Librarians’ Awareness and Perception towards the Adoption of Cloud-Based Technologies in Public University Libraries in South-South Nigeria

dc.contributor.authorEdwin, Achugbue I
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:14:58Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:14:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated librarians’ awareness and perception towards the adoption of cloud-based technologies in public university libraries in South-south, Nigeria and determine the perception of librarians towards the adoption of cloud-based technology in university libraries. The descriptive survey method was used for the study. The population of this study was 226 librarians in public university libraries in South-south Nigeria. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection and 226 copies of questionnaire were administered. In response, 188 copies were retrieved and found useable, thereby indicating a response rate of 83%. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics. The study established that the level of librarians’ awareness and perception towards the adoption of cloud-based technologies in public university libraries in South-south, Nigeria is poor. The study also revealed that the perception of librarians towards the adoption of cloud-based technologies in the university libraries is poor. The study recommended that proper and adequate trainings, workshops and conferences should be organized to sensitize and improve librarians’ knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies in libraries.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKabale Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/153
dc.publisherIslamic University Multidiscilpinary Journalen_US
dc.subjectCloud Computing, Librarians’ Cloud Technologies, University libraries, South-south, Nigeria.en_US
dc.titleLibrarians’ Awareness and Perception towards the Adoption of Cloud-Based Technologies in Public University Libraries in South-South Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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