RELEVANCE OF PUBLIC RELATION ACTIVITIES TO EFFECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN LIBRARY, ILORIN KWARA STATE
Abstract
The study investigated relevance of public relation activities to effective dissemination of information in the University of Ilorin Library, Ilorin Kwara State. The study aim to find out if the public relation activities enhance effective dissemination of information to the library users in university of Ilorin library and also identify the types of method of public relation activities carried out in the selected academic libraries. An empirical survey was carried out to the effect of social media and information literacy skills on the use of some selected library in Kwara State. A total of 88 questionnaires were administered and analyzed. This study reveal and make us know that the library information materials are useful and effective in the sense that this meet the need of the library users and make improvement on educational system of the institution. The public relation tools use in the University of Ilorin library are newsletter, catalogue, seminars etc, this tools has played a vital role in facilitating effective dissemination of information in the library. And some few recommendations were made.
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