Extent of the public university librarians' agreement on the utilisation of online information resources for effective services delivery in public university libraries in South-East, Nigeria

Abstract

The study looked into how much public university librarians in South-East, Nigeria agreed with each other regarding benefits of using online information resources (OIR) for efficient service delivery. The study was guided by one research objective, one research question, and one research hypothesis that was developed and tested at the 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey was adopted and the population consist 174 respondents made up the study population, which used a descriptive survey. Total enumeration was used for the study. Questionnaire was used for data collection, and validated copies were checked for reliability using Cronbach Alpha which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.94 to vouch for its dependability. About 90% of the questionnaires were validly filled and returned, totalling 157 copies. Mean, frequency count and standard deviation of descriptive statistics were used data analysis. Research question was addressed using mean score, and hypothesis was tested using inferential statistics of t-test. Results indicated a mean of 2.95 high extent responses by respondents, conclusively indicating that public university librarians' use of online information resources (OIR) for efficient service delivery in public university libraries was of high extent and impact in public university libraries in South-East, Nigeria. Thus, university librarians are advised to effectively direct OIRs use for ongoing, extensive endorsement of services being provided in public university libraries in South-East, Nigeria.