The study investigated book trade trend and information retrieval for sustainable library and information science education in selected federal universities in South-South, Nigeria. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population of the study consisted of 35 librarians in University of Port Harcourt and Federal University Otuoke. The sample size of the study was the entire 35 librarians. Two sets of instruments were used for data collection in this study entitled “Publishing Practices, Distribution channels, Market Dynamics, Technological Influence Questionnaire (PPDCMDTPQ)” and “Information Retrieval Scale (IRS)” Face was done on both instruments. The reliability coefficients of the instruments were 0.88 for PPDCMDTPQ and 0.85 for IRS using Cronbach’s alpha. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to answer the research questions and to test the hypotheses. It was found out that publishing practices, distribution channels, market dynamics and technological influence independently relate with information retrieval for sustainable library and information science education in selected federal university libraries in South– South, Nigeria. It was recommended, among others, that Federal universities should encourage local academic publishing by supporting indigenous authors and LIS scholars through research grants, and institutional publishing outlets. Universities should develop partnerships with publishers, vendors, and book suppliers to streamline procurement processes and reduce delays in acquiring textbooks and journals.
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