THE EFFECT OF ELECTRONIC LIBRARY ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1     BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

The fundamental goal of any library is to provide enough and current information and material resources to the parent institution in order to support the academic curriculum (Ali, 2005). With the expansion of library collections and technical advancements in information handling and retrieval techniques, it is vital to provide information to students and other library users on how to access and retrieve such resources. The university library provides library instruction, also known as “user education,” “instructional program,” and “teaching the use of library and information sources,” among other terms, to ensure that students have the intellectual abilities and skills to retrieve information and construct a framework for learning (Hsiao, 2000).