Journal: Library And Information Perspectives And Research
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This study investigated the adoption of mobile technology by librarians in colleges of education in Southwest, Nigeria with regards to their demographic characteristics. The study adopted a survey approach. The population consisted of librarians from academic libraries in colleges of education in Southwest, Nigeria. One college of education was selected from each six states in Southwest, Nigeria. Thus, restricting the sample size to six colleges of education in Southwest, Nigeria. In the six colleges of education 42 librarians (7 librarians from each of the colleges of education) were selected using stratified random technique. The questionnaire was entitled: “Individual Characteristics and Mobile Technology Adoption Questionnaire (ICMTAQ” and was sent out to the emails of selected librarians. Findings from this study revealed that a significant percentage of librarians in colleges of education in Southwest, Nigeria were open to the adoption of mobile technologies. However, a number of inconsistencies were discovered with regards to librarians? individual characteristics.