TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Approval Page
Certification Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of Figures
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Significance of the Study
Scope of the Study
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
Conceptual Framework
An overview of the concept of Internet
Facilities, Purposes and problems of internet adoption in University Libraries
Adoption practices of internet, internet availability and strategies for enhancement in university libraries
Theoretical Framework
Review of Related Empirical Studies
Summary of Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHOD
Research Design
Area of the Study
Population of the Study
Sample and sampling technique
Instrument for Data Collection
Validation of the instrument
Procedure for Data Collection
Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTHER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
Data Presentation and Analysis
Summary of major findings
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
Discussion of Findings
Implications of Study
Recommendations
Suggestions for Further Research
Limitations
Conclusions
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
ABSTRACT
The study investigated internet adoption in four federal university libraries in South East Nigeria. Six research questions were raised to guide the study. The study adopted survey design approach. The population comprises 30 principal librarians and University librarians in the four federal University libraries in South East Nigeria. A total of 27 copies of the questionnaire were returned. Interview was conducted and observation was made on internet facilities to determine the authenticity of the respondent’s responses. Findings reveal that major internet facilities through which the libraries adopt internet include laptops, cybercafé, institutional website, institutional virtual library, desktop computers, wireless fidelity, cable modem, computer networking (local/wide area network), broadband internet, satellite dish and E-mail. The findings equally reveal that the major purposes of internet adoption among others include sending and receiving mail, chatting, reading news and sports information, downloading music, researching for products and services, downloading images, searching for job online, cataloguing, video conferencing, sharing information, accessing information on any subject worldwide, accessing online directories and encyclopedia, review of literature and research investigation, sending research article for publication, sending and receiving questionnaire online, collecting research data through interview, giving and receiving information from users, giving and receiving information from vendors and contacting government agencies and the minors include buying producing online, playing game, banking online, telephone call, and listening to radio. Based on the findings the study recommended that library management should try to educate their staff especially librarians on internet facilities available in the university libraries. It also recommends that internet adoption should be included as part of the academic library services because that will provide libraries the opportunity to guide students better. It will equally help to ameliorate the damages on internet facilities.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
University libraries are storehouses of knowledge, technological information centers and settings for research. They are libraries that seek open access to all types of information and encourage free intellectual inquiry. They are established to serve their parent institutions –the universities. The university lib raries seek to provide her users information needed to prepare them to make a positive contribution to the common good of society and to extend knowledge through research. The libraries within the universities provide bibliographic, physical, electronic and intellectual access to information, enabling each academic unit to be recognized for its excellence in teaching and for its scholarship and achievement. According to Onye (1998) library’s main purpose is to promote effective academic action through making knowledge available through efficient bibliographic control and through a rapid and effective dissemination of information. The university libraries are part of the university with the responsibility for selecting, acquiring, processing, storing and disseminating needed information to meet the mandates of the universities. University libraries are essential component of any university education. The basic function of university libraries are to assist and support the study, teaching, and research that go on in the universities. In this effort, university libraries essentially aims to: capture and hold the interest of the university community’s reading, to produce intelligence users with all types of documents and to cultivate in users an appreciation of libraries as important institutions to the universities. The university libraries provide essential reading materials and documents, Chowdhury (2001).
University libraries in Nigeria are focal point of higher education in Nigeria. According to Aguolu (1996), since independence in 1960, there has been an unrelenting....
================================================================
Item Type: Project Material | Size: 95 pages | Chapters: 1-5
Format: MS Word | Delivery: Within 30Mins.
================================================================
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.