TEACHING THE USE OF LIBRARY AS A CREDIT EARNING COURSE IN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA

Abstract

The study examines the introduction of the use of library as a credit earning course to students at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Students in six colleges out of eight took part in the study. 570 (62%) of the respondents were male while 350 (38%) were female. The study revealed that the students like the introduction of the course but would like the teaching method to be improved upon. However, the librarian lecturers are also facing some challenges, such as insufficient lecture hours and largest of classes among other things, in teaching the course. Recommendations were proffered to improve the teaching of the course and to make it more beneficial to students.