IMPACT OF RECORDS KEEPING IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN NORTH WEST NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the impact of records keeping in the university libraries North West Nigeria.
Two objective and two research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted
the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study is 171 library managers
comprising of library managers in Kaduna State University and ABU Zaria University Libraries.
However, simple random sampling was adopted to select 100 library managers from the two
universities in North West, Nigeria which are Kaduna State University and ABU Zaria. A four-
point response, item questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. One expert in
the Department of Science Education Measurement and Evaluation was given the drafted copies
of the questionnaire for face and content validity. Cronbach Alpha was used to ascertain the
reliability of the instrument. The data collected were analyzed using z-test statistics. The
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) does not have a specific option for the z-test for
the difference between two proportions. However, the chi-squared test was used instead. The p-
value resulting from this chi-squared test is equivalent to the two-sided p-value that would have
resulted from the z-test. The findings of the study showed that records' keeping is very important
for effective planning of the office. Despite the importance of records keeping on office
management, it has been constrained by lack of funds, insufficient skills, poor storage, and lack
of infrastructure etc. Furthermore, the null hypotheses were accepted. Based on these findings,
the researcher recommended that government and school authorities should provide adequate
funds and sufficient skills for the effective management of office records, there should be
adequatetrainingandretrainingofofficemanagers,alsothereshouldbeadequate
infrastructure in theschool.