Information Needs And Information Seeking Behaviour Of Rural Women Entrepreneurs In Abia State, Nigeria:- Umebali, Catherine. 0
Abstract
This study
investigated the information needs and information seeking behaviour of rural
women entrepreneurs in A bia State, Nigeria. A total of 180 rural women
entrepreneurs were purposively sampled. Multi-stage sampling technique was
adopted in the selection of this sample size. In the first stage, two local
government areas were selected from the three senatorial zones in Ahia State
namely, Bende and Ikwuano Local Government Areas. In the second stage, one
community was selected from each local Government Area; Nkpa im Bende Local
Government Area and Umudike in lkwuano Local Government Area In the final
stage, thirty (30) rural women actively involved in entrepreneurship were
purposively selected from three villages in these Omnmunities. Findings of the
study revealed that rural women entrepreneurs m Abia State do understand that
they have information needs. But most exhibit Poor information seeking
behaviour while seeking information due to some reas sons. These reasons
includes workloads, poor e edl u ucati 6 onat l ba ackgroun.d, " secrecy,
lack of knowledge about the functions of libraries, time constrains a nd many
other factors. The study therefore recommends the promotion of S c ered),, » 3Se
·« ·(CAS) and Selective ation programmes, Current Awareness iervices( / . ins
"5semination' of Information (SDI) especially by female librarians.
prio-;4,, U9 nd improvement of poverty eradication programmes y the IN1g ·an
government, as a way out of these problems.
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