Information Technology Utilization in Library Services: An Assessment of the University Libraries in Lahore

Syed Zia Hussain Shah

doi:10.11648/j.ash.20200604.12

Abstract

Presently information technology is attractive center step the whole world into a global village with a global economy, which increasingly dependent on the innovative management and sharing of information technology. The objective of this study was to find out the stage of information technology utilization in the library services of the university libraries in Lahore. It is significant that to point out focus of this study was the central libraries of the universities in Lahore. To appreciate this objective, the researcher went through a multiple phase research process. In which the first phase, different sources of literature were reviewed to understand the different aspects of access and use of information technology in the university libraries and the instrument of questionnaire was used in the light of the reviewed literature. In the second phase, data were collected through the questionnaire. The population of this study was the university central libraries in Lahore that had been utilize information technology in library services. In the third phase, the data collected were analyzed by SPSS version 17.0.

Highlights

Libraries take part in a critical role development of the society
Information technology (IT) is “a very broad term encompassing all aspects of the management and processing of information by computer, including the hardware and software required to access it... [1]
The questionnaire was used as research tool and its copies were distributed among chief librarian, technical librarian and professional staff in the academic libraries of Lahore

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Introduction

Libraries take part in a critical role development of the society. These libraries have always tried to update themselves to keep rapidity with the fast shifting times. They have always used up to date technologies in organizing, acquiring, preserving, and disseminate information. The activities remain same but the ways of doing them have been changed. With the appearance and development of information technologies, internet is the most enveloping information technology that has revolutionized the world in many ways. Information technology (IT) is “a very broad term encompassing all aspects of the management and processing of information by computer, including the hardware and software required to access it... Information technology (IT) is “a very broad term encompassing all aspects of the management and processing of information by computer, including the hardware and software required to access it... [1]

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