ABSTRACT
This study investigated into the Influence of
the Uses of library on the academic performance of secondary school students in
Ilorin
Metropolis.
Two hundred respondents participated in
the study. Four research hypotheses were generated for the study and t-test
statistical method was used to analyses the data gathered with the
questionnaire. The study showed that significant relationship existed between
non-funding of university library and students performance.
Also significant relationship existed
between non-qualified staff and students’ performance, significant relationship
existed between inadequate relevant resources and students’ performance and
significant relationship exist between staff motivation and students
performance. It was therefore recommended that qualified library staff must be
well equipped with relevant equipment, the library should be well equipped while
there should be opportunity for future development of the library.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
PAGE
TITLE PAGE i
CERTIFICATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv
ABSTRACT vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES x
CHAPTER
ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
1
Statement of the
Problem 7
Purpose of the Study 8
General Questions 9
Research Questions 9
Research Hypotheses 11
Significance of the
Study 12
Delimitation and Scope
of the Study 12
Definition
of Terms (Operational Definitions) 13
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE
Library
Administration 14
Library
Personnel Administration 18
Manpower
and Education 22
Personnel
Problem in Academic Library 27
Concept
of Library Resource 31
Availability
of Library Resources 36
Summary
of Review of Related Literature Review 38
CHAPTER
THREE: RESEARCH METHOD
Research Design 40
Population 41
Sample and Sampling
Techniques 41
Instrumentation 42
Validity of the
Instrument 42
Reliability of the
Instrument 43
Administration of the
Instrument 43
Data Analysis 44
CHAPTER
FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Results 45
Discussion of Findings 49
CHAPTER
FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary 53
Conclusion 54
Implication of the
Study 55
Recommendations 55
Limitations of the
Study 56
Suggestions for Further
Study 56
REFERENCES 57
APPENDIX
59
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: t-test
analysis comparing participants
by
Sex 45
Table 2: t-test
comparing participants by type of
schools
46
Table 3: t-test
analysis comparing participants
by
discipline 47
Table 4: t-test
analysis on comparing participants
by
size 48
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Efficient services acquisition within an
academic institution is linked with the academic development and activity of
the institution. The effective use of resources depends on the library with
committees and towards concerned with forward planning. Library development
strategies are linked to institutional areas and this enables the librarian to
create core collections, provide for new courses and options and support
selected research areas within agreed budgetary limitation.
This measure of supports alone carries
with it elements of planned insufficiency for areas less in need of supports
such as these in declining teaching areas on these adequately covered in other
local institutions or through systems of inter library cooperation. On the face, such a system
appears sensible and operationally sounds, but experience suggests that a clear
understanding of academic priorities and objectives has not always been a
strong feature of academic institution planning.
It is possible therefore to fund the
library operating in something of a vacuum, on the one hand being deprived of
the guidance crisping from effective forward planning but on the other hand
having no luck of rather desperate subjective advice from individuals and
department. In such content, a well planned strategy for provision of resources
has been extremely difficult to achieve.
It is also the case that the majority of
academic institutions have to content with number of organizational and
administrative features, which have considerable input on librarianship. There
is first the multi-site problem, which invariably splits the stocks between a
number of libraries and course difficulties over duplication and proper
administration and exploitation of materials. Secondly academic institution in
recent offer new commences. Many of which are multi-disciplinary in nature, and
this makes it difficult for the library to create collections along classic
subject lines.
Ayandibu (2000) stressed that the
multi-site academic institutions such as polytechnic create demand for multiple
provision of resources. Means have to be found to curtail spending on duplicate
materials and these have included critical appraisal of all requests for
additional of inter-site current awareness services designed to keep the academic
user (students, lecturers) informed of contents pages even though resources
themselves may be located else where.
Ogunmilade (1995) also stressed that on
issue of major importance in recent times to the librarians in Nigerian higher
institutions of learning has been and continue to be question of how to
effectively manage the library resources particularly in a period of
socio-economic stress. This issue had been so critical that it continue to
re-echo at the periodic meeting of committee of librarians of schools of
education, polytechnic and universities. Moreover, the issue has been
attracting prominent attention at National Conference on Researches Management
in Nigerian Institution of Learning.
The unique place of library in Nigerian
Education System cannot be over-emphasized. Library is simply described as a
special designated building stocked with prints and non-prints which are
readily made available to the library users such as teachers, students,
researchers, and the public at large through convenient booking, cataloguing
and delivery system. This also described by Odetoyinbo (1993) as material on
instructional and self-development centre which operates as an integral part of
school environment. Today there has been a phenomenal increase in the number of
library users in Nigerian Institution of Learning.
