dc.description.abstract | Libraries
and information
centres
a
re
vulnerable to a whole range of disasters. For
instance
, fire
that is caused by arson or faulty electrical systems; flooding from burst
pipes, or following heavy rain; break
-
ins and theft as a result of inadequate security
preca
utions: all these incidents can be costly in terms of damage and loss of material
some of which may be unique equipment and systems. The study s
ought
to carry out an
assessment of disaster management
practices
in school libraries
with
Aga Khan Academy
lib
rary
used as the
case study. The study
used
a case study approach
where both
quantitative
and qualitative
design
s
w
ere
applied
. It target
ed
a population of 502
respondents
that
comprise
d
of the school top management, teaching staff, library staff
and stude
nts. The sample for the study
was
76
respondents which translate
d
to 1
5
percent
of the targeted population that
w
ere
sampled through stratified random sampling.
Questionnaires
were
the key data collection tool that
was
used
but
also
supplemented by
intervi
ews. T
he collected data
w
as
analy
z
ed statistically using SPSS. T
he study found out
that school libraries
encounter
a number of disasters
which include
fire, flood, wars
and
or student riots, negligence and poor maintained buildings.
Nonetheless, school lib
raries
have not put in place adequate mitigation measures for such
disasters.
Thus
, t
he study
concluded that school libraries
should put in place
a number of disasters which need to be
properly managed.
Thus, the study proposed a number of
recommendations
which
include institution of
a disaster management policy to govern
disaster management
implementation.
Importantly, the
disaster management policy must be endorsed by the
top management of the school for it to be binding
to
all school stakeholders. | en_US |