Academic libraries, ICT use and sustainable higher education development

IF 2.1 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information Discovery and Delivery Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI:10.1108/idd-01-2022-0002

Clement Ola Adekoya, J. Fasae, Adesola Victoria Alade

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Purpose Education is a strong pillar to national development. It is vital to ensure sustainable higher education development (SHED) in a bid to facilitate global development. This study aims to investigate academic libraries, information and communication technology (ICT) use and SHED. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive survey research design was used for this study. The population of the study was 607 librarians in the 41 public university libraries in Southern Nigeria. Total enumeration and purposive sampling techniques were used for this study. The instrument of data collection was questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used for the data analysis. Findings It was found that qualified teachers and promotion of scholarship constitute SHED. The extent of contribution of academic libraries to SHED is high. Academic libraries face a number of challenges in their effort to provide information services for the actualisation of the SHED. The extent of use of ICT in SHED is high. It was therefore recommended that academic libraries and ICT should be adequately used to accomplish SHED in Nigeria. Research limitations/implications This study will contribute to the body of literature on how academic libraries and the use of ICT can contribute to SHED. Practical implications While SHED is central to global development, the role of academic libraries and the use of ICT should be unanimously embraced by all the stakeholders in education industry. Originality/value SHED is inevitable in the contemporary era. This study reveals that academic libraries and ICT use are vital in achieving SHED.

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高校图书馆、信息通信技术的使用与高等教育的可持续发展

目的教育是国家发展的重要支柱。为了促进全球发展，确保可持续的高等教育发展至关重要。本研究旨在调查学术图书馆、信息通信技术（ICT）的使用和SHED.设计/方法/方法本研究采用描述性调查研究设计。这项研究的对象是尼日利亚南部41所公立大学图书馆的607名图书馆员。本研究采用了全面计数和有目的的抽样技术。数据收集的工具是调查表。数据分析采用描述性统计。研究发现，合格的教师和奖学金的提升构成了SHED。高校图书馆对SHED的贡献程度较高。学术图书馆在为实现SHED提供信息服务方面面临着许多挑战。信息和通信技术在SHED中的使用程度很高。因此，建议充分利用学术图书馆和信息通信技术来实现尼日利亚的SHED。研究局限性/含义本研究将有助于撰写关于学术图书馆和使用信息通信技术如何促进SHED的大量文献。实际含义虽然SHED对全球发展至关重要，学术图书馆的作用和信息通信技术的使用应该得到教育行业所有利益相关者的一致支持。创意/价值在当代是不可避免的。这项研究表明，学术图书馆和信息通信技术的使用对实现SHED至关重要。

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Information Discovery and Delivery INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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5.40

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： Information Discovery and Delivery covers information discovery and access for digital information researchers. This includes educators, knowledge professionals in education and cultural organisations, knowledge managers in media, health care and government, as well as librarians. The journal publishes research and practice which explores the digital information supply chain ie transport, flows, tracking, exchange and sharing, including within and between libraries. It is also interested in digital information capture, packaging and storage by ‘collectors’ of all kinds. Information is widely defined, including but not limited to: Records, Documents, Learning objects, Visual and sound files, Data and metadata and , User-generated content.