Preservation and dissemination of women's cultural heritage in Nigerian university libraries
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the preservation and dissemination of women's cultural heritage in selected university libraries in Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach
The descriptive survey research design using questionnaire to collect data was employed.
Findings
The study revealed that non-print materials constitute an average of about 28 per cent of the forms in which cultural heritage materials for women are obtained and preserved in some Nigerian leading academic libraries. Over 50 per cent of the respondents in their views agreed that the benefits are accruable when women's cultural heritage materials are kept including enhancement of public perception of women, improvement in accessibility to information about women, improvement in the visibility of women as essential contributors to the development of the society, fostering of tourism among others. The most prominent barrier that the respondents believed could hamper the preservation of women's cultural heritage materials was the adverse tropical climatic conditions.
Originality/value
It encourages information experts to engage in capacity building for effective preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage information that are gender related. It also stressed the need for networking and collaboration among information experts as an essential strategy in promoting women's cultural heritage information system. All stakeholders are urged to prioritize and demonstrate fiscal commitment towards the preservation of cultural heritage resources. This paper was presented at IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Satellite Conference, 2012.
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Acknowledgements
This paper was originally presented at the IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Satellite Conference, at the University of Tampere, Finland, 8-10 August 2012. Published with the kind permission of IFLA. www.ifla.org/
Citation
Ngozi Anasi, S., Ibegwam, A. and Olubukunmi Oyediran-Tidings, S. (2013), "Preservation and dissemination of women's cultural heritage in Nigerian university libraries", Library Review, Vol. 62 No. 8/9, pp. 472-491. https://doi.org/10.1108/LR-11-2012-0126
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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