ABSTRACT
With the
mission to providing services to users, the university library is established
for the purpose of acquiring, processing, preserving and making information
materials available to the community it is serving. These resources are sourced
based on the disciplines or courses offered by the parent institution in order
to meet the information needs of the users of the library. With increasing demand
by users, university libraries are developing different avenues in the
fulfilment of their goals and objectives. For library to achieve its purpose,
it should provide services and information resources required to meet the
information needs of its patrons which will contribute to educational, social,
political, economic and cultural development of the society. For several
decades, libraries have generally explored alternative ways of providing
responsive library services to their internal and diverse users (Bani, 2001).
However, due to continuous increase in users' demand for information, coupled
with dwindling library budgets, university libraries can no longer develop a
large and comprehensive collection of information resources. For the same
reason, these universities are unable to provide services that will satisfy the
needs of its patrons. This is the situation in Nigeria and other
under-developed countries. The inconsistency in funding of Nigerian university
libraries (NULs) shows that the government is not sensitive to the information
needs of the society. The alternative to this problem of underfunding is to
explore other means of generating the funds needed to provide quality
information resources and satisfactory services to users.
CATHERINE, U (2024). Fee-Based library Services in Nigerian Universities:-Umebali , Catherine O. . Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Oct 12, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/fee-based-library-services-in-nigerian-universities-umebali-catherine-o-7-2
UMEBALI, CATHERINE. "Fee-Based library Services in Nigerian Universities:-Umebali , Catherine O. " Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 15 Apr. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/fee-based-library-services-in-nigerian-universities-umebali-catherine-o-7-2. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
UMEBALI, CATHERINE. "Fee-Based library Services in Nigerian Universities:-Umebali , Catherine O. ". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 15 Apr. 2024. Web. 12 Oct. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/fee-based-library-services-in-nigerian-universities-umebali-catherine-o-7-2 >.
UMEBALI, CATHERINE. "Fee-Based library Services in Nigerian Universities:-Umebali , Catherine O. " Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2024). Accessed 12 Oct. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/fee-based-library-services-in-nigerian-universities-umebali-catherine-o-7-2