Information Dissemination Role of Libraries: Solution to Domestic Violence in Awka Metropolis, Anambra State, Nigeria

Nwogwugwu Ngozi Ogechukwu; Azolo Enuma Maureen

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Information Dissemination Role of Libraries: Solution to Domestic Violence in Awka Metropolis, Anambra State, Nigeria

Nwogwugwu Ngozi Ogechukwu, Azolo Enuma Maureen

Published in American Journal of Information Science and Technology (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 1 April 2022 Accepted: 15 April 2022 Published: 31 May 2022

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Abstract

Domestic violence (DV) has always been a hot topic in Nigeria. Women and minors have suffered varying degrees of physical, emotional and mental abuse in the hands of friends, relations, family and spouses in past. Therefore, this study examined the role library and information science could play in curbing this menace in Awka Metropolis as a broad objective, accompanied by three specific objectives. The study adopted a survey research design, with a population of 210 and a sample size of 136, arrived at using Krejcie and Morgan formula. The data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire, and the analysis was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistics. The hypothesis formulated was tested at 5% level of significance. The findings revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship existing between information dissemination and domestic violence (DV) reported cases (r = .908 p-value < .05). The study, therefore, concluded that library and information science plays a major role in the reduction of incidence of domestic violence in Awka Metropolis. It was recommended among other things that education of people about fundamental human rights of others should be championed by various private and public libraries so that they can be bold enough to report abuse by others, and that human rights practices need to be inculcated into various school curriculums to forestall the further perpetration of acts considered domestic violence in Awka metropolis.

Published in	American Journal of Information Science and Technology (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajist.20220602.13
Page(s)	30-36
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Libraries, Information Dissemination, Domestic Violence, Culture, Librarians

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Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
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Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

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