INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON JOB PERFORMANCE OF LIBRARIANS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH- CENTRAL, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on job performance of librarians in federal university libraries in North-Central, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study in line with the objectives. Descriptive survey research design was used and the target population of eighty-two (82) librarians in the three selected federal university libraries in North-Central, Nigeria were adopted for this study. A close ended structured questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. Total frequencies and median were statistical tools used for data analysis. Results showed that level of job performance of librarians is moderate, influence of ICT skills possession on job performance of librarians is high and influence of use of ICT facilities is moderate. ICT skills possession and use of ICT facilities jointly and significantly has an influence contribution of 57.8% on job performance of librarians in federal university libraries in North-Central, Nigeria. The study concluded that provision of good conducive working environment, sufficient possession of ICT skills, high quality of ICT facilities and training and re-training of librarians in the aspect of ICT to acquire more ICT skills especially the advanced ICT skills would no doubt enhance their job performance. The study recommended that federal university libraries in North-Central, Nigeria should make their libraries more conducive for both staff and users, organise training and re-training for librarians to acquire more ICT skills especially the advanced ICT skills and more opportunities should be given to librarians to attend conferences, workshops and seminars in the area of ICT.