THE IMPACTING FACTOR OF CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE STUDENTS IN DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA

Abstract

The study investigated the Impacting Factor of Cataloguing and Classification Instructional Tools on Academic Performance of Library and Information Science Students in Delta State University, Abraka. The study adopted the descriptive correlational type of design to determine the relationship of the variables. The population of the study was 362 library and information science students of 200L to 400L. The sample was 127 which was from 39% of the entire population using simple random sampling technique. The returned instrument from the field was 125.  Data were analysed using simple percentage, regression and mean with a criterion mean of 2.50. It was found that the academic performance of the students is on the average, departmental library lacked most of the instructional tools meant for cataloguing and classification of information resources, the extent to which they use the tools is very low ad though, cataloguing instructional tools influences academic performance of students. The study recommended that library schools should create a cataloguing laboratory where attention will be given to acquisition of instructional tools since mastering of the tools can influence the academic performance of the students.

Keywords:  Cataloguing, Classification, Instructional tools, Impact, Academic performance