Abstract:
Purpose: The study examined the students’ attitude towards the use of library in the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin.
Design/Methodology/Approach: A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select the students across the five (5) schools in the college. The sample size is 800 respondents. The data collected for the study were analysed using frequency count and percentage was used to analyse the respondents’ characteristics and the research questions. A total of 800 copies of the questionnaire were distributed and 600 (75%) copies of the questionnaire were retrieved. The response rate of (75%) was considered adequate for the study because the standard and acceptable rate for most studies is 60%.
Findings: The outcome of the study revealed that students had positive attitude towards the use of the college library especially during examination and they found it difficult to locate the exact library section where relevant books could be found.
Implication: The paper emphasised that library management should design a positive attitude towards the use of library not only during examinations. Basically, it makes learning more effective and also it caters for the intellectual needs of the students.
Originality/Value: The paper value can be situated in its appropriate recommendations that college authorities (Institution management) should intensify efforts towards inculcating the General Studies Library Education course to be practically oriented, so as to kindle student’ interest.
