LIBRARY AUTOMATION, ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES’ USE AND PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARIANS IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1              Background to the Study                                                                                           

1.2       Statement of the Problem                                                                                           

1.3       Objective of the Study                                                                                               

1.4              Research Questions                                                                                                    

1.5              Hypotheses                                                                                                                 

1.6       Scope of the Study                                                                                                     

1.7       Significance of the Study                                                                                          

1.8       Operational Definition of Terms                                                                                 

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2.0      Introduction                                                                                                                 

2.1       Librarians’ Performance                                                                                              

2.2       Automation of Library                                                                                               

2.2.1    Barriers to Library Automation and Some Library Automation Software                 

2.2.2    Advantages of Library Automation                                                                          

2.3       Automation of Library and Librarians’ Performance                                                 

                                                                                                                      

2.4       Electronic Information Resources’ Use                                                                      

2.4.1    Availability and Use of Electronic Information Resources                                        

2.4.2    Classification of Electronic Information Resources                                                   

2.5       Library Automation and Electronic Information Resources Use                               

2.6       Electronic Information Resources Use and Librarians’ Performance                         

2.6.1    Factors Influencing the Electronic InformationResources Use in the Library          

2.7       Theoretical Framework                                                                                               

2.7.1    Diffusion of Innovation Theory                                                                                 

2.7.1.1 Relevance of the theories to the Study                                                                    

2.7.2    Theory of Organizational Development                                                                     

2.7.2.Relevance of the Theories to the Study                                                                      

2.8       Conceptual Model                                                                                                    

2.9      Appraisal of Literature                                                                                                

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

3.0  Introduction                                                                                                                    

3.1  Research Design                                                                                                             

3.2  Population                                                                                                                        

3.3  Sample size and sampling Technique                                                                              

3.4  Research Instrument                                                                                                       

3.5  Validity and Reliability of Instrument                                                                           

3.6  Method of Data Collection                                                                                              

3.7  Method of Data Analysis                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                      

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND    

    DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

4.0       Introduction                                                                                                               

4.1       Demographic Information of Respondents                                                                

4.2       Research Questions                                                                                                    

4.3       Hypotheses                                                                                                                 

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION

   AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.0       Introduction                                                                                                                

5.1       Summary                                                                                                                     

5.2       Conclusion                                                                                                                 

5.3       Recommendations                                                                                                      

5.4       Contribution to Knowledge                                                                                        

5.5       Implication of Findings                                                                                              

5.6       Limitation of the Study                                                                                              

5.7       Suggestion for Further Studies                                                                                   

References                                                                                                               

Appendix                                                                                                                  

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