REFERENCE SERVICES AND POST GRADUATES UTILIZATION OF UNIVERSITY OF UYO LIBRARIES

Abstract

The study was carried out to examine the influence of reference services on post graduates utilization of University of Uyo libraries. The research design adopted for the study was ex-post facto research design. The population of the study consisted of 105 postgraduate students in Faculty of Education in 2023/2024 academic session. The sample size was 105 selected using census sampling technique. Random sampling technique was used in the distribution of the questionnaire. A 40-item researcher-structured questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection entitled “Information Service and Post Graduate Utilization of University of Uyo Libraries Questionnaire (ISPGULQ)”. The instrument was subjected to face validity by three research experts. The obtained data were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research question and independent t-Test to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that reference services significantly influence post graduates utilization of university of uyo libraries. It was recommended among others that reference service of the library should be encouraged using technological tools.