Librarian’s Computer Self-Efficacy as Correlate for Creation of Institution Repository in South-South Universities in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated librarian’s computer self-efficacy as correlate for creation of Institution Repository in South-South universities in Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive survey design of the correlational type and the population for the study consisted of 181 librarians drawn from public university libraries in south-south Nigeria. The instrument for data collection is the structured questionnaire titled “Librarians Computer Self-efficacy as Correlate for Creation of Institutional Repository Questionnaire (LCSCCIRQ)”. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency and mean to answer the research questions. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and multiple regression statistics was used to test the Hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that: (i) there was a high level of general computer self-efficacy among librarians towards the creation of IR in the universities in South-South Nigeria; (ii) librarians possesses high level of advanced computer-self efficacy skills towards the creation of IR in the universities; (iii) librarians are highly willing to create IR in their institutions; (iv) both librarians general computer self-efficacy and advanced computer-self efficacy influenced the creation of IR in South-South, Nigeria. It was therefore recommended that librarians should continue to improve on their current state of computer-self efficacy skills most especially the advanced computer-self efficacy in order to be fully equipped to fit into the 21st century technology, and be prepared at all times to take up new challenges as regards new inventions in the library (IR).