Research article · 2026
IMPACTS OF ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN IMO STATE
Abstract
Purpose: The paper aimed to find out the impacts of the organization of information materials in academic libraries in Imo State.
Methodology: The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study is twenty-seven (27) professional library staff. This consists of the sixteen (16) professional staff of Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education. Owerri library and eleven (11) professional library staff of University of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Umuagwo. The sample for the study is also the twenty-seven (27) professional library staff. The researcher used the census method to adopt the entire population of the study as sample. The instrument used in collecting data for the study is the questionnaire. The data collected were presented in tables and analysed using frequencies simple percentages.
Finding: The findings revealed among others that: computers, textbooks, compact discs, reference materials, display boards, e- journals, e- books, and supportive books are available in the libraries studied; cataloguing, classification, shelving, indexing and abstracting, and bibliographies are some of the methods of organizing information resources in the libraries studied.
Originality/Value: Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the library should always ensure the availability of these information resources needed by users in order to enable them get satisfied at all times and there should be maintenance of the various methods of organizing information resources in the library in order to ensure easy access of information needed by the library users.
Keyword: Academic library, information resources, Organization, Impact
Paper type: Empirical research
Keywords
Academic library, information resources, Organization, Impact Paper type: Empirical research
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