Awareness and Use of Online Public Access Catalogue by Postgraduate Students in University of llorin Library
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2019
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DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE, FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY 0F ILORIN, NIGERIA.
Abstract
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is the most effective information retrieval
tool yet awareness and its use among post graduate students is low. The paper
investigated the awareness and use of Online Public Access Catalogue (0PAC)
among postgraduate students in the Faculty of Communication and Information
Sciences (CIS) of University of llorin. The study adopted a descriptive survey design
and stratified random sampling method was applied to select 173 postgraduate
students in the faculty of CIS. Questionnaire was used as an instrument for data
collection. I58 out of 173 copies of questionnaire were filled and returned for
analysis. The findings revealed majority (70.2%) of the respondents were awore of
OPAC. Also, majority (69%) of respondents used title approach for searching
information in OPAC. However, majority of the respondents lacked information
searching skills. The study recommends among others, OPAC user education to
ensure maximum utilization of library resources and reqular training on the use of
OPAC to heighten user awareness.
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Awareness, Online Public Access Catalogue, Use, Library resources, Information searching skills, University of lorin Library