Exhibition, Selective Dissemination of Information and Students’ Patronage of Library Information Services in Tertiary Institutions in Akwa Ibom State (Published)
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of exhibition, selective dissemination of information on students’ patronage of information services in public tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. The population of the study was all the 12739 registered undergraduate library users in public tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom state for the 2021/2022 academic session. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 790 students for the study. A researcher developed questionnaire named “Exhibition, Selective Dissemination of Information and Students’ Patronage of Information Services Questionnaire” (ESDISPISQ) was used in collecting data for the study. The instrument was face validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and a coefficient of .78 was obtained. Mean was used to answer the research questions while independent t-test was used to test the hypotheses of the study. The findings of the study indicated that there is significant influence of exhibition and selective information dissemination on students’ patronage of information services in public tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that librarians need to conduct exhibition and dissemination of information in order to improve students’ patronage of library information services.
Citation: Obi H.E. (2023) Exhibition, Selective Dissemination of Information and Students’ Patronage of Library Information Services in Tertiary Institutions in Akwa Ibom State, International Journal of Education, Learning and Development, Vol. 11, No.2, pp.51-59
Keywords: Akwa Ibom State, Exhibition, Tertiary Institutions, library information services, selective dissemination of information, students’ patronage
Illicit Drug Use and Emotional Behaviour of Senior Secondary Students in Public Schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (Published)
This study investigated the illicit drug use and its effect on the emotional behaviour of senior secondary students in public schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study was designed to ascertain the relationship between illicit drug use and truancy, study habit and school violence in senior secondary schools in Uyo metropolis, a capital city of AkwaIbom State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted the correlational research design. The population used for the study was 10,520 senior secondary school students from 13 public secondary schools in Uyo metropolis. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 1,300 senior secondary school students to form the sample. The researchers developed instrument titled “Illicit Drug Use and Emotional Behaviour of Senior Secondary Students in Public Schools (IDEBSSSPS) to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by three research experts in the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The reliability index of 0.82 was determined using Crombach’s Alpha. Mean was used to answer the research questions while simple regression was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 alpha level. The findings revealed that illicit drug use has a serious influence on the emotional behaviour of senior secondary students in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. It was recommended among others that public enlightenment campaigns should be organized at the secondary school level to educate students on the dangers of drug use.
Keywords: Akwa Ibom State, Emotional Behaviour, Illicit Drug Use, Secondary Schools