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LIBRARY RESEARCH
JOURNAL
Volume 6, 2021
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Library Research Journal
Volume 6, No 1, 2021.
Library Research Journal
Authors Guideline
Library Research Journal is an annual publication of Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Format for Submission
Manuscript submitted for publication must not have been submitted or published elsewhere.
Articles should not be more than 14 pages. Manuscripts should be typed on A4 sheet using MS
word (Times New Roman, 12 points, double-spaced). The title, author's full name, institutional
affiliation, position, phone number and e-mail address should appear on the first page.
Submissions should include an informative abstract of not more than 200 words. Four to six
keywords should be included. Tables and graphs should be included in the body of the work
(where necessary). The APA 6th Edition (Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association) referencing format should be used throughout the manuscript. All submissions
will be peer reviewed.
All manuscripts to be submitted as email attachment to:
Editor-in-Chief
Library Research Journal
email: ifymajiyaegbu@yahoo.com
anyaegbumercy@gmail.com
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EDITORIAL BOARD
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contributing Towards Global Information Services by University Libraries
Through Institutional Repository
Echezona Prisca Nwankwo - - - - - - - - - 1
Open Access Repositories in Nigerian Libraries: Issues and Challenges
Josiah Chukwumaobi Nworie, Ifeyinwa Nkechi Okonkwo
Emeka Ogueri & Doris Chinyere Obiano - - - - - - - - 10
Relationship Between School Library Resources and Girl Child Education in Selected
Public Secondary Schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State
Ngozi Ogechukwu Nwogwugwu - - - - - - - - - 16
Availability and Utilzation of Web-Based Library Services in Federal Universities in
South-East, Nigeria.
Goodness Ifeoma Ndum & Prof. Mercy Ifeyinwa Anyaegbu - - - - - 25
Digitization of Information Resources in Academic Libraries in Nigeria:
Challenges and Strategies
Nkechi Roseline Obiozor-Ekeze - - - - - - - - - 32
Management and Utilization of Electronic Information Resources in Alex
Ekwueme Library, Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Julia Chinwe Oguedoihu & Ndidiamaka Dorathy Nwajiakuph D. - - - - 37
Awareness and Perception of Undergraduate Students Toward Plagiarism in
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta
Love Jijisoko Kpanaki & Chituru Nancy Okorie - - - - - - 46
Saving Igbo Language from Extinction: The Role of Libraries and Librarians in Igbo Land
Victoria Obianuju Ezejiofor, Angela Ifeoma Ndanwu & Grace Chinwe Uwaechina - 56
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Library Research Journal is an institution based journal from Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library of Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka. It is an online peer reviewed Google Scholar journal, published in the month of
September. This edition is a compilation of research reports from various institutions of higher learning in
Nigeria. The research reports cover a wide array of issues in Library and Information Science. This volume
addresses topical issues in librarianship such as NgRen, Competency Appraisal of law cataloguers as well as
law students' profile as a correlate of library use. Emerging concepts in librarianship such as MOOC's,
parenting styles and readership were part of the compilation. Research reports from Festus Aghagbo Nwako
Library focused on library practices in the Circulation Department, Information Literacy, Zik Research Centre
and reprographic services in the library.
Dr Mercy Ifeyinwa Anyaegbu
Editor-in- Chief
£maz7:ifymanyaegbu@yahoo.com
