Awareness and Utilization of ICT Based Library Services: Case Study of a Nigerian Private Universit
Authors:
ADESEGUN Oreoluwa
Publication Type: Journal article
Journal: Information And Knowledge Management
ISSN Number:
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Abstract
Information is the major key to every individual success. In academics, library is the store house of information
of any kind tending towards knowledge acquisition and research enrichment. The integration of ICT in libraries
was not just only to add beauty to the library services but also to facilities library functions in an easy and faster
means. It has been observed that some of the main objectives of applying ICT to library services have not being
properly disseminated to the library users mostly postgraduate students and also library staff. The main aim of
this paper was to investigate the level of ICT library service awareness in our institutions using a private
institution as a case study. The study adopted the survey form of research where the use of copies of
questionnaire as research tool was adopted. The result showed that there is a need for tertiary institutions to
adopt the use of ICT in their library services and also to employ some awareness programs for their PG students
at the every point of enrollment. The awareness program will not only be useful to the students but also to the
library staff towards effective deployment and use of the technology