Awareness and Utilization of Library Public Access Catalogue by Undergraduate Students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Bauchi State of Nigeria
Authors : Binta Fatima Umar , H.M Abareh & Aminu Abubakar Basaka
This paper examined the awareness and use of library public access catalogue by undergraduate students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi. The study employed descriptive survey research design with population of 200 undergraduate students which cut across all faculties in ATBU Bauchi using random sampling techniques. Data was collected by use of 200 questionnaires out of which 187 copies of questionnaire were retrieved and used for the study. Data were analyzed using frequency distributions and percentages. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the undergraduate students lacked the awareness of publicaccess catalogue in ATBU Library; undergraduate students never used the library public access catalogue in exploiting the resources in the university library; shelf-to-shelf browsing is the information searching and retrieval skills adopted by the undergraduate students. Lack of proper orientation and user education were identified as major factors militating against their maximum utilization and exploitation of the resources in the university library. Based on the findings, this paper proffers solutions how to reverse these trends through a modified technology of online public access catalogue for maximum utilization of library catalogue in retrieving the information resources in the library.
Keywords: Library catalogue, Public access, Awareness and Utilization
Cite This Article As: Umar, B. F. ,Abareh, H. M., & Basaka, M. A. (2017). Awareness and Utilization of Library Public Access Catalogue by Undergraduate Students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Bauchi State of NigeriaI. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 3(1), 131-138. www.ijrls.in
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