Vol. 9(10), pp. 528-536. November, 2021. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2021460

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

The study evaluated the Influence of legal deposit law enforcement and compliance with legal deposit law in Nigeria. The study adopted a survey design with a study population of four hundred and eighty-four (484) professional librarians, para-professional librarians and library officers working in the thirty-two (32) branches of the NLN and the headquarters in Abuja (NLN staff list April 2020), total enumeration was used because the population was very few. A structured and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software, frequency distribution and percentages. The findings revealed that the depositing these publications statutorily within thirty (30) days of publication as stipulated in the legal deposit law was low (mean = 2.10) Compliance is not complete if it is not done timely, within the 30days stipulated period. Deposit of publications is one aspect, but compliance is only complete when done within 30days after publication. The study concludes that the Legal deposit law enforcement has a strong positive influence on legal deposit compliance, which indicates that legal deposit law enforcement determines the degree publishers comply with legal deposit law in Nigeria. However, improving legal deposit enforcement on monitoring of publishers will result in better legal deposit law enforcement. The study also recommendation the NLN should use the ISBN issued to publishers to monitor and enforce the collection of legal deposit copies after publication.

 

Keywords: legal deposit law, enforcement, compliance, legal deposit law in Nigeria

 

	Cite This Article As: Alegbeleye, G., Eddy-Ugorji, D. C. (2021). Legal Deposit Law Enforcement and Legal Deposit Compliance in Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 9(10): 528-536