Abstract
The present specialized libraries are relied upon multi-disciplinary, multi-mode; multi-media as the specialized instruction requests it to assume the supporting part. This study focused on the objective to explore the multiple roles of library in students’ educational activities at university level. Therefore, a survey was conducted at the social science block of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan. Total Numbers of one hundred participants from social science discipline were randomly selected and data were collected through a self-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was pilot tested and gathers the data. Furthermore, data were analyzed by using percentage, mean scores and standard deviation were accordingly. Collected data showed that university students frequently visited library to boost-up their learning capabilities. The results of the collected data showed that library is a free source to educational activities and students easily access towards relevant material available at their approach. The major recommendation of study intensive on Higher Education Commission of Pakistan should take serious steps towards catalogue training for university teachers and students.
Highlights
According to Onohwakpor (2005) a single book shelf that is more expensive from gold and platinum, but the place which is full of thousands books and hundreds of shelfs is worth like a paradise of knowledge
FINDINGS & DISCUSSION The results indicates that 43 %university students have library cards and the mean score is 1.81 as an average showed that students happily visit library for educational activities
The results exposed that 35% university students always go to library to read newspaper and get information to update with current issues
Summary
According to Onohwakpor (2005) a single book shelf that is more expensive from gold and platinum, but the place which is full of thousands books and hundreds of shelfs is worth like a paradise of knowledge. A well-stocked library is the requirement of every educational institution which is the most common need in the educational activities. Before the selection and issuance of required book the candidate should has membership card to choose and read the book outside from library. Libraries serves in educational activities, it is like back bone for those students who do not bear the expenditures of education. It is simpler to assess if the standards are equipped for quantitative estimation. This straightforwardness with which quantitative information can be gathered may be said to have deflected curators from attempting to find the adequacy of their frameworks in wording identifying with clients, which might be more significant. The viability of library assets and administrations can be International Research Journal of Education and Innovation [ 153 ]
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