AN EVALUATION OF THE "USE OF LIBRARY COURSE" IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
AN EVALUATION OF THE "USE OF LIBRARY COURSE" IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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1997-12
Authors
AJAYI, PHILIP OLASUPO
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Abstract
The study is an evaluation of the "Library Use Course" in
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Attention was focused on
students' knowledge on various areas relating to the use of
library and library catalogue by the recipients of the "Use of
Library" course. The data gathering methods employed in this
study were the interview and questionnaire. The convenience
sampling strategy was adopted to select students in two
faculties from the eleven that make up Ahmadu Bello
University. Data collected was quantified and tabulated. The
analysis of responses revealed that the "Library Use Course"
affects the usage of the catalogue in the location of
materials, knowledge of title, author, subject access;
knowledge of bibliographical citation and the use of reference
tools in finding information in the library. The responses
from the students used for the study further revealed that,
given some specified modalities for its introduction and
integration into the university curricula, the course "Use of
Library" will increase the knowledge of the catalogue as a
finding list, the use of reference sources and bibliographical
tools in the library. This formed the basis for the
conclusions and recommendations of this research which
includes the need to make this course credit earning for its
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO
THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF LIBRARY
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (MLIS)
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
DECEMBER, 1997
Keywords
EVALUATION,, LIBRARY COURSE,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA