Influence of Information Literacy Skills on Postgraduate Students’ Use of Electronic Resources in Private University Libraries in South-West, Nigeria

Adeniran, Pauline Oghenekaro; Onuoha, Uloma Doris

doi:10.4236/cn.2018.104014

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“…Adeniran (2018) investigated the influence of information literacy skills and computer self-efficacy on postgraduate students’ use of e-resources in private university libraries in Nigeria. Findings revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between information literacy skills and the use of e-resources ( r = 0.28, p < 0.05).…”

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Computer self-efficacy as a predictor of undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in federal universities in South-west Nigeria

Ebijuwa

Mabawonku

2019

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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Purpose Undergraduates use electronic library resources for academic activities. However, literature has revealed that undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources is low in Nigeria owing to attitude, computer literacy and information retrieval skills, while little attention was given to computer self-efficacy. This paper aims to examine computer self-efficacy as a predictor of undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in federal universities in south-west Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The descriptive survey research design was adopted. Multi-stage sampling method was used to select 1,526 undergraduates from the population size of 30,516 from six federal universities in south-west Nigeria in four faculties (Arts, Engineering/ Technology, Science and Social sciences) and three departments from each of the faculties (English, History and Philosophy; Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering: Economics, Sociology and Psychology). Data were collected using a questionnaire and were analysed using descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation, hierarchical and regression analyses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings There was a significant relationship between computer self-efficacy and use of electronic library resources (r = 0.13, p < 0.05). The result of the analysis showed that computer self-efficacy influenced undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in federal universities in south-west Nigeria. Research limitations/implications The data for the research were obtained from undergraduates in the selected faculties in the six federal universities except for two faculties which did not have some departments that were common to the selected faculties. Practical implications The findings indicated that computer self-efficacy improves the use of electronic library resources for academic purposes. It therefore encourages the library management to provide the necessary support and training for the undergraduates to acquire the technical skills required for the acquisition of computer self-efficacy. This has greater influence on undergraduates’ ability to use the computer maximally to access electronic library resources for academic purposes. Social implications It will improve the undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources for academic purposes. This implies that the undergraduates will have access to information around the world that could be useful for development in and around their locality which will become easily accessible. Also, in this era of computer, it will encourage reading culture among undergraduates. This could inform policymakers on the need to provide more electronic library resources for libraries. Originality/value The study provides original data on computer self-efficacy as a predictor of undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in federal universities in south-west Nigeria. This can provide valuable indicator for library managements considerin...

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confidence: 99%

Computer self-efficacy as a predictor of undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in federal universities in South-west Nigeria

Ebijuwa

Mabawonku

2019

Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication

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“…Berdasarkan ledakan sumber daya informasi dan layanan di perpustakaan akademik, beberapa penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar mahasiswa tidak dapat menggunakan sumber daya informasi secara efektif dan efisien karena kurangnya atau tidak memadainya keterampilan literasi informasi mereka (Aderibigbe & Ajiboye 2011;Suleiman, 2012;Adeniran & Onuoha, 2018). Permasalahannya yang muncul dalam minimnya ketergunaan koleksi perpustakaan pada penelitian Suleiman ditunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa belum memiliki keterampilan literasi informasi yang diperlukan untuk menggunakan informasi, serta sifat perilaku pencarian informasi lainnya (Suleiman, 2012).…”

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Dampak User Education Terhadap Pemanfaatan Sumber Daya Perpustakaan Uin Imam Bonjol Padang

Rahmi¹

2022

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This research is motivated by the function of the university library as a very vital element in meeting the information needs of the academic community in carrying out the tridharma of higher education and none of these roles can be realized without an effective User Education program because this program aims to create awareness about how to make effective use of library services and resources. The purpose of this study was to describe the effectiveness of User Education activities on library use by students of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities UIN Imam Bonjol Padang. The research method is descriptive quantitative with a questionnaire as a primary data collection tool. The population of this research is all students of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities UIN Imam Bonjol Padang 2021-2022. Research questions were answer and analysis was performed using the mean scores. Research findings reveal that students of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities have various levels of understanding of the concept of User Education. The study also found that the User Education program positively influenced student use of the library and helped meet their academic information needs. The results of the study also found several problems that hindered User Activities effectively such as excess participants, lack of infrastructure, less innovative human resources, shortage of teaching materials, limited time allocated for activities, less conducive supporte and inadequate space. This study concludes that with a central place in student education, and to make user education programs indispensable, adequate resources should be provided to ensure that the ideal goals of the program are realized.

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“…This skill also requires an individual to identify the exact research problem, type of information to solve the identified problem, itemize the specific questions and hypothesize from the problem, which provides a clear focus of what is needed (Adeniran and Unuoha, 2018). Skill to identify the extent of information need involves the ability to understand and articulate the scope of information needed (Belay and Bramo,2017 ).…”

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“…Therefore, the ability to access information can be defined as the ability to search for information, find and obtain the information from a given source (Bolek et al , 2018). An individual does not only find resources, but also be able to access the desired information from sources of information through search tools and extract specific information from the sources (Adeniran and Unuoha, 2018).…”

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Ability to identify extent of information need and access information as correlates of utilization of digital library resources by lecturers

Ikenwe

Anaehobi

2020

DLP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between lecturers’ ability to identify the extent of information need, access information and utilization of digital library resources in Federal Universities, Southern Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Correlational research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 6,653 lecturers’ with a sample size of 665 selected through proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Instruments for data collection were cognitive test and questionnaire used for utilization of digital library resources. Kuder–Richardson method was used to establish the internal reliability coefficient, yielding the score 0.77, 0.78, respectively, and Cronbach alpha for questionnaire yielding 0.81. Data collected were analyzed using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. In testing the hypotheses, p-value was used to determine the level of significance at the 0.05 alpha level. Findings The results show low positive relationship between abilities to identify the extent of information, access information in the utilization of digital library resources. The hypotheses were rejected, indicating a positive relationship between abilities to identify extent of information need, access information and utilization of digital library resources. Originality/value The findings of this study provide novel facts that help to clarify existing uncertainties and ambiguity in the link between some elements of information literacy and the use of digital library resources in developing economies such as Nigeria.

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Influence of Information Literacy Skills on Postgraduate Students’ Use of Electronic Resources in Private University Libraries in South-West, Nigeria

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

Computer self-efficacy as a predictor of undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in federal universities in South-west Nigeria

Computer self-efficacy as a predictor of undergraduates’ use of electronic library resources in federal universities in South-west Nigeria

Dampak User Education Terhadap Pemanfaatan Sumber Daya Perpustakaan Uin Imam Bonjol Padang

Ability to identify extent of information need and access information as correlates of utilization of digital library resources by lecturers

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