Library Resources Use and Effectiveness by Secondary School Students at Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure, Ondo State

Abstract

The study examined the effective use of library resources among secondary school students particularly those in senior secondary levels  in Oyemekun Grammar School in Akure, Ondo State. It also identified the various information resources used by the students, especially when they visited the library. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and randomly sampled the opinions of 50 senior  secondary students. The study revealed that the majority of the respondents (90%) visit the library. However, only 24% of them use its  resources on daily basis. Results from the study showed that 35% of the respondents visit the library to read their personal textbooks  only while some others preferred consulting nontext materials (49%) as most of the library resources were reportedly obsolete (67.4%).  As solutions to the challenges encountered by senior secondary students, which included inadequate reading materials (15.2%) and  unfriendly attitude of library personnel (15.2%) The study recommended the provision of current library resources and regular training  sessions for school library personnel to improve their skills, redefine the library and its objectives and encourage high patronage of  school library resources by students in secondary schools.