CRIME PREVENTION IN MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE UMUDIKE, LIBRARY

This ABSTRACT study sought to determine the type of criminal misconduct encountered in the library and the measure taken to prevent crime in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. The central research questions are: What form do criminal misconduct such as mutilation and that of information resources take; which materials are most vulnerable to crime in the library ; what are the factors that aid criminal misconduct among student users of the university library and which measure would serve as the best solution to this problem? Descriptive survey method as used consisting of questionnaires and interviews. Data were collected with a two part questionnaires and analysis of relevant literature from a sample population of 91 respondents including the staff of the library and users. The library has five departments from the data collected, book theft and mutilation, user frustration is a common problem in the library mainly rising from limited copies of choice materials and non-availability of needed information materials, staff attitude towards library users also constitute to criminal misconduct in the Institution university library.