ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF COPYRIGHT LAW AND COMPLIANCE BY LIBRARIANS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA
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The paper investigated professional and para-professional librarians’ knowledge of copyright law and compliance with Copyright Law in federal university libraries in North-East Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to determine the level of librarians’ knowledge of copyright law and level of compliance with copyright law in federal university libraries in North-East, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey of the correlational design. The population of the study was made up of 437 professional and para-professional librarians in federal university libraries in North-East, Nigeria and the total enumeration technique was adopted, hence there was no sample. Questionnaire was used for data collection. 354 (81%) copies of the questionnaire were completed, returned and used for the study. The data collected for the study were analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Specifically, the research questions were answered with the use of tables, percentages and mean. The study found that the level of knowledge of copyright law of librarians in federal universities in North-East, Nigeria is high. Findings also show adequate compliance with copyright law. The study also concluded that there is a strong positive correlation between library librarians’ knowledge of copyright law and compliance with copyright law. The study recommended that federal university administrators and management of the university libraries should make more provisions for regular training and retraining for librarians by organizing workshops and seminars on copyright issues to increase their level of knowledge to increase the level of compliance with copyright practices. Copyright holders should be contacted and rights obtained where necessary.
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