Relationship between Utilisation of Electronic Books and Users’ Satisfaction in University Libraries in North East Zone, Nigeria

Zainab Mohammed  Abdullahi; Abbas Lamido Gora Adamu; Abubakar Mohammed

doi:10.51983/ajist-2018.8.2.177

Authors

Zainab Mohammed Abdullahi Department of Library and Information Science, ModibboAdama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria
Abbas Lamido Gora Adamu Department of Library and Information Science, ModibboAdama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria
Abubakar Mohammed Department of Library and Information Science, ModibboAdama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2018.8.2.177

Keywords:

Utilisation, Electronic Books, Users, Satisfaction, University Libraries, North East, Nigeria

Abstract

Electronic books (e-books) are vital information resources in every university library as they are utilised by users in search of information for conducting research activities, teaching, learning and assignment. This study investigated the relationship between utilisation of e-books and users’ satisfaction in university libraries in North East Zone, Nigeria. Correlational research method was used. The population of the study comprised of five thousand three hundred and seventy nine (5,379) registered library users spread across the five sampled university libraries under study. Stratified random sampling technique was used in drawing the samples and the sample size for this study was one thousand three hundred and seventy two (1,372) registered library users drawn using Krejcie and Morgan (2006) table. Questionnaire was used as the research instrument. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics to answer the two research questions, while, inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) was used to test the formulated null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study revealed that users’ utilisation of e-books and users’ satisfaction with utilisation of e-books for research, learning, assignment and information in university libraries in North East Nigeria were generally moderate. The study also established that there was significant relationship between utilisation of e-books and users’ satisfaction in university libraries in North East Zone, Nigeria. The study recommended teaching of information literacy for library users, acquisition of adequate and relevant e-books in the university libraries as well as discouraging users from using information obtained from online sources such as Google and other search engines as they are mostly ineffective for their research activities, teaching, learning and assignment.

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