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Private Enterprise and Nigerian University Libraries: The Ahmadu Bello University Example

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

M.M. Zaki
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This article explains what has led to privatisation of some library services in Nigerian university libraries, with emphasis on the Ahmadu Bello University Library experience. It also discusses the prospects and problems of already privatised services such as photocopying and word processing. Other viable services for privatisation are enumerated.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 59: Volumes 59 & 60 , 1992 , pp. 21 - 24
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Copyright © African Research & Documentation 1992

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