The increase in the number of library
users can be attributed to a number of factors which include prohibitive cost
of textbooks in the market, non availability of some periodicals and reference
materials in the markets and the inevitable need for other library services
such as photocopying, binding of books and research report word processing of
materials on computers, viewing motion pictures, film strips on other
audio-visual materials, studying teaching machines, audio-visual tape of disc
recordings.
Library resources depreciate quickly as
they are being subjected to daily use by numerous users. Funds for new
materials and equipment are glossily inadequate to meet the escalating prices of
these materials, and such no library can afford to replace its collection every
few years. It is therefore expedient to find effective ways of managing the
library resources so that they will last through many years of use.
In Nigeria institution of learning,
students depend greatly on the library to pursue different kinds of activities
which include finding materials for writing reports, book reviews, debates or
research papers, seeking information, finding answers to questions that may
arise from the teaching process or for personal curiosity, recreational reading
browsing through current magazines newspapers and learning to use the library
car catalogue, bibliographies, reference books and periodical.
It is therefore no superfluous remark
that if the library is to successfully accomplish its lofty goals of servicing
as information centre, a teaching and learning laboratory and to stimulate
reading interest, reading habit recreational reading, reading for pleasure,
concerted effort must be geared towards effective management of the library
resources.
Statement of the Problem
The issue of increase in population of
students in higher institution of learning demands for increase in library
resources. However, experience has shown that economic situation in the country
has not provided for adequate funds for resources development in the libraries.
This situation calls for more available resource in the academic libraries; for
ensuring use fund to the uses. This is because available resources became obsolete
with time while others are worn out, thereby becoming useless to students and
entire academic community. The effect of non-availability of adequate resources
is reflected in poor students’ academic performance in schools.
In view of this, it is necessary to
findout the influence of the use of the library on the academic performance of
students and proffer solution to it. This is the problem of the study.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to
investigate the influence of the uses of library on the academic performance of
secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis. The study was also aimed at finding
out if:
1.
There is any difference in the influence
of the use of the library on the academic performance of male and female
students.
2.
There is any difference in the influence
of the use of the library on the academic performance on the school students.
3.
There is any difference in the use of
the library on the academic performance of Science and Arts students.
4.
There is any difference in the influence
of the use of the library on the academic performance of small and large
schools.
General Questions
What are the influences of the uses of
the library on the academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin
Metropolis?
Research Questions
The
following research questions were generated to help the study:
1.
Is there any significant influence of
the uses of the library on the academic performance of male and female
secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis?
2.
Is there any significant respect I using
private and public school students on the uses of the library in the academic
performance of secondary school students?
3.
Is
there any significant repeat I using Arts and Science students on the
enhancement of students’ academic performance?
4.
Is there any significant influence in
the respect I using small and big school students’ performance?
Research Hypothesis
The
following research hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study.
1.
There is no significant difference in
the influence of the uses of the library on the academic performance of male
and female secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis.
2.
There is significant differences respect
I using private and public school students on the uses of the library in the
academic performance of secondary school students.
3.
There is significant differences repeat I
using Arts and Science students on the enhancement of students’ academic
performance.
4.
There is significant difference in the respect
I using small and big school students’ performance.
Significance of the Study
The finding of the study is expected to
be useful to academic library development and services. It will be useful to
the education planners and curriculum developers towards formulation of
strategies for academic library development and services. It will be useful to
students to improve the uses of the library and their academic performance. It
will serve as a useful resource to students of education and library science
including those already in the field to further enhances their knowledge. The
findings will serve as a useful tool for future research works.
Delimitation and Scope of the Study
The study is investigates to two hundred
randomly selected secondary school students in Ilorin Metropolis. It is limited
to the only students who responded to the use of library questionnaire.
Operational Definition of Terms
(Operational Terms)
Investigation: An
attempt to find out adequacy of facilities and services in academic library and
its influence on the performance of students of Ekiti State
University, Ado-Ekiti.
Facilities: Refers
to library’s infrastructural facilities required for effective library services
in academic environment of Ilorin Metropolis.
Academic Library: This
refers to the library established in higher institution of learning such as Ekiti State
University; Ado-Ekiti is
the institution being considered.
Students Performance: This
refers to grades obtained by students of Ekiti State
University, Ado-Ekiti
after conduct of examinations or tests.
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