An Introspection on the Relationship between Library Policies and Users’ Crime Orientate Activities in University of Buea Library

Crime committed within the library, the misuse of library resources, facilities and equipment is an age old tradition in library and information science profession. This article presents a panoramic view of policies with which University of Buea Library is run or managed and the extent to which such library policies assist in the strategic control of crime wave in the said library. With the use of descriptive survey research design and purposive sampling technique questionnaire which was the sole instrument for data collection for the research was administered to 15 librarians in University of Buea Library. When subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, the collected data revealed that mutilation, theft, hiding of books and answering of phone calls were among principal crimes disrupting proper librarianship in University of Buea Library. Consequently, it was recommended that rules and regulations prohibiting the acts of making answering of mobile telephone calls, mutilation, theft and hiding of library books should be strictly implemented. Mbah Relean-Jeans "An Introspection on the Relationship between Library Policies and Users' Crime Orientate Activities in University of Buea Library" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38543.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/38543/an-introspection-on-the-relationship-between-library-policies-and-users'-crime-orientate-activities-in-university-of-buea-library/mbah-releanjeans