Library resources availability and security challenges in Federal University, Oye Ekiti Library Ekiti State, Nigeria
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2023
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Adebayo, O. K.
Ojo, J.O.
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The aim of the study was to examine Library Resources Availability and Security Challenges in Federal University, Oye Ekiti Library, Ekiti State Nigeria. The study made use of survey research design in order to collect data directly from the field on the subject matter. The population of the study consisted of 2,709 students of the Faculty of Education, Federal University Oye Ekiti. A simple random technique was used to select 331 students. A structured questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using Simple percentage analysis. The findings of this research revealed that the problem facing the library in the institution were removal of pages of library materials and stealing of library materials. It also observed that the barriers to effective security of library resources in the institution were lack of adequate punishment to serve as deterrent to others and inadequate security personnel to monitor the library. The study revealed that the available library resources in the institution were books and dictionaries and encyclopedias. It was also discovered that the influence of security challenges on library resources as a result of insecurity of FUOYE library resources have reduced the users of the library, because some of the available materials are defaced in FUOYE library. The study concluded that unless some urgent measures are taken by the library, university libraries will continue to live with theft and mutilation of library resources, defacement of library books, late return of borrowed material, noise, and other challenges.
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Adebayo, O. K. & Ojo, J. O. (2023). Library resources availability and security challenges in Federal University, Oye Ekiti Library Ekiti State, Nigeria. Global Review of Library and Information Science, 19 (1). 1-100