Examination of the Nexus between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria

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Hauptverfasser: Nkiko, Christopher, Ilo, Promise, Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome, Segun-Adeniran, Chidi
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author Nkiko, Christopher
Ilo, Promise
Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome
Segun-Adeniran, Chidi
author_facet Nkiko, Christopher
Ilo, Promise
Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome
Segun-Adeniran, Chidi
Nkiko, Christopher
Ilo, Promise
Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome
Segun-Adeniran, Chidi
collection Education Resources Information Center
contents Examination of the Nexus between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria Nkiko, Christopher Ilo, Promise Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome Segun-Adeniran, Chidi Academic Libraries Accreditation (Institutions) Higher Education Relevance (Education) Institutional Mission Library Role Performance Factors Value Judgment Educational Practices Foreign Countries 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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spellingShingle Examination of the Nexus between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria
Nkiko, Christopher
Ilo, Promise
Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome
Segun-Adeniran, Chidi
Academic Libraries
Accreditation (Institutions)
Higher Education
Relevance (Education)
Institutional Mission
Library Role
Performance Factors
Value Judgment
Educational Practices
Foreign Countries
Examination of the Nexus between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria Nkiko, Christopher Ilo, Promise Idiegbeyan-Ose, Jerome Segun-Adeniran, Chidi Academic Libraries Accreditation (Institutions) Higher Education Relevance (Education) Institutional Mission Library Role Performance Factors Value Judgment Educational Practices Foreign Countries 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.
title Examination of the Nexus between Academic Libraries and Accreditation: Lessons from Nigeria
topic Academic Libraries
Accreditation (Institutions)
Higher Education
Relevance (Education)
Institutional Mission
Library Role
Performance Factors
Value Judgment
Educational Practices
Foreign Countries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1089233