Students Utilization And Assessment Of Reference Resources Of Academic Libraries (A Study Of Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture, Umudike)

ABSTRACT

Due to the rapid development and highly effective and efficient use  and other ultra modern technology iii the libraries. libraries toda can be seen and lias become unused and non \ sit iflg place' h. students and non-academic stall also this has led to unkno\\ u useol' in format Ion IC !crcncc ui:icria Is in the libraries at large. In the complex societies ol toda\ - access to information has become central to oak in dec son about the daily conduct of private and public life. As a result, contemporary librar' entails not onir the traditional function of preserving and providing access to vast amount of prmted materials but the creation of more sophisticated information environment (Sineath 2000).