PAPER ID: IJIM/Vol. 7(XII)April 2023/31-42/6

AUTHOR: Dr. Azonobi Ishioma Nwanapayi and Prof. S.O. Uwaifo

TITLE: VISIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF PERIODICALS AMONG LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT:The study investigated visibility and accessibility of periodicals among library and information science postgraduate students in federal university libraries in Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population and sample size of 404 respondents was drawn from seven Federal University libraries in Nigeria through the use of purposive sampling technique. A self-designed questionnaire was used for data collection which was analysed using frequency, statistical mean and standard deviation. The study found that periodicals can be made visible through: institutional repository, self-archiving, catalogue and periodical stand and postgraduate students’ access periodicals by using subject, title and keywords. The study recommended that: more attention should be paid in the areas of visibility and accessibility tools; and efforts should be made to augment print and electronic periodicals for use by postgraduate students.

KEYWORDS: Periodicals,Visibility and accessibility, pedagogy, self-archiving

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