Authors : Apav Albert Ulegah; Elijah Ojowu Ode; Pira-Gbande Jeffrey; Wadeh Isaac Aondowase

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 2 - February

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10700525

Abstract : Library organizations are well known as centers for information generation and retrieval systems. The achievement of this core objective is determined solely on how such a library stick to a working collection development policy. This research work has taken to investigate the value of collection development policy in enhancing library services to students in universities in Taraba State. The study sets three objectives and three research questions to investigate the value of collection development policy in enhancing library services to students in universities in Taraba State. This research study adopted a descriptive survey research design for data collection. A total population for the research investigation was 11,258 registered students’ library users from the three universities under investigations. A sample size of 563 was used for the study. The research study used a modified structured questionnaire as the instrument for data collection which titled: ‘’Value of Collection Development Policy in Enhancing Library Services to Students in Universities (VCDPELSS)’’The researcher adopted a descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation for data analysis. The study revealed the findings that collection development policy has significant mean value in enhancing all library services and activities in University Libraries in Taraba State. The study therefore, presented the following recommendations; that the university libraries management in Taraba State should corroborate with the state government and other philanthropies and organizations to ensure that enough funds are provide for the general operations of university libraries activities and services. The management of the university libraries should employ well trained and skilful collection developers who can build up the library collections covering all disciplines in their universities. Training and retraining of libraries staff should be encouraged among all the libraries staff. Adequate security measures should be taken to control library crime so that information resources acquired will be adequately used. When all these are put in to cognizance the university Libraries in Taraba State could compete globally with other university libraries in the world.