Abstract
The study investigated utilization of information and communication technology-based information resources in library user education programmes in South-South Nigeria. Four research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 1022 respondents which consist of 62 staff and 960 library users. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire of a four-point rating scale and observation checklist. Tools used for data analysis of research questions were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation; t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at selected probability of 0.05 level significance. The findings revealed that the ICT facilities available are limited for effective utilization of ICT-based information resources in library user education programmes. The study reveals that ICT-based resources listed in the table were utilized to high extent in South-South colleges of education libraries for user education programmes. It also shows that poor funding was the major challenge of utilization of ICT-based resources for user education programmes in colleges of education libraries under study.
Highlights
The aim of establishing the library is for the library users to utilize the information resources in it
The overall mean ranking showed that On-line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) (x=3.08) ranked highest while Databases (x=2.75)ranked lowest on theextent to which ICTbased resources for user education programmes wereutilized in South-South colleges of education libraries
This table reveals that the extent of information and communication technology (ICT)-based resources were high in Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)
Summary
The aim of establishing the library is for the library users to utilize the information resources in it. As ongoing learning process throughout the rest of their lives and for their jobs, e.g. word processing, e-mail communication e.t.c. In the context of this study utilization of ICT-based resources for library user education programme is the ability for an individual to have the knowledge of existing ICT opportunity and make use of this opportunity which will enhance effective and efficient retrieval services in the library. There is no significant difference between the mean responses of librarians and users on the extent of utilization of ICT-based resources for user education programmes in SouthSouth colleges of education libraries. According to Agyen (2008), user education provides a platform where librarians introduce new students to the complexities of academic library facilities; familiarize users who have little or no information seeking skills at all with a broad range of library resources in order to develop library skills and educate them on how to find materials, using library catalogues, subject indexes, CD-ROMs and the Internet. The hypotheses formulated to verify research question two and four were analyzed with t-test, with a result at 0.05 level of significance
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