Student’s Attitude towards Cataloguing and Classification in University of Port Harcourt: A Case Study of Student’s Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)

The paper examined student’s attitude towards cataloguing and classification during SIWES in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Port Harcourt. The study employed descriptive survey design, questionnaire was used for data collection. The population of the study consisted of final year students of the department of library and information science 2019/2020 session totalling 90 that did industrial training (IT). A total of ninety questionnaire was administered to them, and a total of sixty five (65) 72.2% were returned and found suitable for analysis. The data collected were collated and analyzed using mean for the research questions and z test for the hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. The findings revealed that students have negative attitude towards cataloguing and classification during SIWES. Further findings also revealed that students have this negative attitude because library science was not their choice of course to study, it was only given to them by the University Management as a result of failing to secure admission in their choice of course. The study recommends among others that lecturers in the department should supervise thoroughly students on IT to ensure that they partake very well in the practical sessions and also disciplinary measures should be put in place for those who do not partake to effect a change.

Keywords: students, attitude, cataloguing, classification, (siwes).