Evaluation of Information Resources Utilization by Faculty Members at Tekena Tamuno Library, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigates faculty members’ purposes, perceptions and borrowing patterns of information resources. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of 94 lecturers from eight faculties willingly participated in the study. Data were collected with a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS version 23.0 using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that the majority of the respondents use circulating information resources for their teaching and research activities. The findings also revealed that a large number of respondents borrowed 1-2 books for 4 weeks, and that lecturers mainly renewed and returned books in person at the library. The study concludes that constant updates of library collections, introduction of a self-service lending system to encourage convenient borrowing and renewal of circulating items and adoption of Short Message Service (SMS) notification will improve the utilization of information resources by faculty members.