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Library Resources And Security Challenges
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1.9 Definition of Operational Terms
Academic
Libraries: These are libraries established in institutions of higher
learning such as universities, polytechnics, mono-technics and colleges
of education to meet the educational and research objectives of their
parent institutions.
Challenges: A new or difficult task that tests ones ability and skills.
Crime:
Activities that involves breaking the law. An unlawful act or default
which renders the offender guilty of a legal punishment.
Library:
This is an institution specifically established for the acquisition,
processing, organization, preservation, storage, retrieval and
dissemination of information stored in prints and non-prints formats.
Mutilation: This means to damage something or somebody very severely, especially by cutting or tearing off part of it.
Library
resources: These are resources stocked in the library to satisfy the
reading and research needs of users. They come in either prints or
non-print format.
Security: The act or activities involved in
protecting something or a person against attack, danger or bad that
might happen in the future.
Vandalism: A crime of destroying or damaging something especially public property, deliberately and for no good reason.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research project is on Library Resources and Security Challenges in the Library of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri. Data was collected using questionnaire designed and distributed to the staff of the library used as case study. In analyzing and presenting of the data collected, tables, frequencies and simple percentage (%) were used. The findings showed that the library is faced with different types of security challenges which are book theft, non-return of library materials, book mutila ... Continue reading---
