Measuring disaster preparedness and response practices in university libraries in Nigeria: The role of disaster equipment

Measuring disaster preparedness and response practices in university libraries in Nigeria: The role of disaster equipment

The study measured the extent of availability of disaster equipment with a view to ascertaining disaster preparedness and response practices in university libraries in Southwest Nigeria. The descriptive research was adopted to situate the study. Questionnaire and observation checklist were the instruments for data collection. While the research questions were analyzed using descriptive...
 
Published at International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Volume 31
Pages 85-91
Published in 2018
 
 
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Promise Ifeoma Ilo, Roland Izuagbe, Austin J.C. Mole, Loveth Ekwueme
Izuagbe Roland » Roland Izuagbe holds a B.Sc (Library and Information Science) and MLIS (Library, Archival and Information Studies) from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma and University of Ibadan, Ibadan respectively. He is a Serials Librarian with Resource Officer II designation in the Center for Learning Resources, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. view full profile
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