CORRELATES OF RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES DELIVERY IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the relationship that exists between information literacy constructs and research support services delivery in Nigeria. The descriptive correlational research design formed the blueprint for the study while the study`s population comprised 301 librarians from University libraries in South-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Given the manageable size of the population, the total enumeration sampling technique was adopted to ensure high rate precision. With a response rate of 83%, the study revealed that librarians` knowledge of their information need and their ability to use needed information significantly predicted research support services delivery in the area understudy, thus implying that a change in one variable affects the other. The study therefore concluded that information literacy skill variables are vital skillset which must be consciously developed by librarians and researchers in order to be an independent lifelong learner even in a constantly changing information society.