Title: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on University libraries in North-East Nigeria: A case study of Ramat library University of Maiduguri
Author(s): Samaila Inuwa
Publication Year: 2021; Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 19-26

At the beginning of the year 2020 COVID-19 became the most serious threat to internationalrnpublic health. In Nigeria government imposed some restrictions on the citizens in order tornminimize the spread of the virus and death rates. In this situation community attitudes andrnbehaviours are critical to the management of this pandemic. The COVID-19 lockdown wasrnimposed on the citizens of Borno State which made it impossible for people to move freelyrnout of their houses. This had serious effect on the lives of people especially in the use of thernlibrary resources. The study investigated the effect of COVID-19 on provision of libraryrnservices in Ramat library the population of the study involved sixteen heads of division.rnPurposive sampling was employed. The study uses case study research design. Qualitativernmethod was adopted for the study in which unstructured interview was used for datarncollection. Content thematic analysis was used for data analysis and seven themes emerged.rnThese include collection development services technical services research and bibliographicrnservices web based services reference services faculty libraries services and administrativernservices. The finding indicated that COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected the services ofrnthe university of Maiduguri library with the exception of web based library services.rnHowever skeletal administrative services were still available at the time of this research.