A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF USE OF INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICES AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA UNIVERSITY,KATSINA AND FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSINMA

The study compares the impact of use of information sources and services in two Nigerian universities namely, FUDMA and UMYU, the undergraduate students are the respondents. The main objective of the study is to compares on the sources of information resources, and services of the two University Libraries in Nigeria in order to analyze the types of available information sources and services the level of usage, of information sources and services. Although questionnaires were provided to users and university librarians, the researcher was in charge of monitoring the activities of library users. The researcher took 2.9 % of the entire respondent population= 9271= 265 were taken by the investigator, so two hundred and sixty five (265) copies of the questionnaires were given to the respondents. One hundred and thirty-nine (139) copies of the University Libraries sampled were retrieved and analyzed, representing 52.5%. The major findings show that in the University Libraries studied information sources and services available, accessible and used are insufficient enough compare to the high demand. Also there is the internet services, but were not well established. User-confronted constraints include internet access, power failure, employee attitudes, current information sources, particularly e-journals and e-books information related to their programmes such as databases, e-journals e-books, as there was not much available for the established information needs. There was no access to adequate information resources for users because of the insufficient number of library staffs. The study recommended the enhancement of existing information tools and services offline database subscriptions such as HINARI, AJOL, JSTORE and E-Granary to access information offline, with millions of textbook and journal information resources accessible and added every second. To resolve these limitations, library management should look beyond the annual budget and reliance on TET Fund, and improved on consultancy services, printing, binding, publishing, restaurants, donations from philanthropists into the future field of revenue streams and financing the library.