Availability and accessibility of information resources by students in tertiary institutions Department:Public Administration By: GODSFAVOUR Project ID: 8647 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1 Price:₦4000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThe study was designed to investigate the availability and accessibility of information resources by students in tertiary institutions. The study employed a survey research design. Population of the study comprised of 562 students of the polytechnic under study. 120 respondents were drawn from the population using simple random sampling technique to form the sample size. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The collected data was analyzed using simple percentages. The study revealed that information resources in the library under study are grossly inadequate. The library has a few books, newspapers/magazines which are not even current and dictionaries. The study also revealed that the available information resources in the library are not accessible. The study identified the problem to availability and accessibility of information resources to include lack of awareness of the information materials available in the library, lack of internet facilities, and no library catalogue in the library, lack of money to acquire library resources, lack of knowledge on how to use information materials and lack of qualified library staff. The study finally identified strategies that will be employed to overcome the identified problems to include money should be made available for the procurement of library materials, provision of computers and internet facilities in the library, proper awareness should be created by the library on the information resources they have, employment of more qualified library staff, information retrieval tools such as catalogue, abstracts, etc. should be prepared to ease accessibility and organization of intensive user education programme to teach students how to use library materials. The study concluded that information resources should be made available and access should be created to enable students utilise the resources effectively. Keywords: Availability, Accessibility, Information Resources, Students and Polytechnic...Preview Download Preview +Other Public Administration project topics and materials you might be interested in»Impact of industrial conflict on the performance of workers in the government parastatal (a case study of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)»The influence of effective personnel management practice in organization performance»Human resources as a catalyst for economic growth and development in Nigeria (a case study of Abuja municipal area council) »Local government financial autonomy and grass root development in Nigeria (a case study of Afikpo north local government area)»Manpower training and development as a tool for effective performance in public sector in Nigeria»The impact of poor revenue generation on the development of Local Government Areas»Enhancing political stability in Nigeria through good governance ( a case study of Abia state)»Effects of delayed payment of lecturers salaries and wages on students performance»Niger-Delta crisis and its impact on socio-economic development in Nigeria»Fuel subsidy removal and the Nigerian economy (a case study of Abakiliki local government area, Ebonyi state) »Accountability and corruption in local government in Nigeria (Case study of Bonny local government area of Rivers state)»Political instability a major hindrance to effective policy implementation and good governance (a case study of Nigeria 1983 -1999)»Bureaucracy and efficiency (a case study of Enugu state civil service)»Impact of collective bargaining techniques on industrial relations practice (a case study of two selected firms from NUPENG and NUBIFE)»The influence of employee behaviour on the internal audit function of an organization (a case study of P.Z. industries plc Aba)