LECTURERS’ PATTERN OF INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE, NIGERIA

g recognition of the importance of timely and accurate information in advancing lecturers' teaching, research, and professional development, there are still some observed exasperating teething issues in understanding how lecturers at Kwara State University seek and utilize information. This study focuses on examining lecturers’ pattern of Information seeking behaviour in Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. The study adopts descriptive research design, and questionnaire was adopted as data collection instrument. A total of hundred and six (206) copies of questionnaire administered and one hundred and forty-six (146) were completely filled and found usable for the study. The study found that Lecturers at Kwara State University need information on employment opportunities, current affairs, lecture preparation, developments in their discipline, academic publishing, professional growth, health and personal welfare, and applying for research grants. The study showed that Information sources commonly used by lecturers include internet search engines (e.g., Google Scholar), digital repositories, academic conferences, colleague interactions, seminars, university library services, and newspapers. The results of the study revealed techniques employed by lecturers in information searching include the use of KOHA and other integrated systems, systematic browsing of databases and indexes, filtering search results, consulting bibliographies, using library catalogues, phrase searching, and applying Boolean operators. The findings of the study revealed that lecturers frequently seek information for lecture preparation, knowledge updating, meeting promotion requirements, conducting research, fulfilling administrative duties, and writing academic papers or conference presentation. The study showed that the purposes for information seeking among lecturers in KWASU include to improving teaching quality, enhancing student engagement, promoting professional development, updating academic curricula, identifying funding opportunities, and supporting research activities. The study found that challenges encountered include poor internet connectivity, unstable power supply, limited collaboration, fragmented information sources, inadequate institutional support, time constraints due to heavy workload, and misalignment between information needs and available library resources are pitfalls faced in information seeking among lecturers in KWASU