Link Between Lecturer Immediacy and Academic Achievement in Cataloguing among Master Degree Students in Library and Information Science Schools in Southern Nigeria

The study investigated the link between lecturer immediacy and academic achievement in cataloguing among master degree students in LIS schools in Southern Nigeria, where there is a preponderance of LIS schools. Descriptive survey design of correlational type was used and total enumeration was adopted to include all the 420 master degree students, with 360 valid response rates for the study. The result reveals that the academic achievement of master degree students in LIS schools was good. There is a remarkable positive link between lecturer immediacy and master degree students’ academic achievement in cataloguing in LIS schools. The study concludes that master degree students in library schools have good mastery of cataloguing at knowledge, comprehension and evaluation levels but are deficient in application, analysis, and creative aspects. Master degree students should improve their academic performance in application, analysis and creative aspects in cataloguing in order to have adequate knowledge of cataloguing courses.