GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT This study investigated Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) and Skill Acquisition of Library and Information Science (LIS) Students in University of Uyo. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised all full-time (69) and part-time (48) undergraduate students of library and information science in the 2018/2019 academic session. A total of one hundred and seventeen (117) respondents were used for the study. A researcher-developed instrument tagged “SIWES and Skill Acquisition of LIS Students Questionnaire (SSASQ)was used for data collection with a reliability index of 0.86. The data obtained were analysed using frequencies, simple percentages and bar charts. Finding indicated that all the Library and Information Science (LIS) students in the University of Uyo are attached only to an academic library which is the University of Uyo. Finding also showed that the most available working tool in the libraries/establishment students were attached is “subject headings” with the least as “reference tools”. Finally, the results proved that the most available practical skills acquired during the programme is “cataloguing and classification of information resources” with the use of “KOHA software” as the least. Recommendations included that, for more exposure and adequate skill acquisition, Library and Information Science(LIS) students of the University of Uyo should be given an opportunity undertake industrial attachment to other types of libraries, publishing houses, media houses, archives and records centres. KEYWORDS: SIWES, libraries/establishments, students, practical skills, Library and Information Science, Skill Acquisition, University of Uyo