examines the efforts of the Association in reaching out to other professional bodies in the task of national development in Nigeria as well as fostering co-operation and collaboration with sister associations outside the country for the development library and information science (LIS) profession at the international level. The paper assesses the performance of the Association over the years based on local minimum standard for professional associations and scores her moderately high. However, applying the benchmark of international best practices, the paper notes some shortcomings in the Association's performance and concludes that she is still on the threshold. Suggestions on how to move the NLA forward and make her the arrow-head of rapid development in LIS profession in Nigeria are provided.
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    Museums, libraries and archives: collaborating for the preservation of heritage materials in Nigeria
    (2009-08-27) Zaid, Y.A; Abioye, A
    The survival of a nation’s heritage materials depends, to a large extent, on the effectiveness of its preservation programme. Heritage institutions, therefore, have as one of their core activities the preservation of their collections. The experiences in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and some other countries have shown that this responsibility is better discharged through collaboration and networking among heritage institutions. The rapid development in digital technology and its attendant implication for access to and dissemination of information makes the need for collaboration imperative. An exploration of literature has revealed that the benefits of collaboration among heritage institutions are enormous while collaboration initiatives in developed parts of the world are well documented; little seems to be known about the initiatives in Nigeria. This study, therefore, investigates the heritage preservation collaboration initiatives of museums, libraries and archives with particular focus on the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (National Museums), the National Library and the National Archives of Nigeria. A survey research method was adopted for the study with questionnaire and interview as the research instruments. Curators, librarians and archivists from the three heritage institutions who constituted the target population were purposively sampled. The study revealed among other findings, little or no collaboration in most aspects of heritage preservation among heritage institutions in Nigeria. Based on this finding, a case was made for active collaboration with strong government involvement, particularly in the area of funding.
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    Training in Cultural Heritage Preservation : the Experiences of Heritage Institutions in Nigeria
    (Nigerian Library Association, 2013-06) Zaid, Y.A; Abioye, A; Olatise, O.M
    The Preservation of heritage materials is one of the daunting tasks of heritage institutions in Nigeria. The tasks becomes more daunting against the background of the various challenges facing heritage institutions in the Country. Among these critical challenges is the shortage of human resources required to undertake the task of heritage preservation. In the early days of their existence. Heritage institutions in Nigeria relied heavily on foreign institutions and international organizations for the education and training of heritage personnel. For instance, the school of Archival Studies of the national Archives of India, New Delhi served as a training centre in preservation and restoration of archival materials for staff of the National Archives of Nigeria. In addition, the regional centres established in Accra, Ghana and Dakar, Senegal with the assistance of UNESCO also met the training needs of archives personnel from English-speaking and french speaking countries in archival work. Similarly, UNESCO assisted in establishing the Museum trainning Centre at Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria in 1963. The centre was later upgraded to the institution of Archaeology and Museum studies to provide management trainee programmes in various aspects of heritage preservation. In the library sector, heavy reliance was placed on the preservation component of the curricula of the various library schools within and outside the country where library personnel had their professional training in librarianship. The down-turn aspect of life including capacity building in heritage preservation. What then is the coping strategy and how are the heritage institutions in Nigeria, particularly libraries and archives, meeting their staff training needs in heritage preservation? This is the focus of this paper. The specific objectives are to investigate the training needs of workers in heritage institutions in Nigeria, the training programme available, aspects of heritage preservation covered the facilities in place and the obstacles encountered. Data were collected from librarians and archivists in selected Nigerian libraries and archives using participatory focus group discussion method. Based on findings, recommendations were be made towards improving the process of human resources development in cultural heritage preservation in Nigeria.