Undergraduates’ Awareness, ICT Skills and Use of OPAC in Federal Universities in South West, Nigeria
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Awarness, Undergraduates, OPAC, ICT Skills, Federal UniversitiesAbstract
This study investigated undergraduates’ awareness, ICT skills and use of OPAC in federal universities in South West, Nigeria. The research adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 79,336 undergraduates in four federal universities in South West, Nigeria. The probability sampling technique was used to draw out 400 samples for the study. The study found that there was low level of Online Public Access Catalogue awareness among the undergraduates in federal university libraries in South West Nigeria. The study revealed that the use of OPAC among undergraduates in federal university libraries in South West Nigeria is low. Also, OPAC awareness will lead to its corresponding use among the undergraduates. Consequently, university libraries should conduct various user education programmes at the beginning of each academic session for undergraduate students so that they can be aware of the availability of the OPAC and use of OPAC.
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