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I am profoundly grateful to everyone who contributed to the successful completion of this project. I am especially grateful to my Supervisor (Name), the Head of Department (Name), and the Lecturers in the Department of Library and Information Science (LIS) for their invaluable guidance and support. I also acknowledge the contributions of authors and scholars whose works on Users Patronage provided essential insights. Special thanks go to my study area (and any funding organizations, if applicable) for their financial assistance. I am equally thankful to stakeholders, including mentors, teachers, and colleagues, for their encouragement and support. Finally, I deeply appreciate my family and friends for their patience and unwavering support throughout this journey. Your contributions have been instrumental in making this research a reality.
PRELIMINARY PAGES
CHAPTER ONE
- 1.0 Introduction — — — — — — — 1
- 1.1 The background of the study — — — 3
- 1.2 Statement of the problem — — — 4
- 1.3 Objective of the study — — — — 5
- 1.4 Scope of the study — — — — — 6
- 1.5 Significance of the study — — — 7
- 1.6a Research questions — — — — — 8
- 1.6b Hypothesis — — – — — — 9
- 1.7 Definition of terms — — — — — — 10
CHAPTER TWO
- 2.1 Review of related literature — — — — 12
- 2.2 Sources of funding of academic libraries 17
- 2.3 The caliber of library staff — — — 19
- 2.4 Need for user education in academic library 21
- 2.5 Users of academic library and their material needed — — — — — — 24
- 2.6 Problems of academic library — — 27
- 2.7 Motivating users to make use of the library 31
CHAPTER THREE
- 3.1 Design of the study — — — — — 34
- 3.2 Area of study — — — — — — — 34
- 3.3 Population — — — — — — — 35
- 3.4 Sample and Sampling Technique — — 35
- 3.5 Instrumentation — — — — — 36
- 3.61 Validity of instrument — — — — — 36
- 3.6.2 Reliability of instrument/Test — — — 37
- 3.7 Distribution and retrieval of the instruments 37
- 3.8 Data analysis technique — — — — — 37
CHAPTER FOUR
- Presentation and Analysis of Data
- 4.1 Presentation and data/findings — — — 39
CHAPTER FIVE
- 5.1 Summary — — — — — — — 50
- 5.2 Conclusion — — — — — — — 52
- 5.3 Recommendations — — — — — — 53
- 5.4 Suggestions for further studies — — — 54
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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APPENDIX A — — — — — — — — 59 APPENDIX B — — — — — — — — 60
This work is the study of the user's patronage in the institute of Management and Technology Enugu library. The research focus on the clientele use of the library. The research high-light the problems encounter by the library and solution to those problems. To achieve this study, research method was used, and also questionnaires where designed to serve as a measuring instrument for data collection.
This project is divided into five chapters.
- Chapter one is made up of the introduction the background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of the study, research questions, Hypothesis and Definition of terms.
- Chapter two entails such topics as review of related literature sources of finding of academic libraries, the caliber of library staff, need for user education in academic library, users of academic library and the material needed and motivating users to make use of the library.
- Chapter three is made up of Design of the study, Area of the study, Population, Sample and Sampling Technique, Treatment procedure, instrumentation, validity of instrument/ Test, Distribution and retrieval of the instruments and Data analysis technique.
- Chapter four Presentation and Analysis of Data, presentation and data/findings, Data Analysis interpretation/Discussion of findings
- Chapter five, summary, Conclusion, Recommendation Suggestions for further studies bibliography/reference and appendices.
1.1 Introduction
… As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the aim and objectives of the study. Others are significance of the study, scope of work, Research hypothesis and questions, limitation of the study and definition of terms.…
