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This study examined influence of user education on library usage among students of colleges of education in South-South, Nigeria. Four research questions were raised to guide the study. The scope of the study covered user education programmes in colleges of education libraries, level of students’ knowledge of user education programmes in colleges of education, frequency of library usage among students of colleges of education and constraints of user education on library usage among students of colleges of education. The study covered six colleges in South-South namely College of Education, Agbor, Delta State; College of Education, Ekiadolor, Edo State; College of Education, Omoku, Rivers State; College of Education, Okpoama Brass, Bayelsa State; College of Education, Calabar, Cross River State; and College of Education, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State. That is to say, one college of education was selected each from the six states that make up South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria. The respondents of interest to the study are library users of the six selected colleges of education library. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study is 7458 library users, while the sample of the study is 373 respondents. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents and the data were analyzed using statistical mean (š¯‘‹). The study found that there are user education programmes in colleges of education libraries in South-South, Nigeria such as user instruction, library orientation, guided tour, lecture, seminar, workshop, library exhibition, library display, in-house training, posters around the library and sign posts in the library. Furthermore, user education has positive influence on library usage among students of colleges of education in South-South, Nigeria. The study recommended that adequate user education infrastructure should be provided in colleges of education libraries in South-South, Nigeria to facilitate students’ participation in the user education programmes.
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