International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
IJALIS
ISSN: 2360-7858
Vol. 9(7), pp. 364-370. July, 2021.
ISSN: 2360-7858
https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2021304
Full Length Research
Organization and Preservation of Government Publications in Benue State Legislative Library, Makurdi
1Dr. Idachaba, J. Asibi, 2Vehe, Emmanuel Tor, 3Tyonun Nicholas Mfangu and 4Dr Columbus Udofot, CLN.
1FSI Library, Joseph SarwuanTarka University, Mkd., Benue State. Email: idachabajoy@yahoo.com , Tel. 08059632740
2Department of Library and Information Service, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria. E-mail: etor@bsum.edu.ng , Tel. 07039666506
3Library and Information Science Dept., Benue State University, Makurdi. Email: tyonik@yahoo.com, Tel. 08064236963
4Library and Information Science Department, Benue State University, Makurdi. Corresponding author’s Email: columbusdofot@yahoo.com, Tel. 08035637958
Accepted 10 July 2021
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Abstract |
The study was carried out to examine the Organization and Preservation of Government Publications at the Benue State Legislative Library, Makurdi. The study adopted a descriptive survey design method. The population of the study comprises of eleven (11) staff. The total enumeration sampling technique was adopted for the study. The instrument used was structure questionnaire and the data collected was analyzed using SPSS to generate mean scores to answer the research questions. The findings of the study revealed that the types of government publications at the Benue State House of Assembly Makurdi include annual reports, special reports, report of investigative panel, research report, serial document, information and publicity publications. The finding also revealed the organization of government publications which include cataloguing and classification, indexing and abstracting as well as bibliographic services. The study further revealed that the challenges of organization and preservation of government publications include lack of physical accessibility to government publications, lack of finance, lack of bibliographic control, varieties of classification scheme as well as unfavourable government policies and inadequate equipment/ materials. The study, therefore, recommended that the organisation and preservation of government publications should include establishment of Current Awareness Services (CAS) and Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) programme for easy accessibility of government publications; provision of annual budgetary allocation; inclusion of full bibliographic control; introduction of single classification scheme; recruitment of competent and qualified staff; a good policy should be formulated and provision of enough equipment/materials.
Keywords: Information retrieval system; information; information resources
| Cite This Article As: Idachaba, J. A., Vehe, E.T., Tyonun N.M., Columbus, U. ((2021). Organization and Preservation of Government Publications in Benue State Legislative Library, Makurdi. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 9(7): 364-370 | |