Utilisation of Peer Informal Social Interaction for Information Sharing among Archives and Records Management Students in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Utilisation of Peer Informal Social Interaction for Information Sharing among Archives and Records Management Students in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
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2015
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BUBE, ABDULKARIM ALIYU
ZAKARI, MOHAMMED
DANGANI, BABANGIDA UMAR
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This study focused on utilisation of peer informal social interaction for information
sharing among archives and records management students in Ahamdu Bello University
Zaria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were used in the study. The research
questions sought to find out the reasons that make master in archives and records
management students in the department of library and Information science ABU, Zaria
engage in peer informal social interaction, the second one sought to find out the level of
satisfaction derive from peer informal social interaction by the students among others. The
hypotheses used are; there is no significant difference among master in archives and records
management students in the Department of Library and Information science ABU on their
reasons for engaging in peer informal social interaction, the second hypothesis stated that
Peer informal social interaction among the Master in Archives and Records Management
students in the Department of Library and Information Science ABU Zaria has no significant
use on the satisfaction they derive from the interaction. The research method adopted was
survey, the population of the study comprised all master in archives and records management
students admitted in the Department of Library and Information Science ABU Zaria from
2010/2011 to 2014/2015 totaling (23) in number. Because the population was small, there
was no sampling, the whole population was used. Structured questionnaire containing
closed-ended questions was used. Data collected from the research questions was analyzed
using frequency and percentage. Null hypotheses one and two were tested using Kruskal
Wallis H Test and Chi-square respectively. The findings of the study revealed that majority of
master in archives and records management students in the Department of Library and
Information Science ABU, Zaria engaged in peer informal social interaction to share
information about their understandings on a particular course in their field of studies, the
second finding showed that majority of these students were mostly satisfied with discussion
between two individual as one of the types of peer informal social interaction. The study
concluded that peer informal social interaction has significant importance on the information
sharing among the student under study. It was suggested among others that the Master in
Archives and Records Management students in the Department of Library and Information
Science Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria should be encouraged to stick to peer informal
social interaction because through such interaction, information that can lead to the better
understanding of a particular course in their field of study is acquired.
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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
ABU ZARIA