Electronic Library Use by Staff and Students in Universities in South-West Nigeria.

Abstract

This study examined the electronic library use by students and staff of three Nigerian universities namely; University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Obafemi Awolowo University, He Ife, Osun State. Stratified random sampling techniques and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Two hundred and ninety-responses were returned and found usable out of 300 copies of questionnaire distributed. The main reason of using the electronic resources by both student and staff is for academic research. The major constraints identified by the respondents were lack of adequate power supply and limitation to speed of access. The study recommends adequate power supply and adequate training in the use of electronic library literacy for students and staff of universities.