Utilization of ICT facilities for effective library services in the Nigerian Law school library, Bwari,Abuja

Abstract

Information communication technologies refers to technologies that provide access to technology through telecommunication. It covers products that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form examples of such include personal computers digital televisions and robots. On a broader level, this also include the internet, intranet, emails,cell phones and other communication medium. The study adopted survey research design to gather relevant data for the study. A total of 32 respondents participated in the study. Findings revealed that majority of the staff of the Nigerian Law school are literate including also the students that utilize the library. The findings of the study showed that the students who made use of the library, possessed good level of computer literacy and skills to use the library. The study recommended that qualified IT skill personnel should be employed to provide constant services and supervision of the operations of ICT facilities and effective maintenance for a better utilization by all patrons of the library. The study concluded that remediation of IT skills, training opportunity for both staff and users should be instituted.