Availability of Schools Libraries and Services to Students in Selected Private Secondary Schools in Oyo State

Abstract

The study is on the availability of school library and services by students in selected private secondary schools in Oyo state. The problem of the study is lack of functional library within the school system couple with the constraints that the library users face in accessing library resources and services in private secondary school that prompted these writers to investigate into the issue of library resources and services for students in selected private secondary schools in Oyo state Questionnaire as research instrument was used to collect data from eighty seven 87(70%) respondents of the school sampled for the study. This survey revealed that the students are unable to utilise the resources of the library due to inadequate library education by the school management and that library environment is not conducive to promote learning process while the learning resources is inadequate for the students population amongst others. Recommendations were also proffered that includes: adequate funding of school libraries by owners and philanthropies, Library education should form part of the school curriculum for all pupils in secondary schools. The information centre called the library should have all the needed resources that will aid the students using the library. The librarian cum teacher that manned the school libraries should of necessity attend continuing professional development programmes in library schools, information industry for efficiency in their administration of their school libraries to serve the target users