Vol. 15, No. 1, June - December 2023

The study examined the utilization of library before, during and after examination period by students in Kwara state college of education Ilorin. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 250 respondents from 2,877 registered library users between 2020-2022 while all copies of the questionnaire were retrieved. The analysis of data was based on Simple Frequency Percentage and Average Weighted Response Findings revealed that NCE students use library most during the examination. Most respondents used the library to prepare for examinations despite the fact that college library have a lot of benefits for regular utilization by the students. Factors like insufficient information resources, inadequate awareness of the available information resources and lack of electronic information resources hinder the utilization of the college library. Recommendations were made to improve the utilization of library by NCE students.