availability of current awareness services in public libraries in katsina state nigeria

Description

A current awareness service has been in the past observed to be educational, political, and social development, of the rural population. The objective of this study is to examine the availability and use of current awareness services in public libraries in Katsina State. A case study research design was employed, and a random sampling technique was adopted so as give the libraries equal participation. Questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection and data collected was analyzed with the use of simple statistical tools like frequencies and percentages. The findings revealed that the users have access to current awareness services as current awareness is an essential ingredient to the educational, political social development of the rural population and it was recommended that government must find public libraries and expose them to global world educational challenges e.g. conference.