DOCUMENTATION AND USE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN SOUTH-EAST AND SOUTH-SOUTH GEOPOLITICAL ZONES OF NIGERIA

Documenting indigenous knowledge is now widely discussed as a way of guaranteeing the social, cultural and economic interest of indigenous people and local communities. This paper investigated the methods through which public libraries in South-East and South-South geopolitical zones of Nigeria document and use indigenous knowledge. A descriptive research design was used for the study, using questionnaire and interview as the instruments for data collection. Three research questions were formula