Public libraries in danger: an investigation into disaster management readiness among public libraries in North West Nigeria

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2022.1022

Keywords:

Disaster, Disaster management, North west Nigeria, Public libraries, ReadinessDisaster, Readiness

Abstract

Objective. The destructive activities of man have become obvious in the Northern parts of Nigeria where a terrorist group known as Boko Haram  and Fulani herdsmen  have engaged in destructive activities like burning down of churches, schools as well as destruction of lives and property in some of the higher institutions in Northern Nigeria. Libraries and their resources have also been affected at some points.

Method. Based on the expository nature of this study the use of qualitative and quantitative research methodology was employed. The population of the study consists of all the librarians and library officer categories of personnel of the public libraries in North-west Nigeria. However, only 74 of these personnel that were accessible at the headquarters of the six public libraries were selected for the study by means of purposive sampling techniques. This sampling method is largely limited to exploratory research.

Results. The reliability is as follows: Disaster Incident Experience= .551; Disaster Risk Management=.603; Disaster Management Facilities/equip=.775; Staff opinion= .533. Based on the above mentioned, it is noteworthy to say that it is only Disaster management facility that has higher score of reliability while others are satisfactorily reliable.

Conclusions. It will therefore be proper for these libraries to be conscious of the adverse effects of disaster The overall findings have demonstrated that public libraries in the North have experienced disasters at one point in time or the other. However, they are not quite prepared to manage disaster as seen in the responses.

Author Biographies

Promise Ifeoma Ilo, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State

Masters Degree in Information Science from the University of Ibadan. She is presently a Librarian I at Centre for Learning Resources, Covenant University.

Ibrahim Muhammad Maidamma Furfuri, University Library, Sokoto State University

Bachelor of Art Degree in Library Science/Hausa and Masters Degree in Library Science all from the Bayero University Kano in 1992 and 2003 respectively. He then proceeded to University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) where he obtained a Doctorate Degree in Library and Information Science in January, 2017.

Idaerefama Youngharry, Rivers State School of Nursing, River State, Nigeria

Librarian

Ugwunwa Chinyere Esse, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

Director, Centre for Learning Resources, Covenant University Ota. Before assuming this position, she had served as the Deputy Director of the same Centre, as well as the Head, Technical Services Department. Dr Ilo holds a PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (2017).

Michael Opeoluwa Fagbohun, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State Nigeria

Researcher and librarian, currently works at the Centre for Learning Resources, Covenant University Ota Ogun State, Nigeria.

Maxwell Omeje, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State Nigeria.

Doctor of Philosophy. Senior Lecturer at Covenant University Ota Ogun State, Nigeria.

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Ilo, P. I., Furfuri, I. M. M., Youngharry, I., Esse, U. C., Fagbohun, M. O., & Omeje, M. (2022). Public libraries in danger: an investigation into disaster management readiness among public libraries in North West Nigeria. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (84), 13–31. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2022.1022

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