FACTORS INFLUENCING SELECTION AND ACQUISITION OF LEGAL INFORMATION RESOURCES IN UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARIES: A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF JOS LAW LIBRARY, JOS, PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA.

The Research was conducted on Factors Influencing Selection and Acquisition of legal information resources in university Law libraries: A case study of University of Jos Law Library, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Four (4) objectives were formulated to guide the study which are to: Determine how often University of Jos Law Library acquire Legal Materials; Find out the criteria used in Selection of Legal Materials in University of Jos Law Library; Find out the methods used in Acquisition of Legal Materials in University of Jos Law Library and ascertain the challenges faced by Law Library in acquiring Legal Materials. Survey research design was used for this study; the population of the study was 150 registered users and 18 staff of the University of Jos Law Library. Therefore, the total population of the study is 168. Simple random sampling was used by the researcher to select 35 respondents out of 168 that was used as a sample for the study. The questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using frequency count and percentage tables. The study revealed that The University of Jos Law Library acquired legal materials very frequently. It was further revealed that there are some criteria used for selection and acquisition of legal materials in University of Jos Law Library, which includes, authoritativeness of the publishers or producers, significance of the subject matter based on collection assessment, importance/reputation of the author, among others. These were few among other findings. In accordance with the findings, the researcher made some recommendations for the Library management which was about the need for ensuring that audiovisual materials and special collection/government publications that were not acquired, to be acquired for the use of all users and for the University Law Library to have a written collection development policy

INFORMATION NEEDS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN IN JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA.

This study discusses the Information needs and sources of information for Pregnant Women in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Three (3) objectives were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive research design was adopted for this study, 259 pregnant women in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State was used as the population for this study with the sample of 152 pregnant women. The sampling technique used was the simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection adopted was Questionnaire (both open-ended and close-ended). The method adopted for data analysis was the frequency count and simple percentages. The finding revealed that pregnant women have various information needs which are: information on how to prevent and manage VVF, how to secure safe child delivery during pregnancy, food during pregnancy, benefits of rest during pregnancy, benefits of exercise in pregnancy, importance of antenatal care, importance of antenatal visits and importance of blood examination. The study further revealed that the sources of information for pregnant women include internet, interpersonal sources such as mothers and friends, books, radio, magazines, television programs, medical books, hospital orientation and community sensitization, among other findings. In accordance with the findings, the following recommendations were made which are: The management of Jos South Local Government especially in the health sector should make efforts to ensure that the information needs of the pregnant woman in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state are met by providing the necessary information sources; the researcher also recommended that the PHCs should provide adequate information sources such as Hospitals orientation, community sensitization, and it should in a way that will be convenient for the pregnant women, among other recommendations