User’s intention towards the use of digital libraries: a post COVID-19 scenario

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI:10.1108/dlp-12-2022-0105

Sujood Sujood, Samiha Siddiqui, Sehar Nafees, Naseema Bano

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Abstract

Purpose Following a crucial COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the coronavirus has affected every academic institution, particularly libraries and information centres. To address this unprecedented scenario, libraries’ staff has decided to provide their services via digital access while staying close to the users. To predict users’ intention to use digital libraries after COVID-19, the authors combined the technology acceptance model (TAM), the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and perceived risk. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected via a paper-based questionnaire using a convenient sampling method which was distributed at two major libraries; Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University and Dr Zakir Husain Library, Jamia Millia Islamia in India. Findings Empirical findings suggested that all the proposed hypotheses were supported, and the integrated model had strong explanation power as the proposed model explained a 74.5% variance in users’ intention to use digital libraries after COVID-19. Research limitations/implications This study offers substantial information to librarians, digital libraries, universities, institutes and other stakeholders and sheds light on the potential for a developing nation to transition to an economy with a strong digital infrastructure. The scope of the study is constrained to the users in India only, hence, leading to the possibility that it may be challenging to generalize the findings. Originality/value According to the best of the authors’ knowledge, it is one of the few studies to predict users’ intentions for using digital libraries after COVID-19 by applying the integrated model of TPB and TAM in an emerging economy. It helped understand the users’ attitudes towards using the digital services and resources available at the respective libraries. It also contributed considerably to the argument that users have grown accustomed to harnessing digital libraries during the post-COVID-19 period.

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用户使用数字图书馆的意向:后COVID-19情景

在COVID-19大流行的关键封锁之后，冠状病毒影响了每个学术机构，特别是图书馆和信息中心。为了应对这种前所未有的情况，图书馆的工作人员决定通过数字访问提供服务，同时与用户保持密切联系。为了预测用户在2019冠状病毒病后使用数字图书馆的意愿，作者将技术接受模型(TAM)、计划行为理论(TPB)和感知风险相结合。设计/方法/方法通过纸质问卷调查收集数据，采用方便的抽样方法，在两个主要图书馆分发;毛拉·阿扎德图书馆，阿里加尔穆斯林大学和扎基尔·侯赛因博士图书馆，印度的贾米亚·米利亚伊斯兰教。实证结果表明，所有提出的假设都得到了支持，综合模型具有较强的解释力，所提出的模型解释了新冠肺炎后用户使用数字图书馆意愿的74.5%的方差。本研究为图书馆员、数字图书馆、大学、研究机构和其他利益相关者提供了大量信息，并揭示了发展中国家向拥有强大数字基础设施的经济转型的潜力。该研究的范围仅限于印度的用户，因此，可能很难对研究结果进行概括。原创性/价值据作者所知，这是为数不多的运用新兴经济体TPB和TAM集成模型预测新冠肺炎疫情后用户使用数字图书馆意愿的研究之一。它有助于了解用户对使用各自图书馆提供的数字服务和资源的态度。这也在很大程度上支持了用户在后covid -19时期已经习惯于利用数字图书馆的观点。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.