TY  - JOUR
T1  - Undergraduates Awareness, Utilization and Satisfaction with Online Public Access Catalogue
(OPAC) in Selected University Libraries in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
AU - T. Aju, David AU - Simon Ternenge, Tofi 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SP  - 234
EP  - 241
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2020.234.241
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2020.234.241
KW  - Awareness
KW  -utilization
KW  -satisfaction
KW  -OPAC
KW  -undergraduates
KW  -NSUK
AB  - The study investigated undergraduate’s
awareness, utilization and satisfaction with Online Public
Access Catalogue (OPAC) in selected University libraries
in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. About 4 objectives with
corresponding research questions guided the study. The
study adopted survey research design. The population of
the study was 7,233 registered library users
(undergraduates) in (2) public universities in Nasarawa
State, namely Federal University Lafia (FULAFIA) and
Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK). The sample
size for the study was 379 drawn using Taro-Yemene’s
formula for sample size determination. Proportionate
stratified random sampling technique was used to select
the sample of respondents from the (2) universities under
study, i.e., FULAFIA with 150 and NSUK, 299,
respectively. Questionnaire was used as instrument for
data collection. A total of 379 questionnaire were
distributed and 362 retrieved for analysis representing a
percentage of 95.5%. Data was analyzed using frequency
counts; mean scores and standard deviation. Findings of
the study revealed that, undergraduates were highly aware
of Online Public Access Catalogue in selected University
Libraries in Nasarawa state. The finding also revealed,
undergraduates in selected university libraries in
Nasarawa state utilized OPAC to a little extent and
students were not satisfied with the use of OPAC, hence
their extent of satisfaction derived from the use of OPAC
was little extent. Findings further revealed factors
affecting use of OPAC by undergraduates in selected
university libraries to include library guide to explain how
to use the OPAC is not available, unstable power supply,
library staff not friendly, network/server problems, lack of
computer systems, among others. Finally, conclusion and
recommendations were made based on the findings of the
study.
ER  -