Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Young Adults in Kwara State Library Board
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2024
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Ilorin Varsity International Journal of Library & Information Science
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Information Needs and Seeking behaviour of Young Adults in Kwara State Library Board (KSLB)
were examined using Kwara State Library as the resources they use in meeting their Information
Needs, how frequently they make use of the Library, the challenges they face and the likely
solutions. The population of the study is mainly young adults who registered and used KSLB. The
total number as at the time of Data collection was 352, and Purposive Sampling was used to
select 60 regular library users as a sample. The instrument for data collection was a
questionnaire. The results from the study revealed that young adults in KSLB have different
information needs. The greatest information needs of young adults using Kwara State Library
Board are Textbooks and Newspapers as the resources most consulted by young adults in the
library. Average young adults in KSLB neither use the library daily nor weekly. The study
recommended that the management of KSLB should endeavour to put current and relevant
information materials in the library to increase library patronage.
Keywords: Information needs, information seeking behavior, young adults, Kwara State Library
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Information needs, information seeking behavior, young adults, Kwara State Library Board