CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ICT IN PROCESSING INFORMATION RESOURCES BY TSD

CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ICT IN PROCESSING INFORMATION RESOURCES BY TSD

ABSTRACT

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enhance service provision in libraries. Librarians use ICTs to perform functions like cataloging and classification, serials management, collection management, budgeting, circulation management, referencing, indexing and abstracting in order to improve information services to library users. However, it has been observed that most academic librarians in Nigeria still struggle with manual library operation method. Consequently, library users show dissatisfaction and complain of poor information services delivery by the academic librarians. It is in the light of this that the present study investigated availability and utilization of information and communication technologies as they relate to job performance of the academic librarians in Southwestern Nigeria.