Undergraduate Students use of Newspapers in Information Resources Centres: A Case of Bingham University Library, Karu

Abstract

In this age when almost many young people seem to be migrating to the e-platform to tweet and use facebook to connect and share information some students still maintain the virtue of reading newspaper in print. This paprt discussed undergraduate students’ use of newspapers in information resource centres in Nigeria, using Bingham University library as a case study. The objective of the paper was to find out the purpose of newspaper utilization and how often the students patronize the serials section of the University Library to read newspaper amongst others. The design for the study is descriptive survey which used questionaire and observation instrument for data collection. Simple random sampling method was used to select the sample of two hundred (200) students from a population of two thousand (2000) students in Bingham University. 187 questionnaires were filled, returned and found usable. Results showed that most of the students sampled read newspapers to keep abreast of information that has to do with entertainment, education and current affairs. It is therefore paramount that the library place important emphasis on the aqusition and organization of newspapers.