Internet use in university libraries of Pakistan

Saeed, Hamid; Asghar, Muhammad Zubair; Anwar, Muhammad; Ramzan, Muhammad

doi:10.1108/14684520010330364

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“…This, according to him, is coupled with the fact that they had littie knowledge of what technologies to acquire, how to implement them and what problems to solve. He also pointed out the lack of knowledge of appropriate technologies and the skill to analyze and evaluate library automation projects and their implementation as reported by (Rehman, 1992;Khan, 1995;Haider, 1998;Mahmood, 1999;Saeed et al, 2000).…”

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Attitudinal Correlates of Selected Nigerian Librarians Towards the Use of Information Technology

Tella

2008

Journal of Interlibrary Loan,Document Delivery & Electronic

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The explosion of information technology (IT) since the beginning of the 20th century rendered manual-based library systems, in academic, research, special and public libraries, irrelevant. Implementing information technology in the digital age depends largely on librarians' attitudes. This study examines the attitudinal correlates of selected Nigerian librarians towards the use and application of IT in their libraries. Forty-one librarians were surveyed from the four selected automated libraries in state of Oyo in Nigeria form the study's population. Two research questions were developed to guide the study. The results indicate that four out of the five variables age, gender, educational qualifications and prior knowledge of IT significantly correlate with the librarians' attitudes towards IT. The other variable, IT anxiety, correlates negatively with the librarians' attitudes towards IT. Findings further show that all the five variables significantly predict librarian's attitude towards IT with prior IT experience showing the greatest predictive effect. Based on these findings, libraries in the developing countries should consider sending their librarians, who do not have knowledge of IT, to IT training in order to remove fear and anxiety hindering them from developing a better attitude towards the use of IT in their libraries.Telia Adeyinka is PhD candidate.

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Attitudinal Correlates of Selected Nigerian Librarians Towards the Use of Information Technology

Tella

2008

Journal of Interlibrary Loan,Document Delivery & Electronic

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“…Realising the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT), the government of Pakistan has focused since 1998 on promoting the use of IT in its private and public concerns. Out of 20 university libraries half were using the Internet for performing various library functions and services (Saeed et al, 2000). There were 1.2 million e-mail accounts, and over 250,000 Internet subscribers by the end of 2000.…”

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Levels of information technology (IT) applications in Muslim world libraries

Ramzan

2004

The Electronic Library

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The utilisation of information technology (IT) has become an indicator of a country's wealth level. Countries, which fail to prepare for information technology and do not use it properly, are likely to lose their global competitiveness. Muslim countries have paid little attention to leverage the benefits offered by the IT use in their library and information centres. The first part of this paper reports the status of information technology applications in libraries and information centres of Muslim countries. The second part of the paper reports the level of hardware, software, and IT-based resources available in libraries and information centres in Pakistan. The third part of this paper discusses the problems hindering the wider use of information technology in libraries and information centres in Pakistan. Based on the findings of the survey and documentary research the final part of this paper puts forward overall suggestions to solve the problems hindering the wider use of information technology in libraries and information centres in general, and in Muslim countries in particular.

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“…Teachers in the classroom have taught that information can be obtained through the virtual world so that many teaching materials come from the internet [14], [15]. The teacher's ability to manage learning material [14] is evidenced by information literacy competencies [16] as well, so it is crucial for the world of education to equip students and teachers with information literacy.…”

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Effects of Internet Literacy on Cognitive Capabilities of Middle School Students

Istyarini¹,

Fitriani²,

Widhanarto³

2019

Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Business, Law and Pedagogy, ICBLP 2019, 13-15 February 20

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Internet services for education are technological facilities as basic needs to obtain information quickly and accurately, but not all literacy abilities of students are the same, so more identification is needed to reveal the impact of internet services for students. The purpose of this article is to explain the influence of internet services on the cognitive abilities of middle school students related to information literacy competencies. The method used is a quantitative method with data from secondary school students totaling 64 students analyzed using discriminant analysis, which reveals the causality of the variable internet service with information literacy competencies. The results show a significant influence of internet usage on certain variables on the cognitive abilities of middle school students, especially on information literacy abilities. The implication of this study is the disclosure of supporting variables from internet services in the world of education that support the 21st-century learning pattern characterized by promoting flexibility and efficiency.

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Internet use in university libraries of Pakistan

Cited by 29 publications

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Attitudinal Correlates of Selected Nigerian Librarians Towards the Use of Information Technology

Attitudinal Correlates of Selected Nigerian Librarians Towards the Use of Information Technology

Levels of information technology (IT) applications in Muslim world libraries

Effects of Internet Literacy on Cognitive Capabilities of Middle School Students

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