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This study Investigated the influence of user education on the utilization of library resources at Muhammadu Wabi library in Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Bauchi. 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 respondents of interest to the study are library users. 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 (X). The study found that there are user education programmes in Muhammadu Wabi library 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 Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Bauchi. The study recommended that adequate user education infrastructure should be provided in Muhammadu Wabi library to facilitate students’ participation in the user education programmes.
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