Assessment of Undergraduates’ usage of Academic Library for Learning and Research in Afe Babalola University, Nigeria, International Journal of Library and Information Science

OJO, Funmilayo Yemi and SUBAIR, Roselyn E. and OLAJIDE, Oluwakemi O (2015) Assessment of Undergraduates’ usage of Academic Library for Learning and Research in Afe Babalola University, Nigeria, International Journal of Library and Information Science. International Journal of Library & Information Science (IJLIS), 4 (2). pp. 16-26. ISSN 2277-3584

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Abstract

This study examines the usage of academic library by undergraduates of Afe Babalola University, Nigeria. Four research questions were considered to gather data. Purposive sampling technique was used to obtain data from 500 students of the university who participated in the study. The findings revealed that 56% of the students visited the library daily. 99.6% of the students sampled only visited the library to read for test and examination while 96.8% visited the library to browse the internet. Also, 79.4% were not satisfied with the seating capacity and availability of computers in the library. The study recommended that lecturers should give reading assignments to students that will require that they visit the library to read even before test and examinations. Also, the library should organize a “library week” every session to sensitize students on the available resources in the library. In addition to college libraries, a more spacious central library should be made available to serve the teaming population of the users.

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