Students Use of Academic Libraries in Nigeria: A Case of Obafemi Awolowo University Library, Ile-Ife

Authors

Chinwe M. T. Nwezeh, Obafemi Awolowo UniversityFollow
I. N. Shabi, Obafemi Awolowo University

Date of this Version

2-2011

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Library Philosophy and Practice (2011) 7 p.

Abstract

A survey of student use of Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library was carried out with five hundred students as respondents. While 95 percent of respondents use the library, those who do not have various reasons for it. It also showed that of all the library materials, indexes/abstracts, microfilms, and government publications are the least used library resources. Recommendations for improving the use of library resources are made.