INFLUENCE OF LIBRARY RESOURCES UTILIZATION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC POLYTECHNICS IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
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The paper investigated the influence of library resources utilization on academic performance of students in public polytechnics in Benue State. Specifically, the study sought to: identify the library resources, examine the influence of library resources on academic performance of students and find out whether the students are satisfied with the library resources provided. Three research questions were raised in line with the purposes of the study to guide the research. The paper adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted of four (4) public polytechnics in the Benue state with a 9437 students. The sample size for the study was 370 students derived using random sampling. Questionnaire was used to collect data while data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics of Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research. Results revealed that, library resources such as monographs/textbooks, card catalogue, online public access catalogue, e-books, newspapers, journals, e-databases such as AGORA, EBSCOhost, JSTOR etc, CD-ROM and library staff are provided by the polytechnic libraries. The study also found that library resources have significant influence on academic performance of students in areas such as; improving their readings skills, helping them to pass their examination with high grades, making them participate in academic discourse among others and finally, the level of satisfaction from the library resources provided to the students was low. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among other that: the management of the Polytechnics Libraries should be more proactive in the area of awareness of information resources in the library by showing them the benefits they could derive from using them through various means including, flyers, user education programs need to be revolutionised, modern ICT equipment should be factor in, including practical instructions to ensure adequate understanding of library activities by users. By this, students will be well oriented about the activities of the library and how to access, retrieve and use the available information resources on their own effectively.
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Library Resources, Utilization, Academic Performance, Polytechnic Libraries StudentsDownloads
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