Education, Social Networks and Academic Libraries in Nigeria
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Today, the learning culture in Nigerian academic libraries is in decline. A number of factors like the social networks and increase in information technology are responsible for this decline. This paper examines the impact of social networks on learning in an academic environment in meeting the statutory requirement of intellectual disciplines. Recently, some library users’ have stated the usefulness of social networks for academic purposes. This is in comparison to the services provided by an academic library. In order to know to what extent this usefulness has been, this study was carried out. The population of the study consisted of 456 students who are in years 1-4 of the Economic Department in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Port Harcourt. Forty six (46) questionnaires was the instrument used to collect data representing 10 percent of our study group. The instrument was used to test the relationship between education and social networks in rendering information services in academic libraries .The results show a strong correlation between academic libraries and social networks at 0.99712. This means that social networks contribute equally as other material resources available in the academic library for learning and research.
Authors and Affiliations
Okede, Godbless W, Obi, Hilda Eno, David- West, Boma T
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