Availability And Utilization Of Ict Facilities In Libraries: The Case Of Five Selected Federal University Libraries In North Central Zone Of Nigeria:- Nnamdi Emmanuel O

ABSTRACT

Research  work examines the factors affecting utilization of Information and hlS unication Technologies (ICTs) by students in thefivefederal university libraries,in Ornrh-Central Zone ofNigeria. Itsought tofind out among other things the ICTfacilities' ort_. ble to students in university libraries, ascertain the extenttowhichstudents utilizeICT >al ries in university libraries andfind outproblems encountered by students in using the .. bleICTfacilities ofthese universities. Descriptivesurvey designwas employedforthe A^with apopulation of113,329 students. A sample of150 students was selectedforthe using purposive sampling technique. The instrument usedfor data collection was ^tiotuuiire. Out of150 copies ofthe questionnaire distributed to the respondents, 140 ieS- were filled and returned representing 93.33% of the copies of questionnaire P^fated. To analyze the data the following descriptive statistical measures were strl. gd;frequency table, simplepercentage andmean (X). The results obtainedfrom the revealed thatICTfacilities are available to the students but their utilization is at level. Itequally discoveredthat there arefactorsmilitating againstthe effective use ^jCTS by students, rangingfrom inadequate finds, poor or erratic power supply, and jgquate numberofeffectiveInternetServiceProviders (ISP) to lackofpolicyframework tICTsin f^ecountry- Recommendationsweremadebasedon theresearchfindings.