Re-engineering Library Management Structure in Nigerian University Libraries for Effective Service Delivery

Abstract

The practice of consciously and continually shaping an organisation through the act of directing and controlling a group of people for the purpose of coordinating and harmonising the group towards accomplishing a goal beyond the scope of individual effort describes the term “management”. This paper, through combinations of personal experiences, visits to libraries and literature review approaches, examines factors shaping management structure in University libraries, while suggesting ways of re-engineering management structure in libraries for effective service delivery. It advises librarians to endeavour to understand the needs of their customers and strive to respond to these demands through changes in management structure but not to expect to find a single organisation structure to fit all libraries or even to satisfy their own organisation forever.