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Institutional Budget And Impact Of Internally Generated Revenue On Funding Of Academic Library In A Developing Economy, Tolulope Tosin Ogunjimi, Mujidat Adeola Bello, Olanike Oladunni Olaniyi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Provision of funds for the academic libraries has been one of the challenges to adequate availability of information resources. Most institutions rely on institutional revenues to be made available to the libraries at appropriate and available period.

The study showcased among others; determined the percentage of institutional budget of internally generated revenue for funding of the academic libraries, gathered information on products and services that generate income into academic libraries, exposed ways through which academic libraries could generate funds for self-dependence.

The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire and study employed descriptive design to investigate the percentage of …

Assessment Of Study Space Usage In The Kenneth Dike Library, Bolariwa M. Adeyemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper explore the actual use of the physical space in Kenneth Dike Library by the students' population, the role these spaces are playing for learning and for related services in the university of Ibadan academic environment. It looked at the suitability of available spaces and suggestions for improvement. Survey method was adopted for the study with 94.5% response rate. It found that quite study is what attract majority respondents to Kenneth Dike Library. What emerged was that academic pursuits remain the most common activity in the library space.