Title: Deconstruction of Collection and Preservation Terminologies: Implications for Teaching and Research on Indigenous Knowledge
Author(s): Dr C. P. Uzuegbu, Dr A. U. Enyinnah
Publication Year: 2024; Volume 19, Issue 4, pages 1-10

With a worry on how indigenous knowledge can be effectively collected and preserved for the future generation this paper adopted deconstructionism approach to interpret the meanings and applicable implications of collection and preservation as agelong terminologies in librarianship. The analogy revealed that the etymology and lexis of collection and preservation encompasses the act of collecting pieces of data from relevant sources to produce a distinct information material and the activity of recording vital information and knowledge respectively both of which are the nitty-gritty of documentation studies. From the perspective of librarianship the paper concluded that the traditional thought that collection denotes the quantity of information materials accumulated by a library while preservation centres on book protection measures are distinctly marginalised. The paper that library and information science educators should explore and teach scientific methods of documentation studies and also deepen the scope and coverage of indigenous knowledge to include how to document different aspects of indigenous knowledge.