Status of automation of acquisition, cataloguing and classification sections in colleges of education libraries in Southern Nigeria

This study investigated the status of automation of acquisition and cataloguing section in college of education libraries in Southern Nigeria. It adopted the descriptive survey design. The population was twenty-nine participants which comprised the college librarians of the twenty nine colleges of education libraries in Southern Nigeria. The twenty nine colleges of education libraries in Southern Nigeria were used as sample of the study and purposive sample technique was used for the study. Questionnaire and observation check list are the instruments used for the study. The response for each of these items on the research question that was arranged into sections was analysed using frequency count and percentage. The major findings include: in acquisition and cataloguing & classification sections, few activities are automated in the twenty-nine Colleges of Education Libraries in Southern Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the institution head should ensure adequate purchase of informational materials. This enable the library meet up with the standard of information needs, in this era of information explosion through library automation. Also the government and the policy maker should ensure that library automation is included in the national policy of education and its implementation should be effective to boast the standard of education. The implication of the study was pointed out as it affects the services rendered by the library. Not all the activities in the sections are automated which will affect library services in this era of information explosion.