Collection Development Policy, Acquisition Management and Postgraduate Use of E Resources in a Nigerian University Library
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Date
2026-04-12
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Bayero Journal of Library and Information Science
Abstract
The study surveyed collection development policies, acquisition management and postgraduate
use of e-resources in university library. A descriptive survey design was adopted and a sample of
237 postgraduate students were selected by using the total enumeration sampling technique. A
self-designed questionnaire was used to collect data from 237 respondents, of which 224 copies
were returned and filled. Frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the data
collected for the research questions while PPMC was used to test the two null hypotheses of the
study. The instrument was validated using face validity by giving two copies of the questionnaire
to the research experts with a reliability co-efficient of r=0.721 by using Cronbach alpha. The
result showed that there is a significant relationship between acquisition management practices
and utilization of e-resources. This is shown in the result where the correlation coefficient (r) is =
0.81 while the degree of freedom is 222 and the P-value is 0.000 which is less than the significance
level of 0.05. The results of the first hypothesis showed a significant relationship between
collection development policies and the utilization of electronic resources by postgraduate
students. Furthermore, the results of the second hypothesis showed a significant relationship
between acquisition management practices and the utilization of electronic resources among
postgraduate students. The study found out that there is difficulty in accessing the library’s
electronic resources due to poor internet connectivity and insufficient electronic databases to
cover all relevant research areas in their field are the major challenge associated with the
utilization of electronic resources at the University of Ilorin. The study recommends that libraries
should regularly review and update their collection development policies to align with evolving
research trends and also provide infrastructure facilities like electricity and internet which will no
doubt provide remedy to the problem in question.