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Africana and Publication Ordinance Consultations 2006

 

Table 4: Comprehensive Rate of Africana Consultations, January–December 2006.
Month	Post–Graduate		Undergraduate		Staff		Library Staff		Others		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
January	35	71.42	8	16.32	2	4.08			4	8.16	49
February	41	48.23	14	16.47	12	14.11	12	14.11	6	7.05	85
March	200	92.1	11	5.06					6	2.76	217
April	30	73.17		7.31	8	19.51					41
May	24	72.7	3	9.09					6	18.18	33
June	24	54.54	6	13.63	6	13.63	4	9.09	4	9.09	44
July	11	84.61	2	15.38							13
August	17	44.73	5	13.15	6	15.78	2	5.26	8	21.05	38
September	22	43.13	15	29.41	4	7.84	4	7.84	6	11.76	51
October	11	36.66	4	13.33	5	16.66	3	10.0	7	23.33	30
November	28	62.22	10	22.22					7	15.55	45
December	40	54.05	13	17.56	5	6.75			16	21.62	74
Total	483	67.08	94	13.05	48	6.66	25	3.47	70	9.72	720

 

 

Table 5: Comprehensive Rate of Public Ordinance Consultations, January–December 2006.
Month	Post–Graduate		Undergraduate		Staff		Library Staff		Others		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
January	25	60.97	10	24.39			2	4.80	4	9.75	41
February	10	23.80	12	28.57	5	11.90			15	35.71	42
March	16	48.48	7	21.20	4	12.12	2	6.06	4	12.12	33
April	22	48.80	14	31.11	6	13.33	2	4.44	1	2.22	45
May	12	57.14	3	14.28					6	28.57	21
June	24	70.58	4	11.76	2	5.88	4	11.76			37
July	42	59.15	22	30.98					7	9.85	71
August	66	51.96	32	25.19	3	2.36	13	10.23	13	10.23	127
September	80	58.39	29	21.16	7	5.10	8	5.83	13	9.48	137
October	64	64.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	6	6.0	19	19.0	100
November	84	60.43	27	19.42					28	20.14	139
December	46	46.46	23	23.23	3	3.03	2	2.02	25	25.25	99
Total	491	55.23	187	21.03	37	4.16	39	4.38	135	15.18	889

 

Off–shore/Foreign Requests of Africana Collection

Table 6 shows some of the materials from the Africana section requested by library users outside the country. Requests come from Canada, Singapore, United States, Europe, etc. These are just few examples. The materials are usually mailed to the requesters (some users prefer to pay for the cost of postage while others come for the items themselves). Sometimes it is difficult to find some of the materials requested by this group because the materials are not always well organized or properly shelved.

 

Table 6: Off–shore/Foreign Requests of Africana Collection. Note: These requests are often pre–paid before they are sent to clients.
Name & Address of Institution	Details of Work Requested
Libraifac Bvba, Naamestraat 48, 3000 Leuven, Belgium	Mental Health in Africa, edited by O. A. Erinosho.
Head, Reprographic Science Dept. Central Library, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 0511	Emenyonu, E. N., Political Freedom and Land Ownership: Weep Not Child, pp. 106–116.
Center for Research Libraries. Acquisitions Dept. 6050 South Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 U.S.A.	Awolalu, J. O. “Sacrifice in Yoruba Religion.” (PhD, 1971)
Pret Entre Bibliotheques, Universite de Montreal, Cp6128 — Suic “A” — Montreal H3C 3J7 Canada	Banjo, L. A.: “A Constructive Study of Aspects of the Syntactic and Lexual Rules of English and Yoruba.” (PhD, 1969)
Interlibrary Loan Librarian, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 3420 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104–6277	Flegel, E. R.: Lose Blatter aus dem Tagebuch meiner Haussa-Freunde und Reisegefahrten.
Luigi Collavin, VIAS. Pellico 18 30175 Nargtuera — Venezia Italia	ORITA, Vol. 4 no. 1 June, 1970. Idowu E. B. “Challenge of Witchcraft.”
BLDSC Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire U.K. LS237BQ England	Ladipo, Dura. Oba Koso (The King Does not Hang). Translation by Robert G. Armstrong.
Interlibrary Service. John M.Olin. Research Library, Cornell University Libraries, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853, U.S.A.	Laotan, A. B. The Torch–bearers: or old Brazilian colony in Lagos.
Statsbibliotekel, State University Library, DABL (Danish Loan Centre) DK–8000. Aarus C. Denmark.	Epega, D. O. The Mystery of Yoruba Gods.
Ms F.W. Pritchett. 9 Rosement Drive, Little Rock Arkansas 72204 U.S.A.	1. Ike, Akwaelumo. The Origin of the Ibos 2d ed. 2. Ike, Akaelumo. Great Men of Iboland.
Director General Porim, Institute Penyelidikan Minyak Kelapa Sawit, Malaysia Peti Swat 10620, Kuala Lumpur.	Mbagmi, T. C. “The Oil Palm Economy in Ngwaland Eastern Nigeria.” (PhD, 1971)

