Availability and Use of Digitised Library Information Resources by Lecturers in Federal University Libraries in Southern Nigeria

IF 0.2 Q4 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Africa Education Review Pub Date : 2021-11-02 DOI:10.1080/18146627.2022.2150243

E. Adedeji, I. Mabawonku

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Abstract Effective use of information resources by lecturers is one of the determinants of university education outcomes. To function optimally, lecturers utilise digitised information resources in their duties. University libraries are saddled with the responsibility of organising and providing lecturers’ needed information resources. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of digitised library information resources availability on the use of information resources by lecturers in six federal universities in Southern Nigeria. Instruments used for data collection were the DLIRA (r = 0.73) and UIR (r = 0.64) scales. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, the Pearson product moment correlation, and multiple regressions at .05 level of significance. The results showed that digitised library information resources availability on the use of information resources influenced the use of information resources by lecturers in the federal universities in Southern Nigeria. Thus, there is a need for the management of university libraries to intensify efforts at converting most of the paper-based resources to digitised formats for increased use of library resources by lecturers.

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尼日利亚南部联邦大学图书馆讲师数字化图书馆信息资源的可用性和使用

摘要讲师对信息资源的有效利用是大学教育成果的决定因素之一。为了发挥最佳作用，讲师在履行职责时会利用数字化信息资源。大学图书馆肩负着组织和提供讲师所需信息资源的责任。因此，本研究调查了数字化图书馆信息资源的可用性对尼日利亚南部六所联邦大学讲师使用信息资源的影响。用于数据收集的工具是DLIRA（r=0.73）和UIR（r=0.64）量表。使用描述性统计、Pearson乘积矩相关性和0.05显著性水平的多元回归对数据进行分析。结果表明，数字化图书馆信息资源在信息资源使用方面的可用性影响了尼日利亚南部联邦大学讲师对信息资源的使用。因此，大学图书馆的管理需要加大力度，将大多数纸质资源转换为数字化格式，以增加讲师对图书馆资源的使用。

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期刊介绍： Africa Education Review is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal that seeks the submission of unpublished articles on current educational issues. It encourages debate on theory, policy and practice on a wide range of topics that represent a variety of disciplines, interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary and transdisciplinary interests on international and global scale. The journal therefore welcomes contributions from associated disciplines including sociology, psychology and economics. Africa Education Review is interested in stimulating scholarly and intellectual debate on education in general, and higher education in particular on a global arena. What is of particular interest to the journal are manuscripts that seek to contribute to the challenges and issues facing primary and secondary in general, and higher education on the African continent and in the global contexts in particular. The journal welcomes contributions based on sound theoretical framework relating to policy issues and practice on the various aspects of higher education.