GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

Academic library usage is mostly influenced by users’ awareness and resources of the library. Understanding information needs as well as how students use libraries is critical for meeting their roles and service needs efficiently. Academic libraries are social institutions created to conserve knowledge, preserve cultural heritage, and provide information for educational and research purposes. Academic libraries are established to cater to the information needs of different groups of people in society to improve educational development. The study concluded that the academic library has become vital and indispensable in providing information. An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and research of the university faculty and students. In educational development, new libraries' roles and services are necessary to adjust to the changes and needs of a university. Academic libraries have a critical role and services to play in order to provide these learners with adequate library services. However, librarians accept that students encounter several problems in using the library services, including language and communication problems, adapting to a new educational development, the library system, and other cultural changes. One of the recommendations made was that academic librarians should provide information to support all key operators such as acquisition, circulation control, and serial management to enable users to find the information they want quickly and easily.

KEYWORDS: Academic Library, Students and Educational Development