ISSN 2329-9843
International Journal of Educational Research and Reviews ISSN 2329-9843 Vol. 4 (5), pp. 736-742, May, 2016. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Damage controls of library materials in federal Universities in Cross River and Akwa Ibom State
Attahiru K. O*, Ottong Ubong and E. Y. Edet
Department of Library and Information Scienc e, Faculty of Education University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 12 April, 2016
Abstract
This paper aims to inve stigate the level of Disa ster management and preservation of Library materials in tertiary institutions, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States, Nigeria. A structured que stionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection with librarians in University of Calabar, Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) and University of Uyo as re spondents; Findings of the survey show that all the respondents were aware of occurrence s of disaster, but there has not been major catastrophe s in the se institutions. In the area of disa ster preparedness the se institutions are aware of several safeguard techniques, although they have not fully installed needed equipments and facilitates. The findings of the study place the universities on a very low score in relations to ability to re spond rapidly to disa ster and concrete plans of action for recovery and disa ster control.
Key words: Disaster management; Library materials; Federal universities; Disaster preparedness; Safeguard techniques