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ABSTRACT

The paper examined the regular maintenance of library buildings, the prospects, benefits and challenges. It was stated in the study that maintenance of library material involves continuous monitoring of the stack room, displaying of new material on the display racks and arrangement of the books and periodicals on the shelves after use. Those materials have to be dusted and cleaned at periodic intervals. Also, libraries build collections to meet the information needs of their users, but it is also essential and important to ensure that libraries meet their needs effectively as well as expeditiously. This sort of goal can be achieved provided the library maintains its resources arranged in a systematic manner and that the resources are regularly shelved in proper sequence and order, which invariably gets disturbed during use. Better maintenance of assets increased the life expectancy of such assets, thereby eliminating premature replacement of machinery and equipment. In summary, regular maintenance of the library building makes a significant contribution to the orderly arrangement of library materials and to library cleaning, shelf rectification, and library material preservation, which are essential for efficient service to library users. One of the recommendations made in the study was that the director library governing council should support and monitor the maintenance group management team to ensure regular implementation of the maintenance culture in the library building.