FUNDING, COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING AS CORRELATES OF LIBRARY SERVICE DELIVERY TO PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN NIGERIA

This study investigated the extent to which funding, communication and marketing predict library service delivery to Persons With Hearing Impairment, PWHI, in Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Two states were randomly selected from each of North-Central, North-West, South-South and South-West geo-political zones. They are the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Niger State, Kaduna State, Kebbi State, Edo State, Delta State, Oyo State and Ondo State respectively. FCT was considered a state in the study because, it has a standard facility for the research. One school of the deaf with standard library was randomly selected from each of the eight states. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo, being the only higher institution for special students in Nigeria, and also to select one public library from each of the eight states. Moreover, random sampling technique was used to select one academic library from each of the eight states. Finally, purposive sampling technique was used to select one each of central market, church, mosque in the states capital so as to interview the public PWHI. Total enumeration sampling technique was used to select 687 respondents comprising 218 senior class two students, 148 NCE III students of FCE (Special) Oyo, who made use of PWHI resources in the college library, 8 school of the deaf librarians, 13 FCE (Special) librarians, 97 academic librarians, 48 public librarians and 168 pubic PWHI. Three instruments were used: Library Servic e Delivery to Students with Hearing Impairment Questionnaire ([bar.x] = 0.84) (Students), Library Service Delivery to People with Hearing Impairment Questionnaire ([bar.x] = 0.81) (librarians) and Interview Checklist ([bar.x] = 0.69) (Public PWHI). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's product moment correlation and multiple regression.