Undergraduate Students Library Use and Information Seeking Pattern in Bauchi State University Gadau, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigates information seeking pattern of undergraduate students at Bauchi State University Gadau (BASUG), Nigeria. The study examine purpose of student visits to library, time spent in library and the frequency of their visits to library use. The study adopts descriptive field survey approach by conveniently sampling 130 selected respondents among undergraduate students cutting across disciplines using self-administered structured questionnaire. The study findings reveals that the major purpose of library visit by BASUG undergraduate students is to utilized e-resources, the study also found that majority of the respondents do not spent quality time in the library. On the basis of the findings, the study recommends that there is need for better orientation on spending quality time on library services utilization and user-training should also be enhanced by library authority.