Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities
Volume 3 Number 2, May 2019

Evaluation of User’s Satisfaction with Reference Services in Selected Federal University Libraries in Southeastern Nigeria

Otonekwu Florence Onyeisi (University Library, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
Saliu Usman Ajisafe (University of Ilorin library, Ilorin, Nigeria)
Oyedokun Tunde Toyese (University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2019

Abstract

The study evaluated users’ satisfaction with the reference services of federal university libraries in southeastern Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design, and questionnaire served as an instrument for data collection. Drawing from a population of 20,570, a questionnaire was administered to 394 undergraduate library users of which 351 were completed and found useful for data analysis. The findings revealed that users were satisfied with library reference services except those they are not familiar with and none of the categories of reference services was rated very high. Most library users are not familiar with translation service, internet service, and e-mail service along with library OPAC. Reference librarians have a good customer relationship with the users, even though they are yet to fortify their presence in an online environment. Sequential to the above unearthing, recommendations were given that reference librarians should adopt public relation technique in relating to users and other stakeholders of the library. More so, awareness of reference services should be created through library publicity and marketing of library services among the community of users. The recommendation was also given that the reference librarian should be ICT compliance to be able to perform excellently in an online environment.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

insaniyat

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Social Sciences

Description

Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) of Jakarta. It aims to publish research findings that relates to the studies of language, literature, social, ...