University Libraries Support Initiative for E-Learning in North-Central Zone of Nigeria.
Abstract
The design of the study was descriptive survey design. The area of the study covered the north central zone of Nigeria, three universities libraries were selected from the zone to represent other university libraries.
The instruments used for data collection, were questionnaires, checklist and interviews. The questionnaire was titled “University Libraries Support Initiative Questionnaires (ULSIEQ),” which contained six (6) sections, with a total of one hundred and ten
(110) items. The questionnaires were administered to the respondents directly. The data collected was analyzed using percentages, frequencies, mean scores and standard deviations.
The findings of the study indicate that most of the electronic resources and services required for the development of e-learning exist in university libraries, that the level of information literacy skills of library staff was satisfactory.
That online catalogues, abstracts, indexes, institutional repositories, CD-ROMs, library databases, open access initiatives etc, are the university library support initiatives for e-learning.
Table of Contents
Title Page i
Approval page ii
Certification page iii
Dedication iv
Acknowledgement v
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables ix
Abstract. x
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background of Study 1
Statement of Problem 6
Purpose of the Study 7
Research Questions 7
Significance of the Study 7
Scope of the Study 9
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
Conceptual Framework 10
Concept of university library 10
Library support initiative (LSI) 10
Concept of e-learning 13
Electronic resources and services of university library 18
Technologies involved in e-learning 22
Problems hindering the success of e-learning 22
Strategies that enhances the success of e-learning 23
Theoretical Framework 24
Ranganathan five laws of library science 24
Review of related empirical studies 25
Summary of Literature Review 31
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODS
Design of the Study 33
Area of the Study 33
Population of the Study 34
Sample and Sampling Techniques 34
Instruments for Data Collection 34
Validation of the Instrument 35
Methods of Data Collection 35
Methods of Data Analysis 36
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
Research question One 37
Research question Two 39
Research question Three 40
Research question Four 42
Research question Five 43
Research question Six 44
Summary of the Result 45
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
Discussion of findings 47
Implication of the findings 51
Recommendation of the Study 52
Limitations 53
Suggestion for Further Research 54
Conclusion 54
REFERENCES 56
Introduction
1.1 Background of Study
Towards the end of the 21st century, library automation and the internet has revolutionalized access to information resources and library services around the world.
The university libraries which are libraries found on the campus of university institutions to support the process of teaching, learning and research taking place in the institution, are able to take advantage of this development in information and communication technology (ICTs) to facilitate the processes of teaching, learning and researching.
(ICTs) is the application of computers and other electronic technologies for the purpose of ordering, acquisition, organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information.
New methods of accessing information have emerged as a result of the internet and the World Wide Web.
Library users are now able to access current and up-to-date international literatures as soon as they are published on the internet.
This had been possible most especially in academic libraries, particularly the university libraries. Libraries in this institutions can now provide information access to off-campus students where ever they are located, even to sites hundreds and thousands of miles away.
Services in university libraries had evolved from the days of closed stacks, through shelf browsing, card catalogues, punch cards and OPACS, to the concepts of; open access, institutional repositories, online catalogues, abstracting and indexing, electronic reference services etc.
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