Reprogr Aphic Services in State Owned Tertiary Institution Libraries in Kogi State of Nigeria An Appraisal of Availability and Effectiveness

摘要

The study focused on appraising the availability and effectiveness of reprographic services in state owned tertiary institution libraries in Kogi State of Nigeria. Based on the topic, specific purposes of the study which include; establishing the availability of reprographic services in state owned tertiary institution libraries and suggested ways of solving problems associated with it, were formulated. Four research questions were drawn from the specific purposes of the study which includes; what are the reprographic machines that are available in state owned tertiary institution libraries in Kogi state and what are the strategies for solving the problems associated with reprographic services in state owned tertiary institution libraries in Kogi state? Survey research method was adopted for the work while questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data were analyzed using mean score, frequency and percentages. Major findings are that photocopying and bindery machines are the most available machines in the reprographic units of state owned tertiary institution libraries, the effectiveness of all the machines available in the libraries was rated very low or rejected. Lack of fund was identified as one of the major problems affecting reprographic services while improved funding and provision of alternative sources of power generation were identified as ways of solving the problems associated with reprographic services in the owned tertiary institution libraries in Kogi state of Nigeria.