Vol. 9(8), pp. 364-372. August, 2021. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2021305

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

This study adopted a descriptive study. It examined three research questions as follows; How are archival materials acquired; What are the 21st century standard of archival resources; and the challenges of managing archival resources. The population comprised 72 librarians from three institutions; Universities of Abuja, Jos and Makurdi. Two instruments namely; check list and the questionnaire were used for data collection, total enumeration technique was employed. Sixty-nine representing (95%) questionnaire was returned and used for the analysis. Data generated were analyzed using simple percentage and presented in descriptive form. The findings revealed University of Abuja has the highest available facilities as well as human resources for archival information services. Acquisition of archival materials revealed an overall result of (3.14) which portrays Gifts and Donations mostly the means of acquisition, while insufficient funds to carry out archival activities are the main problems in archival management. It concluded that lack of funding, archival personnel and inadequate infrastructures are challenges in 21st century archival management for sustainable development of federal university libraries in North Central Nigeria.

 

Keywords: Archives, Management, Sustainable Development, Universities, Nigeria

 

	Cite This Article As: Nongo, CJ., Terna, R. ((2021). 21st Century Archival Management for Sustainable Development of Federal Universities in North Central States of Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 9(8): 364-372