Perceived Effect of Students’ Antisocial Behavior on Library Services in Tertiary Institutions Libraries in Cross River State, Nigeria

Information need and resource utilization of pregnant women in University of Calabar

“…Information requirements are a real scenario in which the term 'information' and 'need' are inextricably linked; information originates and is generated as a result of a need or an interest (Prasad, 2000). Balorinwa (2002) described information needs as Ama-Abasi, Racheal Daniel, Egbe Isu Michael and Otun Mumeen Omoniyi / IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology 2022;7 (1): [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] demands or desires to have the information transferred for use, which causes man to inquire about events in the past, tasks to be completed, sources and services available, and the consequences of not following particular rules and regulations. Information requirements indicate the existence of a knowledge gap that must be filled.…”

“…Sayakhot and Carolan-Olah (2016) discovered that pregnant women primarily use the internet to meet their nutrition information needs. Nyang O. and Otun M. O (2021) [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] cited Oyewusi and Oyeboade (2009) who gave the following data on how users got aware of information resources: 137(34.9%) personal search, 83(21.1%) reference services 51 (13%) library use instruction while the following indicated utilization -82.9% for academic pursuits, 7.9% for research, 1.8% to socialize and 7.4% for sleep. Bookari, Yeatman, and Willaimson (2017) used individual semistructured telephone interviews with 17 pregnant (across all trimesters) and 9 postpartum women in five Australian states to conduct a study on Australian pregnant women.…”

“…Ama-Abasi, Racheal Daniel, Egbe Isu Michael and Otun Mumeen Omoniyi / IP Indian Journal of Library Science and InformationTechnology 2022;7(1):[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] …”