Library Use Instruction: The Outcome-based Education Approach

Authors

  • Onohwakpor E Josephine Delta State University Library, Abraka, Delta, Nigeria
  • Chukwusa Joseph Delta State University Library, Abraka, Delta, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/bpas.2023.43.1.4%20

Keywords:

Library Use Instruction Programme, Library Orientation Programme, Outcome-Based Education Approach, Learning Outcome

Abstract

It is generally agreed that the university library serves as the hub or focal point of the institution's teaching,  learning, and research activities. It offers resources for information. It offers resources for knowledge to meet  students’ information needs. Between two groups of students, there can be a significant difference if the university  library is properly explored, exploited, and used. Because of this, it is deemed crucial to teach newly admitted  students how to use the library, and as a result, Nigerian institutions have made this official, examinable, credit earning teaching essential. Despite the library's education programme, students' attitudes at higher education  institution libraries often give the impression that they are still unsure of how to use the facility's resources. It is  well known that many students rely more on their lecture notes than they do on really exploring, taking advantage  of, and using the library's resources. This vision is what this review is all about- the introduction of the concept  Outcome-Based Education (OBE). 

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Published

2023-06-21

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Vol. 43 No. 1 (2023): Library Progress(International) (Jan-Jun) 2023

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Library Use Instruction: The Outcome-based Education Approach . (2023). Library Progress (International), 43(1), 28–38. https://doi.org/10.48165/bpas.2023.43.1.4