• Marketing Of Library Products And Services And Its Challenges To Professionals

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    • 1.7 Scope of the Study
      The scope of this study borders on marketing of library products and services and its challenges to professionals. The study is however delimited to University Libraries in Rivers State.
      1.8  Limitation of the Study
      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.
      1.9 Definition of terms
      Librarian: A librarian categorizes, prepares, and catalogs these materials. Librarians also recommend material and help individuals find the information that they need. They analyze and organize collections by subject. They educate individuals on how to use the library systems to find the information they need.
      Product: In marketing, a product is an object or system made available for consumer use; it is anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy the desire or need of a customer
      Marketing: In marketing, a product is an object or system made available for consumer use; it is anything that can be offered to a market to satisfy the desire or need of a customer
      Marketing in Library: marketing in library and information services is the process of planning, pricing, promoting and distributing library products to create exchanges that satisfy the library and the customers or users.
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      Aderibigbe OA, Farouk BL (2017). Challenges on Marketing of Information Resources and Services in Federal University Libraries in North-West Zone of Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 5(3): 92-96.
      Adegoke, K. A. (2015). Marketing of library and information services in university libraries: a case study of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Library, Sokoto, Nigeria. Intellectual Property Rights, 3(2):143-148. doi: 10.4172/2375-4516.1000143.
      Adekunmisi, S. R. (2013). Strategies for marketing library services and information products in Nigeria. Global Advanced Research Journal of Educational Research and Review, 2(12) December: 240-245. Adekunmisi, S. R. (2017). Marketing library services and information products in Nigeria. Lagos Journal of Library and Information Science, 6(1 & 2) April / October: 53-66.


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