IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES IN ORGANIZING LIBRARY RESOURCES TO ENABLE ACCESS IN ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The study is on identifying challenges of organizing library resources to enable access in Enugu State University of Science and Technology Library. It aimed to find out the challenges faced by the library cataloguers in the course of organising library resources to enable library users have easy access to library resources. The study is a quantitative research guided by three research objectives and three research questions. The research design adopted for this study is a case study research design. A total of Ten (10) staff make up the members of the cataloguing and classification unit and they formed the population of the study. Data were collected using the instrument of a questionnaire (e-copies). The collected data were statistically analysed in percentages and presented in charts. The results of the findings show that the cataloguers’ experience challenges such as inadequate professional staff, lack of training opportunities, outdated working tools and working on backlogged materials. Based on findings, the study recommends that there is need to address the issues raised for enabled access in Enugu State University of Science and Technology Library.

Keywords: Cataloguing, classification, cataloguer, organizing, library resources.