CHALLENGES AFFECTING THE PROVISION OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES TO UNDEGRADUATE STUDENTS IN BENUE STATE UNIVESITY LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES, MAKURDI
Abstract
Thestudyinvestigatedchallengesaffectingtheprovisionoflibraryandinformationresou
rcestoundergraduatestudentsinBenuestateUniversityLibraryandInformationService
sMakurdi.Thestudyadopteddescriptivesurveyresearchdesignwithapopulationof72lib
rarystaff.Thesampletechniqueusedwastotalenumeration.Thequestionnairewastheins
trumentfordatacollection.Thedatacollectedwasanalyzedusingmeanscore.Theresults
fromanalysisrevealedthatBenueStateUniversityLibraryandInformationServicesprov
idestudentswithdifferenttypesoflibraryandinformationresourcestoahighextentthoug
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haffectedbychallengessuchaslackofawarenessoftools,therelackofknowledgetochoos
ee
journals,thereisinadequatesearchskills,inaccessibilityofsomeelectronicresources,th
ereishighcostofinternetconnectivity,thereisinsufficientfundingamongothersandconcl
udedthattoaddressthechallengesaffectingprovisionoflibraryinformationresourcesist
oencouragetheattainmentofacademicgoalsandacademicexcellence,whichisimperati
ve.
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