Information Seeking Behaviour of Students of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2013.v7n2.05.p47

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Information-Seeking Behaviour, Libraries, User Needs, User Education, Ajayi Crowther University Students

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The diversity in people account for how they seek information and this is what has prompted this study. This paper investigated the Information-Seeking behaviour of students of Ajayi Crowther University, a private university in South Western Nigeria. The survey research method was used and questionnaire administered to five hundred (500) students randomly selected from the three (3) faculties in the university. The data gathered from the questionnaire was analysed using the frequency count and simple percentage. It was discovered that majority of the students (66%) sought information for academic purposes and the library (62.8%) was their preferred place of searching and using information resources. Also, that their course of study (47.6%) influenced the format (55.4%) they want information in. Majority of the respondents (53.2%) also expressed satisfaction with the library for being able to meet their information needs. Recommendations were then made that the library should increase and improve its stock to meet the demands of the students, provide working internet connectivity to enhance ease of electronic search and databases and train its staff in interpersonal relations to improve staff- user relations. And lastly, that periodic user education should be carried out in the library to educate users on effective and efficient use of the library to get maximum satisfaction.

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  • Omobolanle Seri Fasola, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Nigeria

    Cataloguing and Classification Unit, Librarian II

  • Samuel Oladipo Olabode, Ajayi Crowther University

    Cataloging and Classification Unit; Rank - Higher Library Officer

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2014-02-26

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Fasola, Omobolanle Seri, e Samuel Oladipo Olabode. “Information Seeking Behaviour of Students of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria”. Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends, vol. 7, nº 2, fevereiro de 2014, p. 47-60, https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2013.v7n2.05.p47.