Awareness and Accessibility of library resources for enhanced service-delivery of healthcare workers in government tertiary hospitals in Abuja, Nigeria

Abstract

The study titled awareness and accessibility of library resources for enhanced service delivery of healthcare workers in government tertiary Hospitals was carried out to establish the frequency of access to available library resources by healthcare workers for enhanced service delivery in government tertiary hospitals in Abuja-Nigeria; determine how awareness of library resources has influenced service delivery of healthcare workers in government tertiary hospitals in Abuja- Nigeria; The respondents are healthcare workers in the categories of doctors; nurses; medical laboratory scientists and pharmacists. A descriptive research design was adopted with the use of Questionnaires to elicit information from the healthcare workers. The numbers of the questionnaire distributed are 353; the numbers retrieved are 333. The study concludes that there is a link between awareness and access to library resources and enhance service delivery by healthcare workers. The influence of accessing library resources on healthcare service delivery of healthcare workers is attributable to healthcare workers’ awareness of the relevance of library resources.