 

 

Table 7: Comprehensive Rate of Thesis Consultations, January–December 2004.
Month	Post–Graduate		Undergraduate		Staff		Library Staff		Others		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
January	915	74.25	150	12.17	32	2.59	12	0.97	125	9.98	1,232
February	990	71.22	174	12.51	68	0.43	68	4.81	90	4.89	1,390
March	954	0.040	100	4.23	28	1.18	40	1.69	1,237		2,359
April	1,032	85.43	38	3.14	12	0.99	23	1.91	103	8.52	1,208
May	1,114	93.80	5	0.42	1	0.08	0	0	67	5.64	1,187
June	706	78.20	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	14	1.55	902
July	1,156	88.70	82	6.29	0	0	10	0.76	55	4.22	1,303
August	1,339	92.60	63	4.35	7	0.48	6	0.41	31	2.14	1,446
September	1,159	90.33	48	3.74	6	0.46	0	0	70	5.44	1,283
October	852		16		2		0		4		874
November	745	89.10	41	4.90	3	0.35	2	0.23	45	5.38	836
December	835	86.08	66	6.80	0	0	18	1.85	51	5.25	970

 

 

Table 8: Comprehensive Rate of Thesis Consultations, January–December 2005.
Month	Post–Graduate		Undergraduate		Staff		Library Staff		Others		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
January	480	67.98	43	6.09	0	0	9	12.74	74	10.48	606
February	687	81.98	121	14.43	0	0	6	0.72	24	2.86	838
March	655	90.59	23	3.18	9	12.45	8	1.11	28	3.87	723
April	721	88.24	29	3.50	1	0.12	1	0.12	65	7.90	817
May	731	92.40	24	3.01	0	0	2	0.25	40	5.0	797
June	648	89.50	12	1.60	3	0.41	0	0	61	8.40	724
July	931	89.40	64	6.10	6	0.57	0	0	40	3.84	1,041
August	1,104	92.40	44	3.68	2	0.16			44	3.60	1,194
September	1,315	93.60	56	3.90	2	0.14	3	0.21	28	1.99	1,404
October	936	96.60	29	2.90	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	968
November	782	92.20	54	6.36	0	0	2	0.24	10	1.17	848
December	627	93.30	27	4.01	0	0	0	0	18	2.60	672

 

 

Table 9: Comprehensive Rate of Thesis Consultations, January–December 2006.
Month	Post–Graduate		Undergraduate		Staff		Library Staff		Others		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
January	778	90.0	46	5.35	16	1.86			19	2.21	859
February	921	94.90	24	2.47	7	0.72			18	1.85	970
March	797	96.60	117	2.06					11	1.33	825
April	599	97.39	8	1.30	4	0.65	4	0.65			615
May	540	91.80	30	5.10	5	0.85			13	2.21	588
June	656	96.47	10	1.47	3	0.44	0	0	11	1.60	680
July	600	84.15	97	13.60	4	0.56	0	0	12	1.60	713
August	1,078	96.25	19	1.69	2	0.17	9	0.80	12	1.07	1,120
September	1,138	87.40	85	6.53	29	2.22	4	0.30	45	3.45	1,301
October	704	87.89	28	3.49	7	0.87	10	1.24	52	6.49	801
November	78	84.60	89	9.59	7	0.75	5	0.53	41	4.41	928
December	650	81.14	66	8.23	20	2.49	13	1.62	52	6.49	801

 

 

Table 10: Comprehensive Rate of Thesis Consultations, January–December 2007.
Month	Post–Graduate		Undergraduate		Staff		Library Staff		Others		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
January	640	80.50	66	8.30	24	3.31	13	1.53	52	6.54	795
February	333	50.22	32	4.32	4	0.60	9	1.35	285	42.38	663
March	1,263	86.56	96	6.57	11	0.75	17	1.23	71	4.36	1,459
April	1,219	85.54	104	7.29	13	0.13	18	1.26	71	1.91	1,425
May	510	78.70	93	14.35	2	0.30	8	1.23	35	5.10	648
June	320	85.56	31	0.28	10	2.57	2	0.53	11	2.90	374
July	693	81.52	84	9.39	10	1.17	2	0.21	60	7.36	849
August	729	90.55	28	3.17	13	1.51			35	4.34	805
September	694	91.31	33	4.34			2	0.26	31	4.07	760
October	584	83.0	62	8.70	21	2.34	11	1.50	34	4.77	712
November	750	89.07	40	4.75	9	1.0	14	1.56	29	3.44	842
December	259	98.35					3	1.14			262

