INFLUENCE OF PRESERVATION ON THE USE OF THESES IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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The study evaluated the influence of influence of preservation on the use of theses in university libraries in south-west, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey design with a study population of 982 staff working in the thesis unit of the main library of each university in South-West, Nigeria. The sample size for this study is 609. The multistage sampling technique was used for this study. Self-structured and adopted questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected for this study were analysed using descriptive statistical tools, descriptive tools like mean and standard deviation. The data was entered and coded into International Business Machine Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBMSPSS) version 22 for data analysis. The findings revealed that the major purpose of use of theses in university libraries in South-West, Nigeria were: academic purposes, discovery of statistical tools that could be used in their research and to do assignments given to them by their lecturers. The study concludes that Preservation on the use of theses in university are essential for the development of libraries, librarians, and libraries users. The need to preserve libraries resources like theses is to improve the purpose and extent of use of theses of users, mostly especially for academic purposes, discovery of statistical tools, as well to complete assignments given to them by their lecturers. Prevention practices are important to protect libraries resources to increase access and use of theses.
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