Significance of Librarians Work Experience and ICT Skills on Effective Utilization of Information Resources
ATANDA Luqman Ayanlola* ,
Md. Rasel Hossain ,
Mst. Sadia Arefin ,
ADELEKE Dare Samuel
Abstract
This study determined the Significance of Librarians Work Experience and ICT Skills in the Effective Utilization of Information Resources at Federal University Otuoke. Two objectives, research questions, and null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study covered academics. An ex-post facto research design was used for the study. The population of the study was ten academic librarians. A census sampling technique was used for the study and a sample size of 10 academic librarians was used. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for research questions 1-2 and a t-test was used to test null hypotheses 1-2. All the null hypotheses were tested at 05 levels of significance. The findings indicated that librarians characteristics influenced the utilization of electronic information resources. The study concluded that Librarians work experience and ICT skills are determinants for the influence of effective Utilization of information resources. Librarians work experience and ICT skills in utilizing information resources are crucial for acquiring current, timely, relevant, and up-to-date electronic information resources for academic activities. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the librarians work experience and ICT skills be open to Utilizing information resources. Every librarian should be able and interested in using information resources regardless of their status.
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Dr. Doaa Wafik Nada, Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics, Badr University in Cairo (BUC), Cairo, Egypt.
Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.
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ATANDA LA, Hossain MR, Arefin MS, and ADELEKE DS. (2024). Significance of librarians work experience and ICT skills on effective utilization of information resources, Int. J. Manag. Account. 6(1), 7-11. https://doi.org/10.34104/ijma.024.07011
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