Investigating Faculty-librarian Collaboration at Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State.

Abstract

This study investigated faculty-librarian collaborations at Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu. It
considered the strategies, benefits, and challenges of faculty–librarian collaboration. The study
employed a descriptive survey design. One hundred and eighty-eight (188) respondents
participated, comprising eight (8) academic librarians and one hundred and eighty (180) faculty
members. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire, while reliability was
established using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. Descriptive statistical tools: frequency counts,
percentages, mean scores and standard deviation, were employed for analysis. The study identified
the strategies and benefits of faculty-librarian collaboration; it also x-rayed significant challenges
of faculty-librarians collaboration: inadequate institutional support, time constraints, and limited
recognition of librarians’ research expertise. The study concludes that sustained and
institutionalized faculty–librarian collaborations are indispensable to achieving quality teaching,
learning, and research outcomes in Nigerian universities. It recommends the development of
formal collaboration frameworks, policy level support, periodic joint professional development
programmes, and the formal/institutional recognition of librarians as academic partners in
research and curriculum development.