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This study examined the utilization of library resources at SAUT (Main campus). More specifically the study was meant to: examine the often to which the library users utilize the available library resources at SAUT, examine the level of satisfaction of library users with library resources and identify the challenge facing library users at SAUT. The study employed a case study design in undertaking this study with 78 respondents as sample size; Accidental sampling techniques were used to select respondents’. The data were collected from the study using, questionnaire; and observation techniques, while data were analyzed using, descriptive statistics, frequency, and percentage, while data were presented in tables. It was found that library resources were not frequently used by users, and majority of the respondents used the resources occasionally which show that utilization of library resources by users on daily basis was very low. Also it was found that almost half of the total respondents were moderate satisfied with available library resources. Further, it was found by the study that, most common problems facing users when using library resources were improper arrangement of resources in their required places /shelves and missing of some pages in printed resources were major problems, followed by inadequate and irrelevant of the resources, and power cut off while using resources especially electronic resources.
Based on the findings and the identified challenges, it is here by suggested that, there is a need to the institution to implement its policy properly and allocate more budget to solve the challenges raised, and at the national level there is need to integrate various library policy from different institutions to have one national library policy for higher learning institutions. Library management should create security detection system, in order to preserve library collections as users will be alerted if he/she moves out with library items. In light of the findings, the study concludes that majority of the respondents were occasionally users of library resources which is not a good indication especially since the library is the heart of the university, on this ground therefore, awareness to the users on the importance of using library resources should be created. |
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