The study focuses on time allocation as correlate of undergraduates' academic achievement in cataloguing and classification in library schools in Southern Nigeria. Cataloguing and classification courses are expected to be taught theoretically and practically in library schools. The main problem of this study is undergraduates' poor academic achievement in cataloguing and classification. According to authors, cataloguing and classification are core courses in librarianship. Despite the importance of these courses in the library schools, it is observed that many undergraduates are known to perform poorly in the examinations. Survey research design of correlational type was adopted for this study. Hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance was that there was no significant relationship between time allocation and academic achievement of undergraduates in cataloguing in library schools in Southern Nigeria. The 550 final year students and 18 lecturers teaching cataloguing and classification in library schools in Southern Nigeria were purposively selected for the study. Time allocated for teaching and learning cataloguing and classification scale (a = 0.64) and students' achievement test in cataloguing and classification (a = 0.63) were used to collect data for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the data analysis. Results from the study revealed that: there was a significant relationship between time allocation and academic achievement of undergraduates in cataloguing and classification in library schools. Time allocated for teaching cataloguing and classification was inadequate. Academic achievement of the majority of the undergraduates was at average level. The library school management in partnership with the National Universities Commission (NUC) should include separate hour on the time table for practical cataloguing and classification in library schools in Nigeria to enable students to balance theory with practical knowledge. This is necessary to enhance students' academic achievement in cataloguing and classification. Lecturers' teaching cataloguing and classification should spend more time in cataloguing practicals to encourage the students to develop interest in cataloguing and classification.

The study was on study habits, use of libraries and students' academic performance in selected secondary schools in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Survey technique was adopted for the study, and the instrument for data collection was questionnaire. Complete enumeration was the procedure used for the study. 296 copies of questionnaire were administered and retrieved but 14 copies were invalid. Thus, 284 (95%) copies were valid for analysis. Major findings of the study revealed among others that irregular use of school libraries by the students was one of the factors for poor scores in test and examination, many students did not study outside the school, and academic performance of the students was poor in Mathematics and English Language. The study concluded that study habits of the students were bad and academic performance of the students was poor. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that library study hours should be included on the school time table to allow students to have a specific time to use the school library on a regular basis; school libraries should open beyond school hours to enable the students the opportunity to study after school hours, students should find suitable and comfortable places to study outside the class each day, and amount of time used by the students for study must be increased both at school library and at home in order to devote quality time to study.

The study focuses on the use of reference sources and services by students in ACE Library, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria. Reference sources are materials in the reference section while reference services are rendered by reference librarian in meeting the information need of users in the library. The study surveyed 405 students comprising 183 and 222 Degree and NCE students respectively from the five schools in the College. Questionnaire was used to collect data. All the 405 questionnaires that were administered were returned and found valid for analysis. The findings of the study among others show that 246(60.7%) had good understanding of what reference materials are; 222 (54.8%) have good understanding of what reference service entails and 295(72.8%) make use of reference materials in the College Library. The major challenges confronting the students in the use of reference materials include very old materials 82 (20.2%) and time wastage when searching for materials 75 (18.5%). It could be concluded that students make use of reference materials and have understanding of reference sources and services probably because both the Degree and NCE students have compulsory courses in Library Instruction Programme and Introduction to Library Studies respectively. From findings of the study, it could be recommended that new reference materials should be acquired to cover all courses and reference librarian should organise orientation for the students on the use of reference materials in the library.