DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN LIBRARIES OF SOME FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study compared Professional /Para-Professional (PPP) and support/junior (SJ) staff opinions on their disaster preparedness in libraries of Federal Universities in the North-Eastern Nigeria.Apopulation of 190 library staff,comprising (47 PPP) and (140SJ) was used. The results of the three null hypotheses tested, showed that there were significant differences between the two categories of staff in respect of their disaster prepardness.The (PPP) staff had higher level of disaster preparedness as regards plans,policies and procedure than the (SJ) staff. (SJ) staff had higher practical knowledge and skill to combat disaster occurrence than the (PPP) staff.Both categories had insufficient knowledge of disaster preparedness,but were ready for training. The study recommended among others, that, the libraries studied should endeovour to train their staff on disaster preparedness.