خلاصة:
The explosion of information communication technology (ICT) since the
beginning of the 20th century has been rendering manual-based library
system in academic, research, special and public libraries less relevant. This
is because using and implementing information communication technology
in the library depend largely on the librarian attitude toward the current
digital age. This study examined the attitudinal correlates of some selected
Nigerian Librarian towards the use and application of ICT in their various
libraries. A total of 41 librarians from all the four censured automated
libraries in Oyo state of Nigeria formed the study’s population. Two research
questions were developed to guide the study. The results indicate that all the
four out of the five variables age, gender, educational qualifications and
prior knowledge of ICT significantly correlate with librarian attitude towards
ICT; while the other variable ICT anxiety correlate negatively with the
librarian attitude towards ICT. Findings further show that all the 5 variables
significantly predict librarian’s attitude towards ICT with prior ICT
experience showing the greatest predictive effect. Based on these findings, it
is recommended that libraries in the developing countries should consider
training those librarians who do not have knowledge of ICT in order to
remove the fear and anxiety hindering them from developing good attitude
towards the use of ICT in their libraries
ملخص الجهاز:
He noted that veteran educators and librarians have observed that general librarians in developing countries were prone to implement information technologies, and librarians in Pakistan were also not prepared to embrace the changes forced upon them by new technologies; by explaining that most of them were uncertain about ICT applications in their libraries and the ultimate benefits to their parent organizations.
Ramzan (2004) also pointed to reason like lack of knowledge of appropriate technologies, and the skill to analyze and evaluate library automation projects and their implementation as reported by (Haider, 1998; Khan, 1995; Mahmood, 1999; Rehman, 1992; Saeed, Asghar, Anwar and Ramzan, 2000).
The authors suggested that all library staff would need to have a positive attitude towards IT in future” It should be noted at this point that there are many variables which seem to have relations with or influences on the attitude of the librarians towards the use of ICT at the information age.
What is the relationship between demographic variables of respondents, age, gender, prior knowledge / experience and training, educational qualification, computer anxiety and librarians attitude towards ICT?
The results of the analysis on the study are presented as follows: Research question 1: What is the relationship between demographic variables of respondents, age, gender, prior knowledge / experience and training, educational qualification, computer anxiety and librarians attitude towards ICT?
02, 45, , , The data analysis in Table 3 shows that age, gender, educational qualifications, prior ICT experience/knowledge and training and anxiety towards ICT are significant variables for predicting librarian attitude towards ICT.