Provision and Utilization of Online Information Resources in Federal Polytechnic Libraries in North Eastern States of Nigeria

Abstract

The research work was carried out on the provision and utilization of online information resources. Three (3) research objectives were formulated to determine: The online information resources provided in Federal Polytechnic Libraries in North-East Nigeria, The extent of utilization of the online information resources in Federal Polytechnic Libraries in North-East Nigeria, and the extent of satisfaction with online information resources provided in Federal Polytechnic Libraries in North-East Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Simple Random Sampling technique and simple balloting were used to select 268 respondents out of a total population of 900 registered users. The questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages SPSS version 23.0. The study revealed that E-Projects, e-Journals, e-Books, e-Newsletters, and Online Databases were the common online library resources provided by all the Federal Polytechnics in North- East Nigeria. It also revealed that only online databases and e-project resources were found to be much utilized in Federal Polytechnic Libraries. The study recommended that the polytechnic libraries should also improve upon the already existing online library resources as this will further enhance the teaching, learning, and research activities of their institution.; adequate, more relevant and up to date e-resources should be made available to the library users at all times to satisfy their information need.