Title: School Library Influence on Students Achievement In Science: A Case of Rural and Urban Areas of Ekiti State Nigeria
Author(s): Olabode Olajide, Jacob O. Kutu
Publication Year: 2020; Volume 15, Issue 2, pages 88-101

This study investigated the extent of school library influence on students achievement in science subjects in urban and rural areas of Ekiti State Nigeria. The significance of this study revolves round the importance attached to science education being a mechanism adopted for achieving national economic growth in Nigeria. Mixed methods was the methodological approach adopted for the study. The studys population comprised school librarians science teachers and science students in secondary schools. Questionnaires and observationpolicy documents were instruments of data collection. Data - West African Examination Councils WAEC results collected were statistically analysed to determine students academic performance in science subjects in both rural and urban areas of the state while data collected through the questionnaire were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS. The study revealed that the majority of available science library resources that support students achievement in science was textbook and that the location rural or urban areas of schools in the state does not make any difference to students performance in science subjects. The study underscored the anomaly of regarding textbook as part of library resources in Nigeria and offers some far reaching recommendations that could position school libraries for realizing the governments vision of economic growth.