Open AccessCollection Development Variables and Utilization of Information Resources in University Libraries, South-South, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Patience Owere Ekpang,
William O. Nkanu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
konfrontasi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2716-2095
pISSN - 1410-881X
DOI - 10.33258/konfrontasi2.v9i1.96
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , stratified sampling , sample (material) , government (linguistics) , data collection , collection development , population , research design , knowledge management , sampling (signal processing) , business , library science , computer science , sociology , statistics , social science , mathematics , demography , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , filter (signal processing) , chromatography , computer vision
This study investigated the relationship between collection development variables, and utilization of information resources in university libraries, south-south, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 16620 students and a sample of 800 respondents was awareness for the study. The awareness was done through the stratified and purposive random sampling technique. The results of the analyses revealed a significant relationship between awareness, acquisition and utilization of information resources. Based on these findings, it was recommended, among others that: Government should prioritize funding for the acquisition of information resources for university libraries