Examination of the Nexus Between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria

Nkiko, Christopher and Ilo, Promise Ifeoma and Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome and Segun-Adeniran, Chidi D. (2015) Examination of the Nexus Between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria. New Review of Academic Librarianship. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1361-4533 print / 1740-7834 online

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Abstract

The article investigated the nexus between academic libraries and accreditation in the higher institutions with special focus on the Nigerian experience. It showed that all accreditation agencies place a high premium on library provisions as a major component of requisite benchmarks in determining the status of the program or institutions being assessed. Academic libraries help to enrich formal classroom curricular and act as a broadening influence on lecturers and students as well as nurture in them the virtue of independent inquiry. State-of-the-art academic libraries confer prestige on the institutions and have tremendous impact on student retention, rankings, and high profiling of parent institution during accreditation. The article noted that there exists strong intrinsic and sometimes imperceptible relationship between academic libraries and higher education. It recommended institutionalization of global and regional ranking of academic libraries, among others.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	academic libraries, accreditation, library contributions and value, Nigerian accreditation
Subjects:	Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2015 13:00
Last Modified:	17 Feb 2016 10:16
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/5252

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