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  title info:
    title: Quality of the Library and Information Science curriculum in Nigerian universities
  name:
    name part: Abubakar, Bappah Magaji
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ni
    place:
      place term: Kuala Lumpur
    publisher: Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia
    date issued: 2012
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xix, 328 leaves : ill. ; 30cm.
  abstract: This research investigated the Quality of the Undergraduate Curriculum of Library and Information Science Departments in Nigerian Universities. The curriculum is considered as a backbone to the training of LIS professionals in the country, particularly, in this rapidly changing LIS environment. The main objectives of the research were to determine whether the contents of the undergraduate programmes offered by library schools in Nigeria were of international standards; to determine the extent of commitment by the library schools in conducting curriculum review; and to propose a model curriculum for undergraduate programmes for library schools in Nigeria. As a result, the rate of compliance of the curricula with the requirements of the international standards, the views of the faculty members, the views of the employers/stakeholders, as well the curricular documents of the LIS schools were all investigated. In addition, the factors that hindered the quality of the curriculum were also investigated. To accomplish the research objectives, mixed methods research were employed. The respondents to the study were the heads of the nine (9) LIS schools, the faculty members in those schools, and the employers of the LIS graduates. Their views were sought through qualitative and quantitative techniques that included: 68 self-administered questionnaires to the academic staff; another 9 self-administered questionnaires to the heads of the LIS schools; and 30 face-to-face in-depth-interviews with the employers of the LIS graduates in different types of libraries. These were further complemented by content analysis of the curricular documents of the LIS schools involved in the study with the aim of gaining further insights into the curricular issues in the LIS schools. The results of the study indicate that there were more core than elective courses in the curricula of the LIS schools studied. Undergraduate curricula remained strong in traditional areas of the field, like catalogu…
  note: by Bappah Magaji Abubakar
  note: Abstract in English and Arabic.
  note: "A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Library and Information Sciences)."--On t.p.
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2012.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 272-293).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  subject:
    topic: Library science
    topic: Curricula
    geographic: Nigeria
  subject:
    topic: Library science
    topic: Study and teaching
    geographic: Nigeria
  subject:
    topic: Information science
    topic: Study and teaching Curricula
    geographic: Nigeria
  classification: Z669.5.N6
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/5518
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 130110
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng