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  • Towards Improved Management of University Law Libraries in Nigeria
    African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science, 2020
    Co-Authors: Co Ajidahun
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    This paper investigated the state and the management of university Law Libraries in Nigeria. Issues considered included the staffing situation, location of library buildings, organisation, acquisition and processing of Law books. Fifteen university Law Libraries in Nigeria participated in the study. A questionnaire consisting of 26 items was used as the instrument for collecting the data. The findings reveal that most of the university Law Libraries in Nigeria were not managed by professional Law librarians. The study also shows that most of the Law Libraries were managed and controlled by university librarians. The paper recommends that Law library staff should be exchanged among Law Libraries in Nigeria with a view to strengthening their capacities. Those who are professionally qualified but without Law training could be exposed to relevant Law seminars and conferences in order to further enhance their skills in Law librarianship. Afr. J. Lib. Arch. & Inf. Sc. Vol.14(2) 2004: 177-183

  • theft of Law books in nigerian university Law Libraries an investigative study
    Library Philosophy and Practice, 2010
    Co-Authors: Co Ajidahun
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    Introduction The university library supports teaching, research, dissemination of information, and community service. University Law library may be part of university Libraries or an annex to the faculty of Law building (Aliu 2001: 2, 5). The Law library is the focus of this paper. Law Libraries are special Libraries who provide legal information through relevant Law books and periodicals for their clientele, most of whom come from the legal profession: Law students, Law teachers, Law practitioners, and others in related disciplines. Jegede (1985: 233-234) classifies Law Libraries into seven categories: * Federal Court * State Court * Law School * Practitioners * Federal and State Departments * Faculty Libraries * Libraries of Legislatures This classification does not include university Law Libraries. Faculty Libraries are not the equivalent of university Law Libraries. Law Libraries have been classified by Ifebuzor (1994: 39): * Specialist Library: The oldest type of Law library, including Libraries of commercial firms, courts of justice, and government departments. * Legal Practitioner's Library: Practising barristers and solicitors. * Academic Law Library: This includes university Law Libraries, college Law Libraries, the Law library of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), and the Library of the Nigerian Council of Legal Education at the Nigerian Law School. The importance of the Law library to the legal profession has been stressed by legal professionals. Ademola (1994:xvii) observes that the legal profession makes great use of books and texts. Obilade (1979:13) says that, "Law Libraries are ... essential to the proper study of Law." To complement this, Doherty (1998:60) remarks that a library is an indispensable requirement in a Law office. Without a Law library, Lawyers and Law professors cannot do their jobs. The Nigerian Council of Legal Education requires every university Law library to have the relevant, current, and adequate Law books and periodicals before it can pass accreditation. Such legal materials consist of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, both local and international. These materials are very expensive, but university Law Libraries must acquire them. Unfortunately, these expensive Law books and periodicals are stolen and mutilated on regular and continuous basis with impunity and without compunction. Schaefer (2001:185) and Calhoun, Light, and Keller (1997:158) agree that deviation from formal social norms supported by the state will attract penalties such as fines, arrest, and imprisonment. Therefore, stealing Law books is a crime and whoever does it will be regarded as a thief. Wrigley (1992) writes more about these matters from the perspective of Libraries. Theft and mutilation of library books are common. Law Libraries are not exempt. Saturday Punch (1977) carried a report on the disappearance of 66 volumes of Law books from a State Ministry of Justice in Nigeria. Jegede (1994: xiv) reports that thieves attempted to steal Law reports from the University of Lagos Law Library. Heaps of Law reports were later found by the waterfront by the university security staff. The collections of the Supreme Court Library and the Lagos State House of Assembly have also been ravaged by thieves. There are other reports of the theft of Law books from university Law Libraries in Nigeria; for instance, the University of Ibadan Law Library lost 225 volumes in 1992. In the US, Bean (1992:28) reports that about 250,000 books are stolen from Libraries in the US each year. Bean further reports that an inventory conducted at the University of Maryland found that the library had lost 30,000 volumes, while the University of California at Berkeley lost 150,000 volumes within a period of three years. The universality of the theft of library books is incontestable. …

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  • bibliographic networking and Law Libraries in nigeria
    2013
    Co-Authors: Rita Johnokeke
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    th century to the present. Some of the benefits of networking such as increase in production, cost effectiveness and production of high quality products and services are discussed extensively in the paper. Two major challenges towards networking of bibliographic resources of Law Libraries in Nigeria – absence of automated systems and lack of training for Law librarians are discussed. The paper positions that the way forward towards networking will include automating systems and services, creating network centers and training for librarians.

  • web based legal information services and academic Law Libraries in nigeria
    Library Hi Tech News, 2008
    Co-Authors: Rita Johnokeke
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    Purpose – This article seeks to discuss the need for a web‐based information delivery system in academic Law Libraries in Nigeria. It highlights the benefits of harnessing interactive web technologies to provide the kind of information which legal scholars and researchers need to find the Law, interpret the Law and apply the Law to solve societal problems.Design/methodology/approach – A literature survey was carried out to support the proposal for a web‐based legal information service in Nigerian academic Law Libraries; visits to the websites of universities that have Law faculties were also made.Findings – Most of the Libraries in Law faculties, Law schools and legal institutes are not utilizing web technologies such as blogs, Wikipedia, really simple syndication feeds, instant messaging, streaming media, podcasting and tagging. Lack of IT skills, finances, and government support are the major problems facing these Libraries.Practical implications – It should sensitize Government, library schools, librar...

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  • the changing face of current awareness reporting in Law Libraries
    New Library World, 2010
    Co-Authors: Terry Ballard, Anna Blaine
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    Purpose – In response to budgetary concerns and feedback from users, the New York Law School's Mendik Library needed to streamline the way it reported current Law journal table of contents (TOC) information to its users. As part of this streamlining process, the librarians discovered that most of the journals they provided in paper had web pages that provided full access to all articles in their current issues. The librarians responded to this opportunity by building web pages that provided links to these journals and noted when a new issue had just appeared. The purpose of this paper is to assess the status of current awareness information in the field of legal journals and uncover the options for best using them.Design/methodology/approach – The library worked from a list of journals that they purchased through paper subscriptions. They determined the web page location of each and then checked whether the journal provided TOC data only, full text through internet protocol recognition or open full text f...

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  • resource sharing among nigerian university Law Libraries a state of the art
    African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science, 2008
    Co-Authors: Olu Olat Lawal, Bassey A Bassey
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    This study investigates the state of the art in resource sharing among Law Libraries in Nigerian universities. The survey research design was adopted for the study. Copies of the questionnaire designed by the researchers were administered to all the 33 Nigerian universities offering Law programme. Of these, 27 Law Libraries responded. Simple percentages were used in the analysis of the data collected. The study revealed that: every Law library acknowledged the need for resource sharing with attendant benefit to the participating Libraries; majority of the Libraries often shared resources, while 13 (49.15%) of the Libraries shared resources rarely. Admittance was ranked first by 24 (88.89%), on forms of resource sharing, followed by donation/gift 20 (74.07%), while cooperative classification (3.70%) was ranked least. Only 6 Libraries (22.22%) agreed that they had written policy on resource sharing. Constraints and hindrances to resource sharing in Law Libraries were identified and the way forward proffered. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science Vol. 18 (1) 2008 pp. 75-82