Title: Information Needs Uses and Seeking Behaviour of Religious Leaders in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
Author(s): Catherine Enatta Ikokoh
Publication Year: 2020; Volume 15, Issue 1, pages 90-102

The information needs uses and seeking behaviour of religious leaders in Kwali Area Councilrnof the Federal Capital Territory was studied based on the Questionnaires interviews andrnobservations. The questionnaires were designed based on close ended question with some openrnended interviews. A descriptive survey method was used using a simple random sampling.rnForty 40 religious leaders were given questionnaires but 26 were returned. They religiousrnleaders are the Moslem 15 Christian 20 and traditional 5 religion leaders respectively.rnSeven 7 research questions were asked and the discussion shows that all the religious leadersrnparticipated and they all use information for their day to day activities even though none ofrnthem have a library attached them. From the results of the analysis it was discovered thatrnreligious information form the greatest needs of religious leaders inspiration is another formrnof getting information order than going to the library. In the area of obtaining the informationrnit was discovered that the cost of information ranked the highest because no congregation hasrna library and the individual leaders have to source for their information needs themselvesrnwhile the information obtained are used mostly for teaching preaching and counseling.rnTherefore the need for establishment of library in each congregation to ensure the provisionrnof their information needs and uses cannot be over emphasized. This will at long last improvernthe religious leaders information needs uses and seeking behaviours.