ABSTRACT

The study investigate the impact of school library services on senior secondary students in government college Umuahia in Abia State. The study was guided by four research questions and four corresponding null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level ofsignificant. The study adopted descriptive survey research design, the population of this study was 53 comprising 22 male and 31 female Business Studies teachers in public and private secondary schools in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. The population ofthe study consist of 400 senior secondary school students of Government College Umuahia, Abia State and 5 library staff bring total to 405 school librarians and 400 senior secondary students in the college. The instrument for data collection was the researcher designed questionnaire titled “Improvisation and Utilization of Instructional Materials Questionnaire (IUIMQ)”. The instrument was validated by two experts from Department of Educational Management and one expert from Measurement and Evaluation of Science Education Department all in Michael Okpara University ofAgricultre, Umudike. The reliability ofthe instrument was 0.96 which was obtained using Cronbach’s Alpha statistic. The data collected were analyses using mean and standard deviation while the null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistic. The result ofthe data revealed that: the influence of library services on senior secondary students: include: acquisition of study skills, higher level of academic success, thinking smart, enhance students learning ability, academic confidence and retention, ability to continue studying and learning, keeps me current with academic happenings and increase my reading ability. Furthermore, the various library services in senior secondary school include; lending services reference service, reprographic/ photocopying services, user education, selective dissemination of information, current awareness services, audio visual services, library hour services and internet services, but reader advisory services was rejected. Similarly, the strategies to the challenges students face on the utilization of library services in your school include: recruitment of professional staff, provision of adequate information materials, provision of adequate ict facilities, provision of adequate space, adequate library orientation service, provision of adequate funding and good library policy. It was recommended that principals of government secondary school should make it a priority that the required library services such as lending services, reference service, photocopying service, selective dissemination of information, internet service, audio visual service and others needed for students to attain academic excellence be overly made available and accessible.