SELECTION OF GREY LITERATURE FOR ENHANCEMENT OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined selection of grey literature for enhancement of academic research in university libraries in Benue State, Nigeria. The two purposes of the study were to find out process of selection of grey literature and challenges for enhancement of academic research in university Libraries. Two corresponding hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of 200 staff of university libraries under study. A self- structured questionnaire of four points rating scale titled Selection of Grey Literature for Enhancement of Academic Research in University Libraries Questionnaires (SGLEARULQ) was used as the instrument for data collection. The descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation was used for data analysis. It also adopted chi-square to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed the processes of selection of grey literature to include finding out about new grey literature publications, monitoring new or ephemeral publications, staying in contact with the grey literature, keeping in touch with academic world among others as well as challenges of selection of grey literature. Based on the findings, the study recommended that librarians should improve on selection processes and that there should be collaboration between librarians and producers of grey literature to get rid of difficulty in search of grey literature among others.