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Perception Of Librarians Towards Collaborative Research In Academic Libraries In Nigerian Universities, Dim Chibuzor Livina, Scholastica Ukwoma, Okafor Victoria Nwamaka Dr
Perception Of Librarians Towards Collaborative Research In Academic Libraries In Nigerian Universities, Dim Chibuzor Livina, Scholastica Ukwoma, Okafor Victoria Nwamaka Dr
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Abstract
The study is a survey of librarians’ perception towards collaborative research in South Eastern Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study, the study adopted descriptive survey method. The population of the study consists of 242 librarians in federal and state university in South East Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire, the data collected was analysed using percentages and bar chart. The result showed that librarians are involved in collaborative research, majority of them are motivated to embrace collaborative research because of high publishing cost, and need for specialization within certain area. It was also discovered that collaborative …