Library Competency & Satisfaction Towards Seminarians' Formation

This study presents the findings from the analysis of the competencies of seminarians of Casiciaco Recoletos Seminary, Inc. in using the library and online collections. It also presents the satisfaction level of seminarians towards the different library services provided in the library, as well as the library facilities and personnel. Results showed that the respondents have moderately competent rating in their information search and retrieval in using both the library and online collections. Also, the result revealed that in general, the seminarians are very satisfied towards the different library services provided to them, as well as towards the library facilities and the library personnel. Moreover, regardless of the numerical value, the results revealed that there is no significant difference in terms of the competence in information search and retrieval, and satisfaction of seminarians towards the library services, facilities and personnel when grouped according to year level. Lastly, interventions are suggested to develop and improve the competence and satisfaction of the seminarians.