Impact of Current Awareness Services and Library Environment on Students' Library Usage

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the impact of current awareness services and library environment on students use of the library in Federal University libraries in the South-South Zone of Nigeria. A total of 1,510 registered student library users were involved. A Researcher-Developed Questionnaire was used for data collection. Results indicated that for the four components of current awareness services, the mean % positive responses by the students ranged from 13.4 22.3 in the universities studied. In the eight components of the library environment, the mean % positive responses were 62.1, 63.8, 71.8, and 75.3 for the Universities of Calabar, Uyo, Port Harcourt, and Benin, respectively. The implications of these results are discussed. In addition, independent t-test showed that current awareness services and library environment exerted significant positive impacts on students use of the library indicating that effective use of these two strategies enhanced library usage.