Influence of Library Environment on Anxiety of New Students in Federal University Of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated influence of library environment on anxiety of new students in Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. The research was guided by the objectives such as finding the causes of library anxiety, and the influence of library environment on anxiety of new students in Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. The null hypotheses were formulated as: there is no significant difference in the causes of library anxiety among new undergraduate students in the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, as well as there is no significant difference in the extent of influence of library environment on anxiety among new undergraduate students in Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo, State. A Survey research method was adopted for the study, the population of the study consisted of four thousand five hundred (4,500) new undergraduate students that secured admission in 2017/2018 academic session, a simple random sampling technique was used to select eight hundred and fifty five (855) students. The instrument used for data collection for this study was the questionnaire. It was found out that majority of the respondents indicated that they were not able to use the university library because of lack of previous experience on library use. Also, they were not physically safe in the library because the security apparatus around the library are doubtful in Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo, State. The study concluded that library environment influenced the anxiety of new undergraduate students in Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that the Management of the library should make sure that an information literacy course introduce for preiod of two or more semesters to new undergraduate students as well as the provision of chairs and desks that will bring more comfort to the students for their information access.