Use of Government Documents at the University of Ilorin Library

Abstract

The article reports a study of the use of government publications in the University of Ilorin Library. The paper investigates the use of official publications around two questions: What categories of the collections are most heavily used and by which categories of users with the specific aim of emphasizing faculties in the University. The study reveals that statistical publications are the most frequently consulted materials and are mostly consulted by readers from the faculty of Business and Social Sciences.

Keywords

• Government publications
• Official publications
• Use statistics
• User survey
• Collections