Types of Library and Information Science Publications Available in Selected Academic Libraries in Nigeria:- Okezie, Chinyere A.

Abstract

The study was carried out to ascertain the types of priut Library and Information Science publications, published between 2000-2012, that arc available in academic libraries in South East Nigeria. The study had one objective. one research question and one null hypothesis. The survey research method was adopted for the study, and a population of 400 librarians from the delimited academic libraries was used. Frequency and percentage was used to answer the Research Question, while the null hypothesis was tested using PPMC analytical statistics, at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Data analysis yielded a low extent of types of US publications available in the selected libraries.