Emergency response plans: panacea for emergency preparedness and control in university libraries in Nigeria
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Emerald Publishing Limited
Abstract
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The study examined library personnel awareness of the availability of emergency response plans, their
forms and roles in safety routine preparedness and control in federal and state university libraries in
Southwest Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach
The survey research design alongside a multi‐stage sampling procedure comprising purposive,
randomisation and total enumeration techniques guided the study. The population consisted of 327
library personnel drawn from 12 federal and state university libraries (i.e., six each). The questionnaire
and structured interview methods were used for data gathering. Of the 327 copies of the questionnaire
administered, 249 copies, representing 76.1%, were duly completed and found valid for analysis.
Whereas the acceptance threshold of ≥90% response rate and a criterion mean of 2.50 were adopted
for making judgements regarding the research questions, while the hypothesis was tested using chisquare
statistics with cross‐tabulation.
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LB Theory and practice of education, LB2300 Higher Education, Z665 Library Science. Information Science