Choice of Library and Information Science (LIS) as A Course of Study By LIS Undergraduate Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This paper
examined the choice of Library and Information Science (LIS) by LIS
undergraduate students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUA),
Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. The study looked at the circumstances that
influenced LIS students of MOUA, a Federal Government owned University, to
choose LIS as their preferred course of study. The descriptive survey research
design was adopted for the study. From a population of 582 LIS students, 295
(51%) of the students were purposively selected as the sample size for the
study. With the instrument of a questionnaire, data were collected based on the
four research questions of the study. Frequency count and percentages were used
to analyze the data collected thus providing verifiable answers to the research
questions. The result of the findings revealed that majority of the LIS
students in MOUA, Umudike came into the discipline by chance and not their
original choice. More so, those that came into the discipline as a result of
their original choice were influenced into studying LIS by their school
librarians during their secondary school education days. Majority of the LIS
undergraduate students of the University do not desire to work as Library and
Information Science professionals after their graduation. It was recommended
that school librarians and library associations such as the Nigerian Library
Association should engage in the sensitization of secondary school students on
what LIS is all about and the prospects of US professionals.
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MICHAEL, U (2023). Choice of Library and Information Science (LIS) as A Course of Study By LIS Undergraduate Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/choice-of-library-and-information-science-lis-as-a-course-of-study-by-lis-undergraduate-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-nigeria-7-2
UNIVERSITY, MICHAEL. "Choice of Library and Information Science (LIS) as A Course of Study By LIS Undergraduate Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 04 Sep. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/choice-of-library-and-information-science-lis-as-a-course-of-study-by-lis-undergraduate-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
UNIVERSITY, MICHAEL. "Choice of Library and Information Science (LIS) as A Course of Study By LIS Undergraduate Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 04 Sep. 2023. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/choice-of-library-and-information-science-lis-as-a-course-of-study-by-lis-undergraduate-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-nigeria-7-2 >.
UNIVERSITY, MICHAEL. "Choice of Library and Information Science (LIS) as A Course of Study By LIS Undergraduate Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 23 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/choice-of-library-and-information-science-lis-as-a-course-of-study-by-lis-undergraduate-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-nigeria-7-2