Student’s Perception of Library Services in Universities in Benue State.

Abstract

The study examines how student perceive the library service offered in Benue state university and the federal university of agriculture Makurdi, Benue State. 200 students were randomly selected from these institutions for the purpose of the study. Questionnaire was used as main instrument for the gathering of data. The researcher also interviewed some of the librarians working in the libraries under study. The paper avers that most of the students were aware of library services as an indispensable tool for learning, teaching and research. The need to know how student perceive the library services offered to them by the librarians has been a concern for this study. It wonders whether the recent advancement in information and communication technology (ICT) and Bookstores has a negative effect on the use of library, or how the students perceive the library services offered to them. To this end, it sought to carryout research among the students of these universities in Benue that uses the library. The analysis underscores the perception of the students on those library services offered to them by their institution and how such services are been perceived by them and what needs to done in order to do away with their negative perception about the library.