Title: Evaluating Quality Assurance in North-West University Libraries in Nigeria: Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria Minimum Standard and Guidelines in Perspective
Author(s): Chukwuji Charles Nwabueze, Gadanga Aliyu Tsafe, Ejezie Jachike Kelenna
Publication Year: 2021; Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 27-42

Quality assurance is a must for effective and efficient library services hence the need forrnstandard. It is this need that necessitated the Librarians Registration Council of NigeriarnLRCN to issue a draft Minimum Standard and Guidelines MS G for academic librariesrnin Nigeria in 2914. The purpose of the study therefore was to evaluate quality assurance inrnuniversity libraries in the light of the LRCN Minimum Standard and Guidelines. The studyrnused descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all thernfourteen public university librarians in Northwestern region of Nigeria. Purposive samplingrntechnique was adopted to enable the fourteen universities to be studied because it isrnconvenient for the researchers. Questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data fromrnthe respondents. Fourteen 14 questionnaires were administered on the respondents whilernten 10 were returned and used for this study. Data collected were analysed using simplernfrequencies and percentages and presented in tables. One of the findings shows that thernLRCN MS G on staffing were not met by the libraries. The Finding also discovered thatrnNigerian Universities Commission do not cover all the LRCN MS G for academic librariesrnduring their programme accreditation. Among the recommendations made was that thernlibraries should make effort to have the right combination of staff in quantity and quality asrnthis will enable them to have the right staff mix as demanded by LRCN 2014 so that theyrncan be able to deliver effective and efficient service and fulfill their objectives.