Extent of KOHA software application to cataloguing and classification in National Library of Nigeria

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the extent of KOHA software application in cataloguing and classification in National Library of Nigeria, Abuja headquarters. The study was guided by three research questions. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised the entire 16 cataloguers and classifiers in National Library of Nigeria, Abuja. The entire population was used as sample size because of its size and which is manageable A34 items questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The data collected were statistically analysed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions.The findings of the study showed and identified some challenges which include lack of training and retraining of staff, epileptic nature of power supply, poor funding, crashing in network, lack of stationaries for provision of cataloguing worksheets, poor maintenance culture of computers. The paper recommended that adequate training and retraining of staff in ICT skills and use of the Open Souce Software (OSS) , provision of alternative power source, sorting of network problem to curtail network crashing, improved and diversification of sources of fund, amongst others.