Abstract
The study investigated the correlation between information communication technology and book production in publishing industry in Nigeria. Two forms of relationships were examined such as relationship between the application of communication facilities and book production and relationship between the application of technology facilities and book production in Nigeria. Null hypotheses were formulated thus: “There is no significant relationship between the application of communication facilities and book production in Nigeria and there is no significant relationship between application of technology facilities and book production in Nigeria.” Survey research design was adopted for this study. The subject of the study consisted of all staff of the ten selected publishing industries in Nigeria, but a total of five hundred and forty six (546) personnel were sampled for the study using purposive sampling technique. It was discovered that, there was a significant relationship between the applications of communication and technology facilities in book production in Nigeria. The findings revealed that, the publishers had accepted and adopted the use of communication and technology facilities in Nigeria publishing industry, and had improved quality of production and increased productivity of books. Based on the findings, recommendations were proffered.
 Keywords: ICT, Utilization, Book Production Publishing Industry,, Library Materials
Highlights
The last two decades had witnessed the global interaction and application of ICT facilities in the provision of information service delivery. Aina (2004) and Abubakar (2010) defined ICT as a term used to describe the items or equipment and computer programs that allow users to access, retrieve, store, organize, manipulate and present information of different kinds and for different purposes by electronic means
Characteristic of Respondents The response rate showed that 462 staff in ten publishing industries in Nigeria responded to the level of utilization of Information Communication Technology in book production
Actions taken by Nigerian publishers had further made book publishing a vital engines that will aid in the development of the society at large (Davies, 1989 and McLuham, 1964)
Summary
The last two decades had witnessed the global interaction and application of ICT facilities in the provision of information service delivery. Aina (2004) and Abubakar (2010) defined ICT as a term used to describe the items or equipment and computer programs that allow users to access, retrieve, store, organize, manipulate and present information of different kinds and for different purposes by electronic means. The last two decades had witnessed the global interaction and application of ICT facilities in the provision of information service delivery. Using ICT facilities in book production, has great impact on various processes of publishing. The book industry has benefited from the development of ICT in great measure. Book that will formerly take years to produce can be produced in a few months. This has brought about electronic publishing, books that are available on CD-ROM and a lots of titles are available online. Disseminating information has become a lot easier with the use of ICT facilities. Other benefits includes: enhanced performance (speed, skills and quality), improvement in communication, improvement in picture resolution and general graphics, reduced cost of production, better page layout, good image, high rating, and realization of corporate goals (Ehikhamenor, 2003)
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