Factors Affecting Library Use by Academic Staff and Students of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State O.D. Bakare O.A. Owolabi O.B. Bamigboye O.M. Bankole All authors are at the 'Nimbe Adedipe Library, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. O.D. Bakare can be reached at: bumdots4eva@yahoo.co.uk. O. A. Owolabi can be reached at: yomiowolabi2000@yahoo.com. O.B. Bamigboye can be reached at: bamigboye.olusola66@gmail.com. O.M. Bankole can be reached at: olubankebankole@yahoo.com Introduction Academic libraries have played critically-important roles in supporting research in all subjects and disciplines within their host universities. As such, in recent years there has been a change in relationships between researchers, students, and libraries, thereby leading to a symbiotic relationship of mutual benefits between all parties concerned. An academic library is a library that is attached to an academic institution above the secondary level, serving the teaching and research needs of students and staff (Hoare, 1997). It foster information literacy and provide resources to both students and staff and provide numerous services to users, addressing their diverse needs, characteristics, and interest (Andaleeb, 2001). According to Mason (2010), an academic library has the mission to build and maintain a collection that will support and enhance the instructional needs of the institution. These libraries serve three purposes which are to support the school's curriculum, to support the research of the university faculty/students and to create a learning environment in which faculty/ students are provided with a variety of library resources and ultimately, become competent users. However, it has been discovered that technological developments and the availability of information resources online have changed how research and studying is done, and likewise the services that academic libraries provide to their research communities (changing from printed materials to electronic materials). With these new technological developments and innovations come new challenges and new expectations. Therefore, academic libraries are striving hard to adapt rapidly to these challenges and seeking to exploit their potential to the fullest. Consequently, it is on this premise that this paper is written to address the issue of usage of the library by both academic staff and students, and to determine how frequent they use library resources, and how this technological development that academic libraries are embracing are been used by library patrons coupled with their printed materials. Historical Background of FUNAAB The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State (FUNAAB) was established on January 1, 1988 by the Federal Government when four Universities of Technology, earlier merged in 1984, were demerged. At the initial stage, five Colleges were introduced in the University in October 1988 as follows: 1. College of Agricultural Management, Rural Development and Studies (COLAMRUCS 2. College of Animal Science and Livestock Production (COLANIM) 3. College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM) PNLA Quarterly 73:3 (Spring 2009) www.pnla.org 3