A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON USER SATISFACTION WITH THE INFORMATION RESOURCES AND LIBRARY FACILITIES BY FACULTY MEMBERS IN THREE AGRICULTURE LIBRARIES: ABU, FUTM, AND FUTO, IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The comparative study on user satisfaction with information resources, and library facilities by faculty members in Three Agriculture university Libraries: ABU, FUTM, AND FUTO in Nigeria; the respondents are faculty members, in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Federal University Technology Minna and Federal University Technology Owerri sampled by the researcher. The main objective of the study is to compare the information resources, and facilities of Agriculture University Libraries with view to examine the types of information resources, and facilities available and user’s satisfaction by the respondent’s Library. Simple random sampling was used in selecting the Agriculture University Libraries from the six geopolitical zones. therefore seventy eight (78) copies of the questionnaires were administered to the respondents, however, sixty (60) of questionnaires were retrieved and analyzed from the different Agriculture University Libraries sampled representing (76.92%), Major findings testify that the current agricultural information resources and facilities available, accessible and utilized are insufficient in agriculture University libraries sampled in Nigeria. Infrastructural facilities and internet services existed in agriculture University libraries of Nigeria but were not well developed, current information resources particularly e-journals, e-books and information resources related to agricultural information such as databases, e-journals, e-books were the information needs identified are not much available. The study recommended, the improvement of the existing information resources and facilities for the user’s information needs, subscriptions of offline databases such as, AGORA, HINARI, AJOL, JSTORE and E-Granary to access agricultural information offline with millions of information resources on text books journals available and continue to be added in each seconds. There is a need for policies that facilitate inter- library loan between agriculture University libraries and research institute libraries, collaboration and information sharin