Attitude of Library Staff in Special Libraries in North Central Nigeria towards ICT and its Use for Service Delivery

Abstract

The study investigated the library staff aƫtitude towards the use of ICT and its use for service delivery in special libraries in the North Central Nigeria. The study was guided by four objectives and related literature were reviewed. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The populaƟon of the study was one hundred and twenty six (126) out of which a sample size of eighty six (86) were selected using purposive sampling technique. QuesƟonnaire was used for data collecƟon and simple percentages and mean score was used for data analyses. Finding revealed that library staff aƫtitude towards the use of ICT in the special libraries was highly positive, the actual use of ICT for service delivery was low, several challenges are still hindering effective use of ICT for service delivery in the special libraries and suggestions to overcome the challenges were made. Necessary recommendations were made.