The assertion is that the ability of lecturers to effectively deliver their lectures to students, hinges on the availability of information and their ability to obtain same as to satisfying their information needs. In other words, lecturers’ information needs correlate with their teaching effectiveness. This study therefore, is aimed at determining whether information needs of lecturers of library schools in federal universities in Nigeria correlate with their teaching effectiveness. The study adopted a descriptive survey cum correlational research design. The population of study, was 216 librarian-lecturers randomly selected from 22 federal universities in Nigeria offering Library and Information Science. A structured four-point Likert type rating scale questionnaire was used for data collection for this study while data collated were analyzed using the standard deviation as well as the Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient, to answer the research questions whereas, t-test statistics was used for testing the hypothesis. The result shows that the lecturers’ mostly need information for their research works, to prepare lecture materials and for teaching among others. It was also discovered based on the tested null hypothesis, that the lecturers’ information needs were very high and correlates significantly (P>0.05) with their teaching effectiveness. Based on the findings, it was recommended inter-alia that federal university libraries in Nigeria as information hub of their parent institutions should be adequately equipped with relevant and up-to-data information materials and resources that can satisfy the information needs of the lecturers, and in this digital age, in which most information is in digital forms, the government should equip federal university libraries with state-of-the-art information and communication technologies in line with global trends and best practices.
Keywords: Lecturer, information needs, library schools, teaching effectiveness
