Collection Development Policy, Acquisition Management and Postgraduate Use of E Resources in a Nigerian University Library

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dc.contributor.authorAbdulsalam A. Salman
dc.contributor.authorA. O. Issa
dc.contributor.authorIsmaila Aliyu Yahaya
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-17T07:40:55Z
dc.date.available2026-04-17T07:40:55Z
dc.date.issued2026-04-12
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.identifier.issn3121-7893
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6575
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBayero Journal of Library and Information Science
dc.relation.ispartofserieshttps://bjolis.com.ng ; VOL. 6 ISSUE 1
dc.titleCollection Development Policy, Acquisition Management and Postgraduate Use of E Resources in a Nigerian University Library
dc.typeArticle
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