Prevalence of Library Anxiety among Undergraduate Students in Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Library anxiety is a significant phenomenon among research anxiety constructs that influence academic success. The phenomenon has received attention among scholars in the developed world. The study investigates the prevalence of library anxiety among undergraduate students of Lead City University, Nigeria. The study uses the descriptive survey research method for population of 3,285 undergraduate students of the university, and proportional sampling techniques of 10 percentage are randomly selected from each faculty. The standardise measuring instrument: AQAK Library Anxiety is used. The study shows that (26.9%) of undergraduate students experience mild anxiety, while 21.7% experiences severe library anxiety and 17.2% experience low anxiety. The study further reveals that 21.3% experienced moderate anxiety and only 12.9% of the undergraduate students experience no anxiety. The study also reveals the factors responsible for library anxiety among the undergraduate students include library environment settings (3.20), inadequate user education (3.03), attitude of library staff (3.00), arrangement and awareness of library resources (2.81) and inadequate user knowledge (2.82). The study recommends improved user education programmes, creating awareness about library services and resources and library staff should improve on their relationship with the library users.