Abstract
The study investigated the adoption of innovative tools for library instruction and services in Federal University libraries in South-South zone of Nigeria. The study cut across six federal university libraries in the zone with a total population of 93 academic librarians. The findings revealed that fewer numbers of the respondents have adopted and used innovative tools for library instruction and services which majority of the respondents are yet to use innovative tools for instruction and service delivery. It also showed that the frequency of use of the tools were staggered with social media and text messaging being the ones that are used daily, email was used on a weekly basis while Library Blog, website and OPAC were mostly used on quarterly basis and a general none use of radio broadcasting. The findings further indicated that inadequate use of innovative tools would affect patronage and adequate delivery of library instruction and services to the library patrons who are in different geo-political locations. The researchers recommended the need for library management in federal universities in the South-South zone of Nigeria to explore viable innovative tools for ilibrary instruction and services,
 Keywords: Innovative tools, Library instruction, Library services, Librarians, University libraries
Highlights
The advancement in information technology enhancing information access and dissemination opens a vista for the adoption of innovative tools for the provision of library instruction and services to the library patrons
The use of innovative tool for library instruction and services is gradually being accepted in academic libraries in South-South zone of Nigeria
The result shows that there is a decrease to fully adopt some of the innovative tools that are revealed in literature
Summary
The advancement in information technology enhancing information access and dissemination opens a vista for the adoption of innovative tools for the provision of library instruction and services to the library patrons. The use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools for the delivery of information services couple with the demand for self service tools is paving the way for the adoption of innovative tools for library instruction and delivery of services. Library instruction is one of the core activities that academic library all over the world engages the library users that helps them to know the rules and regulations, how to access, locate, retrieve and use information sources which to an extent determine the success of students in learning and research. In a post COVID19, the use of innovative tools would enable the delivery of library instruction without convergence of the patrons. The university library spend time in planning on the best approach that is suitable to educate its patrons in order to increase their level of awareness and use of information sources. The adoption of innovative tools in post COVID-19 would be more strategic in breaking barrier and reaching a wider audience simultaneously
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