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Volume 40, Issue 5
1 May 1991
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Research Article| May 01 1991

Evaluation of a Polytechnic Library Service in a Developing Country: The Case of the Federal Polytechnic Library in Bauchi State,Nigeria Available to Purchase

M.C. Onwubiko
M.C. Onwubiko
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-793X
Print ISSN: 0024-2535
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Library Review (1991) 40 (5)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001478

The resources and services of the Federal Polytechnic Library,Bauchi, are evaluated with a view to understanding better the problems of polytechnic libraries in a developing country like Nigeria. A brief historical background of the polytechnic is given. An analysis of a questionnaire administered to library users is presented and recommendations made for improvement of both resources and services of the Federal Polytechnic Library.

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Libraries, Newspaper libraries, Developing countries, Nigeria
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