Abstract
Digital library engagement is the extensive use of digital library features and services. Contrary to the traditional concept of usage, DL engagement evaluates the use of an information system based on multiple dimensions; affective, cognitive, and behavioural. Presently, there is scarce evidence and research on the level of DL engagement. Lack of such evidence caused under-utilization of DL resources. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the level of DL engagement in the context of Malaysian research universities. A quantitative study was conducted; an instrument was distributed to postgraduate students at five Malaysian research universities. A total of 492 responses were recorded and descriptively analyses using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 24. Frequency, Independent sample t-test, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were performed to identify significance difference and mean distribution of data among the participating universities. Results show that respondent’s age and research domain showed a significant effect on DL engagement, while gender, study mode, level of study, semester, and the university did not show any significant effect on DL engagement.
Highlights
It can be concluded that the current degree of DL engagement among postgraduate students at Malaysian research universities is very good with mean score of 5.0020
The findings of the study were interpret based on independent sample t-test for two conditions, frequency analysis, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for more than two conditions
We utilize the statistical package, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 24 for the data analysis.The mean score for the factors underlying the cocenept of DL engagement are as follows: focus attention (4.363), felt involvement (5.1748), aesthethic (5.1408), and novelty (5.3293)
Summary
It can be concluded that the current degree of DL engagement among postgraduate students at Malaysian research universities is very good with mean score of 5.0020. There is no significance different between DL engagement in relation to gender, study mode, and level of study. The study aims to investigate the current degree of DL engagement among postgraduate students in Malaysian research universities.
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