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Role Of Library Committee In The Development Of An Academic Library
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COMPOSITION OF A LIBRARY COMMITTEE: the library committee
is comprised of faculty members representing all academic department
and programs. The committee meets twice each semester and it is chaired
by the library director. The main functions are:
a. To assist the university librarian to select materials and in recruitment of staff.
b. To serve their department and programs as a knowledgeable resource for library information.
c.
The committee maintains a good relationship with the government and
secures the interest of the library in the over all government
organization and financial structure in planning and improvement.
d.
They enlarge public and official understanding of the library, its
purpose, problems and progress so that its public relationship may be
fruitful.
e. They also communicate to the library director, the needs of their department and programs.
f. They report to the department and programs they represent and recommend appropriate faculty action.
g. The committee works and make sure that salaries of the workers are being paid and promotions are duly received.
A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF IMO STATE UNIVERSITY (IMSU) LIBRARY.
The
Imo state university (IMSU) library is as old as the institution which
was established in 1981, following the law passed on the 13th of April
1981 by the house of assembly during late Sam Mbakwe’s administration.
The school was officially opened at two campuses Ekiti and Aba in 16th
Oct, 1982. The school later changed site to Okigwe during major General
Ike Nwachukwu’s regime and was re-located to Owerri from Okigwe in 1992
as contained in the law establishing the institution. Imo state
university was opened in 1993, and Dr. Ononogbo was the first acting
librarian of the university. Since then, the library stock been noted
that the library has received gifts and donation, of materials from
European union, individual, British consulted, and all its activities of
the library geared towards the realization of the goals of its parents
institution. The library consists of two relatively large building
joined, it contains about 49,000 volumes of books and can accommodate
between 250-300 readers. Membership of the library is by payment of fee
after which a library card is issued, and the library is open to all
students. The activities of all the libraries are co-coordinated from
the main library. This is to enable the library to provide effective
services to it clients in various department and colleges of the
institution.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work is aimed at finding out the role of library committee in the development of an academic library: a case study of Imo state university. The benefits problems and reasons for the development of the committee are discussed. Questionnaires are sent to Imsu library and were collected back which the major instrument for data collection.Opinions of people were gotten from questionnaire which was used in the frequency table.Recommendations are made by the researcher on the ways and me ... Continue reading---
