Influence of TETFund Intervention on Information Resource Development and services in Government-owned universities in North central Nigeria.

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of TETFund intervention on information resource development and services in government-owned Universities in North Central Nigeria. The study was guided by five specific objectives and five research questions. Descriptive survey design was used and the target population consisted of three University librarians, three heads of collection development section and three TETFund deskofficers as well as 46, 784 undergraduate students in Federal University of Technology, Minna, Federal University Lokoja and Nasarawa state University, Keffi respectively. A sample size of 150 undergraduate students and nine University management staff in the three Universities were adopted using multi-stage sampling technique. Questionnaires and checklist were data collection instruments used for the study. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis. Results showed that the majority of the information resources and services were available and that the source of funding University libraries was mostly from allocations by respective state government, library registration and binding services. Results further showed that rehabilitation of library structure was the major area of TETFund intervention in University library development in North Central Nigeria. Major hindrance was inability of TETFund to justify its disbursement among Universities. The study concluded that with the parastatals’ interventions, University libraries will be put in good shape while the opposite might signify inadequate service delivery. The study recommended that University libraries in North Central Nigeria should source many areas of generating funds for library development.