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    CHANGING LIBRARY READER’S SERVICES IN NIGERIA UNIVERSITIES: NEW REALITY FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC
    (Indonesian journal of Librarian, Library Department of Governance Institute of Home Affairs, 2025-06-29) Abdulrazaq, O.M.; Abdulraheem, W.A.; Abdulraheem, O.N.; Babafemi, G.O.
    University libraries represent an important integral of university community. It is fondly called the heart or nerve centre of university. This is because no, university can successfully carried out it mandate of teaching, learning and research activities without a university library. Therefore, the period of 2020 which is heralded with coronavirus pandemic in the world has affected mode of operadium of many institutions especially university library reader’s services in Nigeria. This study examines changing library readers’ services in Nigeria universities: New reality from COVID-19 pandemic. The study adopts qualitative research method owing to the intention of providing in-depth understanding of changing library reader’s services in the University of Ilorin: New reality from covid-19 pandemic. The choice of qualitative research approach is to provide more insights as to the major themes of this study, which can further entrench the theoretical framework in scholarly communication. The purposive sampling technique was adopted for the study as the participants were sampled on the ground of being professional librarians in university of Ilorin library. Heads of various units especially, circulation, reference, serials, e-library, law unit, medical unit and university librarians were interview for the study. The inclusion criteria include status of being a librarian practicing in university of Ilorin Library, and headship of the unit. The total number of participant was 7 (seven). The structured interview was used to collect data on the convenient time of the participants. The interview sessions will be recorded and transcribed using the Microsoft Word application. After this, Microsoft Excel application was used to code the transcripts. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the final version of the interview transcript. The finding of the study revealed that majority of participants noted the services by professional librarians during COVID 19 to users were through electronic formats. The study recommends that training and workshop should be organised for library users and library professional on the use of current information tools.