Examination of the Nexus between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria.
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Date
2015-04
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Taylor & Francis
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.
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Keywords
Academic libraries, Accreditation, library contributions and value, Nigerian accreditation
Citation
Nkiko, C., Ilo, P., Idiegbeyan-Ose, J., & Segun-Adeniran, C. (2015). Examination of the nexus between academic libraries and accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 21(3), 325-338.