Perception of planning and designing of school library building by library personnel in Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated library personnel perception of planning and designing of school library building spaces in Nigeria. The convenience sampling technique was used to select 243 library personnel across Nigeria out of which only 237 responded with useful data. The data for the study was collected at the 34th and 35th Annual Conference of the Nigerian School Library Association held at Abuja and Minna respectively. Findings from the study revealed that library personnel in public schools in Nigeria have poor perception about the planning and designing of school library building spaces in Nigerian schools (Mean =2.27). There was also negative perception about the designing of school library building spaces (Mean =2.35). There was a positive perception of library personnel about purpose of school library spaces in Nigeria (Mean =2.66). However, the study revealed that library personnel have positive perception about the purposes of school library building spaces in Nigeria with emphasis on the fact that the essence of school library spaces was to motivate students to read and study. Government and proprietors of schools should give adequate attention to planning and designing of school library spaces to ensure qualitative library service delivery in Nigerian schools.