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JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL POLICY (JHSP )

E-ISSN 2545-5729
P-ISSN 2695 2416
VOL. 10 NO. 2 2024
DOI: 10.56201/jhsp.v10.no2.2024.pg74.81

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Revitalizing Delta State Public Libraries for National Development: The Role of The State Government

Obaro, Gabrieline Onyedikachi

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Abstract

The study investigated the revitalization of public libraries in Delta State, Nigeria and the role the state government can play on this, since all the public libraries belong to her. The descriptive survey research was employed and the population was made up of 60 senior staff of seven (7) public libraries in the state. A self developed questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents and date analyzed using mean scores. From the data collected, it was evident that Delta State public libraries need revitalization and the role of the government among other things include training and retraining of staff, acquisition of current information resources, automating the libraries to join the trend. The study also recommended that the state government should appreciably fund the public libraries and the staff should introduce programmes that can attract users to the libraries.

keywords:

Delta State, Public Libraries, Revitalizing, Availability, Utilization

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