School library services and students access to information resources in secondary schools in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined school library services and students access to information resources in selected secondary schools in calabar  municipality, cross river state, Nigeria. Two research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey research  design was used with a population of 2, 262 secondary school students from six selected secondary schools in calabar municipality, cross river state, Nigeria. A sample of 453 students were selected using stratified and simple random sampling techniques. For appropriate  data collection, a structured instruments entitled “Students Access to Information Resources Questionnaire (SAIRQ)”. The instrument  was validated by two experts in Measurement and Evaluation and one in Library and Information Science, University of Cross River State,  Calabar and the reliability test was established with Split-half reliability method. The research data was analysed with One-Way Analysis of  Variance (ANOVA). The findings revealed that there is a significant influence of audio-visual service on students access to information resources in selected secondary schools in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State and current awareness service significantly influence  students access to information resources in selected secondary schools in Calabar Municipality. It was concluded that the variables under  study was found to enhancing the students’ access to information resources. Therefore, the study recommends among others  that school authority should make accessible audio-visual services in their libraries through display of collections and regularly be  updated. This will enable students and teachers be better informed of the latest information materials available in the library and also  meet up with global best practices and be relevant in their various field of study (word count: 250).