"What's happening over there?": a study of the current state of services, challenges, and prospects in Nigerian medical libraries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The authors examined the current state of service delivery, collections, and challenges in Nigerian medical libraries.

Methods

We employed a descriptive mixed method research design using a cross-sectional quantitative survey of Nigerian medical librarians and qualitative interviews with heads of selected Nigerian medical libraries.

Results

Respondents indicated that the US National Library of Medicine classification scheme is most commonly used to organize the resources of medical libraries in Nigeria. Respondents indicated that library users have a high understanding about the library but exhibit low usage of library services. Nigerian medical libraries have social media accounts but use them infrequently. Most medical librarians do not provide specialized

SUBMITTER: Popoola BO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7441899 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature