British Journal of Education (BJE)

Availability, Access and Use of School Library Resources among Students of Adeyemi Federal University of Education Demonstration Secondary School, Ondo, Nigeria

Abstract

The study is on Availability, Access and Use of School Library Resources among Students of Adeyemi Federal University of Education Demonstration Secondary School, Ondo, Nigeria. The research design for the study was descriptive survey research design. The population comprises all the senior secondary school students in Adeyemi Federal University of Education Demostration secondary schools, Ondo City. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample size from science, art and commercial class. The population of the study was too large to be readily reached. A sample size of 100 hundred respondents which represents about 10% of the population was drawn from the study. The instruments used to collect suitable data for this study were questionnaire and observation checklist. The questionnaire was framed on a 4-point modified Likert scale to elicit responses. The questions relate to availability, access and use of library resources by students in the private secondary school. Based on this, frequencies of occurrence were established and used for the analysis using percentages, mean and standard deviation. Textbooks were by far the most used resource, a finding consistent with the curriculum-driven nature of secondary education in Nigeria. Academic purposes dominated the purposes of using the library which are reading lecture notes, photocopying documents, reading textbooks, and exam preparation were the most strongly affirmed access purposes. However, generally there are challenges which include inadequate resources and poor internet connectivity were which are the dominant challenges.  It is therefore recommended that there should be strong internet connectivity in the library and more resources should be acquired

Keywords: Adeyemi Federal university of education, Availability, Nigeria, Ondo, Secondary School, Students, school library resources

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