Abstract
The study was carried out to determine the influence of currency on users’ satisfaction with information resources in university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research method was employed for this study. The study population comprised of 83 library staff and 7426 lecturers in the 11 university libraries in the zone during the 2016/2017 academic session. A sample of 36 library staff and 4627 lecturers from 6 of the universities in the zone was used. The researchers’ made questionnaire titled “Currency and Users’ Satisfaction with Information Resources (CUSIRQ)” was used to collect data. Means and standard deviations were used in answering the research question while the hypothesis was tested using t-Test in IBM SPSS for Window version 23 at p = 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that there was significant influence of currency on users’ satisfaction with information resources in university libraries in the South-South zone of Nigeria. There is a strong indication that from the study users were not satisfied with currency/recency of the information resources acquired in the governmentowned university libraries in the South-South zone, Nigeria. It is therefore suggested that librarians should take cognizance of currency of the information resources when acquiring information resources for the libraries.Keywords: Currency; Users’ Satisfaction; Information Resources; Government-owned University Libraries
Highlights
The primary aim of university library is to select, acquire, organize, maintain, and provide access to relevant, quality and current information resource, both print and non-print to its users. Oyewusi and Oyeboade (2009) summed it all by stating that the primary purpose of university libraries is to support teaching, learning and research in ways consistent with, and supportive of the institution’s mission and goals
The National Universities Commission (NUC) team considers the quality of the Influence of Currency on Users’ Satisfaction with the Information Resources in GovernmentOwned University Libraries in the South-South Zone of Nigeria holdings and currency of the information resources in the library during accreditation exercises
The library has much role to play in order to ensure that the quality and current information resources are acquired for the successful accreditation result
Summary
The primary aim of university library is to select, acquire, organize, maintain, and provide access to relevant, quality and current information resource, both print and non-print to its users. Oyewusi and Oyeboade (2009) summed it all by stating that the primary purpose of university libraries is to support teaching, learning and research in ways consistent with, and supportive of the institution’s mission and goals. The above premise motivated the researchers into conducting this study; to empirically investigate the influence of collection development criterion of currency on users’ satisfaction with the information resources in government-owned university libraries in the South-South zone of Nigeria. The specific objective of the study is: To assess the influence of currency of information resources on users’ satisfaction with the information resources in university libraries in the South-South zone of Nigeria. This study is an attempt to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of information resources in terms of currency acquired by government-owned university libraries in the SouthSouth zone of Nigeria; by determining the extent to which they meet the libraries’ service goals and objectives and the information needs of their users. Apart from the usefulness of the results for collection development, it will be a valuable device in determining the university libraries’ future direction
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