Application of ICT Facilities for Academic Activities among Engineering Lecturers in University Libraries

Abstract

This paper provides some perspectives on the application of ICT facilities for academic activities among engineering lecturers in university libraries. The research therefore highlighted the role of university libraries as the backbone of research due to the wealth of information resources it provides for its clienteles that facilitates teaching, learning, research, and related services. Such researches conducted in academic libraries play an important role in facilitating the prosperity of a nation and the well-being of her people. The paper establishes that through research universities and other higher institutions of learning make important contributions to the growth and development of vitalsectors of a nation, thereby promoting national and global development. To facilitate this, ICT is a tool that has revolutionized the creation, processing, storage, dissemination, accessibility and use of information in the libraries of today. Many higher educational institutions are now adopting the use of ICT and associated gadgets such as the Computer Based Instructions (CBI), which refers to virtually any kind of computer used in the educational setting for the purpose of instructional delivery. These include facilities such as laptops, electronic white boards, engineering tools, storage devices, video conferencing facilities, engineering software application packages and Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Moodle and Google Classroom. The provision of relevant ICT facilities such as computers, internet facilities, software packages, engineering input/output devices and other relevant teaching aids will provide an ideal research environment in the academic library for productive research that will positively thrive our nation’s development and as well, ease learning and research for the engineering lecturers, students and faculty members. The research concludes that the availability, accessibility and use of ICT facilities is very essential and instrumental in meeting the academic and research needs of engineering lecturers, students and the faculty. It then suggests that university managements should provide necessary ICT facilities required for research, train library personnel and engineering lecturers on operability and, as well, provide alternative power supply and efficient maintenance strategy for continuity.