ICT skills, use and task performance among library personnel in public university libraries

Sunday O Popoola,Janet W Oyedipe

doi:10.4314/iijikm.v9i2.7

Abstract

The study investigated ICT skills, use and task performance among library personnel in university libraries in the South-west, Nigeria. The study adopts descriptive survey research design where a structured and validated questionnaire was employed for data collection. Total enumeration technique was used to cover 330 library personnel in public university libraries in the South-west Nigeria. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) as well as OLS (Ordinary Least Square Method) at 0.05 level of significance. Test of norm revealed that tasks performance, ICT skills of respondents were high while ICT use was moderate. Further findings indicated that there was significant relative contribution of ICT skill and use on task performance of library personnel in the South-west, Nigeria. The result also revealed that ICT skills and ICT use had significant relationships with task performance of the respondents. Other finding revealed that there is joint effect of ICT skills and use on task performance (F=2.247) adjRsq=11.2%. The study recommended among others the need for library personnel to acquire adequate ICT skills in database management, trouble shooting and web 2.0 for effective task performance.Keywords: ICT skills, ICT use, task performance, library personnel, university

Highlights

We live in an era where interaction between man and machine are essential for organizational success and personal survival
Research Hypothesis The following null research hypotheses will be tested at 0.05 levels of significance: HO1: There is no significant relationship among information and communication technology (ICT) skills and use on task performance of library personnel in public universities in South-west, Nigeria
ICT skills required by library personnel for execution of tasks in the university libraries include, word processing skills, Internet navigation skills, networking skills and others under which there are other sub skills (Nonthancumjane, 2011). It is highly essential for library personnel to possess the right ICT skills so as to be able to carry out ICT-based functions and services which would impact positively on service delivery to the university community

Summary

Introduction

We live in an era where interaction between man and machine are essential for organizational success and personal survival. 4. What is the relative effect of ICT skills and use on task performance of library personnel in public universities in the South-west? Research Hypothesis The following null research hypotheses will be tested at 0.05 levels of significance: HO1: There is no significant relationship among ICT skills and use on task performance of library personnel in public universities in South-west, Nigeria. HO2: There is no significant joint effect of ICT skills and use on task performance of library personnel in public universities in South-west, Nigeria. Processing skills, Internet navigation skills, networking skills and others under which there are other sub skills (Nonthancumjane, 2011) It is highly essential for library personnel to possess the right ICT skills so as to be able to carry out ICT-based functions and services which would impact positively on service delivery to the university community. Research question 1: What is the level of task performance of library personnel in public university libraries in South-west?

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