Perceptions and attitude of students in relation to vandalism in a University Library

Abstract

Principal Librarian, Nimbe Adedipe Library , University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.Email:fnonifade@yahoo.comReports a study carried out at the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria in November, 2009 to find out students’perceptions and attitudes to vandalism in the library . To elicit the necessary information, a questionnaire was distributed to 500randomly selected students of the University spread across the nine colleges out of which 386 responded. Analysis of theirresponses showed that vandalism of library materials in the form of theft, mutilation and hiding of books and journals, is lar gelyregarded as a form of academic self-survival strategy that is hardly frowned at by majority of the respondents. Factors thatpredispose to vandalism include limited library collections; restrictions in the use of some materials; number and duration ofloans; insufficient number of copies of recommended textbooks; unaffordable cost of personal textbooks; high cost of photo-copying as well as peer-influence. Recommendations are made for liberalization of loans, intensification of user education,provision of multiple copies of standard textbooks, occasional mounting of conscience exhibitions’ as well as tighter securitymeasures.

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