Abstract
Organizational
pattem/structures of Nigerian university libraries vary. Most often, this
variation could be as a result of the space the library is occupying, the
personnel at the time of establishment. Furthermore, Nigerian university
libraries vary from the very flat, simple and streamlined to the very complex
and top heavy management, with layers of heads of departments, heads of units
and supervisors. Nnadozie (2007) strongly emphasized that though there is no
law as to a particular pattern of departmentalization for university libraries,
the pattern adopted in any university library depends, to a very large extent,
on the volume of resources and the administrative style of the university
librarian. Based on the second criterion for segmenting the libraries into
divisions, departments and units Nnadozie have vested much power on the
university librarian. To this end, it could be said that the change in tenure
of the university librarian may also bring about change in organizational
pattern of the library. However, it has been a serious debate over time by
scholars who started looking at the architectural design of the library and
later shifted to the organizational pattern of the university librarian. Sad
enough, it seems as if these debates have not gained any ground as a result of
no regulation as to what the organizational pattern of the university library
should be as well as the nonuniformity in the organizational pattern of
Nigerian university libraries. One can simply say without further
contradiction, the organizational pattern of Nigerian university libraries are
based on matter of convenience and rule of the thumb which is not far from what
Nnadozie (2007) established
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ONUOHA, JULIET. "Organizational Patterns in Nigerian University Libraries:- Juliet Onuoha" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2024). Accessed 07 Sep. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/organizational-patterns-in-nigerian-university-libraries-juliet-onuoha-7-2