 

 

Table 11: Comprehensive Rate of Thesis Consultations, January–December 2008.
Month	Post–Graduate		Undergraduate		Staff		Library Staff		Others		Total
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
January	634	75.60	138	16.46	30	3.57	33	3.93	3	0.36	838
February	744	68.50	143	13.16	43	3.95	53	4.88	103	9.48	1,086
March	752	62.35	226	18.70	65	5.38	74	0.33	119	9.86	1,206
April	752	66.66	226	20.03	65	5.76	4	0.35	99	8.77	1,128
May	740	66.36	176	15.78	57	5.11	46	4.12	96	8.60	1,115
June	636	69.40	192	20.96	28	3.05	38	4.14	22	2.40	916
July	761	75.57	126	12.51	42	4.17	15	1.48	63	6.25	1,007
August	563	53.60	312	29.70	62	5.90	29	2.76	84	0.80	1,050
September	564	68.78	123	15.0	31	3.78	14	1.70	58	7.01	820
October	389	67.80	68	11.86	13	2.26	14	2.44	89	15.53	573
November	661	65.90	129	12.8	33	3.29	41	4.09	138	13.70	1,002
December	322	58.70	106	19.34	10	1.82	7	1.27	103	18.79	548

 

 

Table 12: Overall Total of Theses Consulted from January to December, 2004–2008.
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	1,232	606	859	795	838
February	1,390	838	970	663	1,086
March	2,359	723	825	1,459	1,206
April	1,208	817	615	1,425	1,128
May	1,187	797	588	648	1,115
June	902	724	680	374	916
July	1,303	1,041	713	849	1,007
August	1,446	1,194	1,120	805	1,050
September	1,283	1,404	1,301	760	820
October	874	968	801	712	573
November	836	848	928	842	1,002
December	970	672	801	262	548
Total	14,810	10,632	10,201	9,594	11,289

 

Analysis of Results

The years 2004 and 2006 were arbitrarily chosen for African monographs and P.O. materials since appropriate records were kept. Africana books were not consulted during certain times of the year as can be seen from the table due to a workers’ union strike.

In Tables 2 and 3 of Comprehensive Rates of Africana and P.O. Consultations in 2004, one can infer that postgraduate students utilized the Africana collections more than other categories of users — 850 titles (56.45 percent) in a year and 550 of P.O. materials (53.29 percent). A total of 1,488 Africana books was consulted that year and 1,032 P.O. materials were also consulted and utilized in the same year.

Altogether, a total of 2,500 texts were consulted from this section of the library in 2004. It was in the months of April (10.34 percent) through June (6.81 percent) that the fewest consultations were recorded. This is due to vacation periods and public holidays at these times.

In both cases, postgraduate students and researchers consulted the texts most (840 for Africana materials and 550 for P.O. materials).

The number seems to decrease in 2006, though they were still heavily used and at the same rate. Postgraduate students consulted the highest number of books: 483, or 67 percent Africana, and 491 P.O. materials. This is followed by undergraduates, 194 and 187 respectively, and then others.

A total of 720 Africana books and 889 P.O. materials were consulted. Thus, 1,609 texts were consulted from this section of the library in 2006.

Theses, as can be seen in tables 7–12, are more in demand than the Africana books and the P.O. materials. There are 3,192 theses stored and available in this section.

An accurate record has been kept from the year 2004 to present. The postgraduate students requested more of these materials than any other materials in this section of the library, more than any other group of users. For example, about 915 (74.25 percent) of theses were requested by postgraduate students in January 2004 as compared to 150 (12.17 percent by undergraduates, 35 (2.59 percent) by staff and 125 (9.98 percent) by other users. In November 2005, for example, 782 (92.2 percent) of the theses consulted were consulted by postgraduate students consulted as compared to 54 (6.36 percent) by undergraduates.

It is important to note that a thesis can be consulted repeatedly. It is the frequency of usage and requests that is being recorded, not the different titles used. An overall total of 14,810 in 2004; 10,632 in 2005; 10,201 in 2006; 9,594 in 2007 and 11,289 in 2008 were utilized or requested by postgraduate students (See Table 12).

These numbers show that theses were very popular among the researchers.

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