Influence Of Library Information Resources And Services On Research Productivity Of Agricultural Scientists In Agricultural Institutions In Benue State

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of Library Information Resources and Services on Research Productivity of Agricultural Scientists in Agricultural Institutions in Benue State. Three purposes with corresponding research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study comprises of 242 Agricultural Scientists in Agricultural Institutions in Benue. Sample size of 151 Agricultural Scientists was arrived at using proportionate stratified and simple random sampling techniques. The instrument employed for data collection was a self-constructed structured questionnaire which was validated by experts. The internal consistency of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha method and an overall reliability index of 0.81 was obtained which shows that the instrument was highly reliable. The data for the study were analyzed using Frequency Count, Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research questions and Chi-Square Statistic to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that the research productivity of the agricultural scientists is considerably low. The researcher concluded that, the research productivity of Agricultural Scientists is low despite the high availability and utilization of library information resources and services.