%0 Journal Article %T Deterioration of Library Resources and its Causes: Theoretical Review %A Zainab Usman Mahmood %A Hauwa Muhammed Mari %J International Journal of Basics and Applied Science %D 2013 %I Insan Akademika Publications %X People using library materials in a normal way will cause some inevitable damage. The amount of damage that occurs can be reduced by proper handling. Willful acts that damage library materials, such as underlining and cutting pages out of books, are inexcusable and must not be done. This paper examines the issues of Deterioration of Library Resources and its Causes. The study is descriptive in nature and used information that are secondary in nature. Documentation analysis was used in compiling the secondary. %K Library Resources %K Document deterioration %K Resources utilization %U http://insikapub.com/Vol-01/No-04/07IJBAS(1)(4).pdf