TABLE
OF CONTENT
Title page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table of contents vi
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the study 3
1.2 Statement of problem 5
1.3 Objectives of the study 6
1.4 Significance of the study 6
1.5 Scope and limitation of the study 7
1.6 Research questions 7
1.7 Definition of terms 7
CHAPTER TWO
2.0
Literature review 8-18
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research methodology 19
3.1 Design of the study 19
3.2 Population of the study 19
3.3 Method of collection 20
3.4 sample/sampling technique 20
3.5 Data analysis 20
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data presentation and analysis 21-24
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary, Conclusion and recommendation 25
5.1 Summary of findings 25
5.3 Conclusion 25
5.4 Recommendation 26
Bibliography 28
Appendix 29
Questionnaire 30
CHAPTER
ONE
1.0
INTRODUCTION
The
public library is a social institution which is tied to the political and
social realities of the communities where it is situated. As the name implies,
this is a library that serves the public.
UNESCO
(1966) defines public library as “Those which serve the population of the
community or region free of change or for a nominal fee. It is a library
designed to serve the generality of the people.
According
to Oduagwu (2002) public libraries that serve the public are supported by
government subvention, local rates or charges. He went further to explain that
public library is often regarded as a poor man’s university. Its clientele is
heterogeneous devoid of race, status, rank, bias as to who would avail of its
services. It stocks every conceivable item that would add knowledge, education,
research, information and cultural needs of the society. In Nigeria today, each
of the 36 states kin the country including Abuja has a public library board
established under the public library act as united kingdom (UK), but here in
Nigeria, library board of states is established by edict or laws made by the
states legislators.
Oparaku,
Anyanwu, Madi, (2005) defined a public library as an institution that is set up
by the government through enabling law, funded and mentioned are expected to
meet the educational, informational and recreational needs of its community,
public library funding refers to making money available for the day running of
the library. Funding here deals with making money or funds available to public
libraries.
Finance
is the life wire of any establishment including land, labour, capitals and
entrepreneur and information. The capital here refers to finance which can be
used to procure other factors of production there by making it more important
than others. Fund is obviously the major element in every establishment. It is
equally the working capital of an establishment.
Public
library funding generally means the various ways we derive the expected funds
for capital and recurrent expenses. It involves the money available or
allocation to library for running its day to day activities.
However,
the funding and financial allocations to public libraries have remained poor
decades. Public libraries needs adequate resources to run their services pay
and hire personal provides current information, arrange, organize and monitor
both human and materials resources. Nigeria is a developing country and
its society is not a reading society. Nigeria do not appreciate the
importance and needs of public libraries and the services it offers and this
problem reflect in the level of funds allocated to it by the government. State
government subventions which constitute about 80% of public library fund is grossly
inadequate. This inadequacy is because of the political instability and bad
economy of the country. Ulu (1997) for instance, the Imo state library was the
first in he country to start services to handicap. But due to lack of fund to
train staff and carry out services, there services have been on glow
progression.
