Rating of Information Sources / Channels of Social Work Lecturers and their Students: A Case Study of University Of Nigeria, Nsukka

Abstract

The study was design to discern the information sources or channels of the academic staff and students of Social Work Department in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Descriptive survey study based on questionnaire distribution and interview was adopted. The study was conducted during the second semester period of 2006/2007 academic session. Target participants were all the lecturers (10) and students (300) of the Department of Social Work (SWK), University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Analysis of data collected from the responses of the respondents using the modified Likert rating scale to identify the items with means 2.50
and above which indicated agreement. Useful statements made by the interviewees were also incorporated in the results to strengthen the findings of this study. The study revealed among others that lecturers and
students of SWK Department in UNN believed that internet (3.50 and 3.04) is their major preferred information source for their academic work. The study also revealed that lecturers and students of SWK in UNN mainly use Internet for educational purposes (3.75). The interview report showed that Social Work lecturers and their students explore a number of information sources and that only three journals in the Social Work discipline exist in Nnamdi Azikiwe library, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.