ACCESS AND USE OF LIBRARY INFORMATION RESOURCES BY SECONDARY TEACHERS IN ASABA, DELTA STATE

Abstract

The article is on access and use of library information resources by secondary teachers in Asaba, Delta State. School libraries are very essential in primary and secondary education. They are established and maintained to serve and support the educational activities of the school.  Descriptive survey research design. The population was made up of thirty-six(36) teacher librarians   out of 80 secondary schools   across the selected eighty (80) secondary schools in Oshimili South LGA. These thirty-six(36) secondary schools consists of  Private(Individual  owned) , Missionary  (Religion owned) and Public (government owned) schools in Delta State.  They were randomly selected within Asaba metropolis. Finding shows that lack information resources in all the secondary schools. The electronic and audio-visual information resources are not available, unlike print resources. that the information resources mostly used by secondary school teachers are journals, newspapers / magazines, map or charts, library catalogue, and reference books; major problems affecting the use of information resources by teachers are slow connection speed, constant power outage, lack of update and current resource, and lack of convenient accommodation. Recommendation were made for the study.