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Accessing special collections during the COVID-19 pandemic in university libraries in Nigeria

Published:2023-02-09 Issue:2 Volume:49 Page:357-367
ISSN:0340-0352
Container-title:IFLA Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:IFLA Journal

Author:

Omeluzor Saturday U¹^ORCID,Gbemi-Ogunleye Philomena F²,Alarape Asimi Akibu³,Bello Lateef Alhaji⁴

Affiliation:

1. Library Department, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Nigeria

2. Main Library, University of Lagos, Nigeria

3. Department of Educational Technology and Library Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

4. Department of Library and Information Science, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Nigeria

Abstract

The accessibility of special collections during the COVID-19 pandemic was a matter of concern for libraries and their users due to the specific nature of special collections compared to other information sources in libraries. This study therefore investigated the accessibility of special collections in university libraries in the South South zone of Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic. The population of the study included 233 librarians in federal, state and private universities in the zone. The study adopted an online questionnaire and there was a total of 197 respondents. The findings show that special collections were accessible to library users through library websites, institutional repositories, CD-ROMs and flash drives during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The study reveals some of the challenges affecting the accessibility of special collections during the COVID-19 pandemic in university libraries in Nigeria and recommends ways of enhancing the accessibility of special collections during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Library and Information Sciences

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/03400352221149755

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