Academic Utilization of Government Publications in Three Nigerian University Libraries

This paper seeks to examine the current state of academic utilization of government publications in Nigerian university libraries. Using a descriptive survey, the study focused on three academic libraries in Southeastern Nigeria serving a population of 11,996 undergraduate and postgraduate student l...

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Published inPortal (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 587 - 607
Main Authors Okwor, Roseline Ngozi, Mole, Austin J. C, Ihekwoaba, Emmanuel Chukwudi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.10.2015
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Academic Libraries
Access to Information
Check Lists
College students
Data collection
Foreign Countries
Government Publications
Graduate Students
Information sources
Information Utilization
Interviews
Legal deposit
Librarians
Libraries
Library collections
Library management
Library Materials
Library Services
Library users
Nigeria
Questionnaires
Reading
Studies
Undergraduate Students
Use Studies
Nigeria
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Summary:This paper seeks to examine the current state of academic utilization of government publications in Nigerian university libraries. Using a descriptive survey, the study focused on three academic libraries in Southeastern Nigeria serving a population of 11,996 undergraduate and postgraduate student library users, 592 of whom answered a questionnaire. The study relied on questionnaires, interviews, and observation checklists for data collection. Means, frequency counts, and percentages were used to analyze the data. The study recommended that libraries should make the reading spaces and environment in government document sections more comfortable and that government document libraries should engage fully in online subscriptions to government publications.
ISSN:1531-2542
1530-7131
1530-7131
DOI:10.1353/pla.2015.0046