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Print media usage presented some important qualities over time, which has made it an advantageous medium of study regardless of the technological advancements of the contemporary times popularly described as the information age. The value, as perceived by scholars in training (users of academic libraries especially), was sorted by this research to analyze why prints are still glamour for, in a digital era with all the improvements made by digital adoptions. This study revealed that 378 respondents returned their questionnaire copies out of the 500 sent out and constituted 75.6% returns. Results for objective 1, revealed among others that, clients��� have developed deeper relationships with prints media over a long time targeted around users��� study interest areas. Users revealed that these prints have brought enlightenment, education and enabled a smooth running of the global economy as well as its civil societies. It also revealed that users��� value for prints has been built on a strength that prints form the foundation for reading and learning. Users were loyal to prints publications as they provide high-quality content on areas that settle their specific interests. Respondents further revealed prints as being friendly, flexible for accessibility and utilization, encouraging sequential personal study with ease and without posing health challenges. Objective 2 indicated users��� perceived value as associated with the library revealing that librarians��� who were once seen as obsolete can now develop new skills, perform their jobs better, become friendly to their clients, improve and update services while streamlining academic standards. Regrettably, in objective 3, users revealed a catalog of challenges posed on them while utilizing print materials. They are, overcrowding the prints record library during examination time because of few copies of information materials, non-replacement of mutilated pages, disorganized catalogs, missing entries, and outright uneven distribution of prints. The researchers believe that if these challenges were addressed, users would be more satisfied with the utilization of prints resources KEY: Information perception, Information media, Users��� relationship with information system, Print media value, Information seeking, Information communication, Print media challenges, digital era, Academic libraries, Utilization. |
