Self-Efficacy and Digital Literacy Skills Utilisation as Predictors of Library Personnel Productivity in Universities of Southwest Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated self-efficacy and digital literacy skills utilisation as predictors of library productivity personnel. Three research questions were raised, answered and tested. The study employed the survey research design, and the sample consists of 200 librarians in universities of Southwest Nigeria. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were employed for this study. The instrument for the collection of data was the questionnaire. The face and content validity was established by the supervisor and two other experts. To determine the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach's Alpha reliability statistics were used, and this produced a reliability index of 0.81. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency, percentage, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, t-test for an independent sample mean and regression analysis. The level of significance was obtained at 0.05. The findings of the study revealed that positive correlation between self-efficacy and digital literacy skills utilization of librarians (r = 0.624, N = 189, P < 0.05), also the finding shows that Library personnel whose digital literacy skills utilisation are high performed significantly better than that library personnel whose digital literacy skills utilisation are low in Nigeria (t (198) = 2.217 p>0.05), and lastly, Self-efficacy possessed contributed most with β=1.251, t= 1.338, p<0.05 followed by library productivity personnel with β= 1.216; t= 1.236; p< 0.05). It was therefore recommended that modern facilities and befitting services that would meet the needs and expectations of users should be provided by the senate and council of universities. Librarians should be given adequate recognition as custodians and providers of information resources required to support the educational curricula of every academic programme in the university system. Self-Efficacy, Digital Literacy, Skills Utilisation, Library Productivity Personnel