LIBRARY ANXIETY AND USE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES BY STUDENTS OF FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, IBADAN

Abstract

Use of information resources (IR) by students of higher institution of learning can largely be
under-utilized through certain factors. One of these factors is library ANXIETY (LA). When this
factor is dominant in the life of users, it makes use of information resources as available in a
library will become questionable. For this not to be so, this study deemed it fit to investigate the
influence of library anxiety on use of information resources by students of Federal Colleges of
Agriculture Ibadan, Oyo State. Descriptive research design was adopted. Population consists of
eight hundred and ten (810) ND 1 and ND 2 students of Federal Colleges of Agriculture Oyo State.
Proportionate Sampling technique was adopted as the sampling technique for this study as well.
266 respondents served as the sample size for this study. Data collected was analyzed using
descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that LA was found to significantly
influence use of IR (Adj. R2 = 0.012; p = 0.044). It was recommended that Librarians have to
adopt appropriate and acceptable form of library user education methodology to promote massive
use of information resources. Computer self-efficacy training should also be incorporated when
carrying out library user education.