International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 8(1), pp. 37-42, March 2020

ISSN: 2360-7866

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijarer2020027

 

Full Length Research

 

 

Factors militating against Audio-Visual Resources Utilization by Academic Library, Nigeria.

 

Adaeze Nwona NZEWI, PhD(CLN)

 

Medical library, College of Health Sciences and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus

 

Accepted 12 March 2020

Abstract

Abstract: The article work was on Factor militating against Audio-Visual Resources Utilization by Academic Library, Nigeria. The instrument for data collection is questionnaire, thirty-four (34) questionnaires which the total number of librarians, para-professionals and supporting staff in the Dennis Osadebay University library were distributed to staff in library, and twenty(34) were duly returned. The descriptive survey research design methods was used, and Questionnaire was only instrument used to collect data. The instrument was analyzed with simple percent statistic. The library has more para-professional and supporting staff than professionals‘. A finding shows that televisions, DSTV, Satellite were always used by Undergraduate students and supporting staff of the library, while computer usage is not frequent. Conclusively DVD usage is very low extent among staff in the library. Findings show that of the respondents’ use of AV to a high extent, very high extent and very low extent. This indicates that college of education library staff knows how to use AV materials to a large extent. Another findings shows that the staff of the library agreed they are a lot of challenges in using AV resources this showed as follows: lack of power supply), lack of skills to operates the equipments and not available of AV materials.

 

Key Words: Audio-Visual, Library, Librarians, Use, and Non-Print Materials

Paper type: research