Planning Tools and Information Resources Availability in State Owned Tertiary Institutions in Akwa Ibom State

This study examined the relationship between planning tools and information resources availability in state owned tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. The planning tools used in this study are environmental analysis and collection development policy. A survey design was adopted and a set of questionnaires tagged ‘Planning Tools and Information Resources Availability Questionnaire’ (PTIRAQ) was developed, validated and administered on 73 library staff in four state-owned tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance using PPMC statistical method. The findings indicated that environmental analysis has a significant relationship with information resources availability. It was also revealed that book selection policy is related significantly with information resources availability. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that library managers should develop more dependable approach towards environmental analysis in order to guarantee information resources availability in tertiary institutions. Further recommended is the serious need for written selection policy which of course should be regularly updated and reviewed in order to assure that its provision reflects current information requirement of all academic disciplines.