Individual and Technology Characteristics as Predictors of Motivation to Use Digital Library Among Polytechnic Student in Ondo State, Nigeria
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2023-12
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Lead City University
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Digital libraries offer a lot of advantages for students and this explains why may tertiary institutions including polytechnics in Nigeria have invested in creating various digital libraries. However, many of the libraries often experienced low patronage as students are more inclined to use other source of digital information. In line with this, the study examines the influence of examine individual characteristics, technology characteristics and the motivation to use digital library among polytechnic student in Ondo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research with the population including
13,407students from two government owned polytechnic in Ondo State. Multistage sampling procedure was followed to select 375 students as sample. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The data was analyzed using both inferential and descriptive statistics. The results show that individual characteristics (Adj. R2 = 0. 244, p<0.05) has significant but weak influence on the motivation to use digital library among polytechnic student in Ondo State. It was also found that technological characteristics (Adj. R2 = 0. 325, p<0.05). In addition, multiple regression analysis showed that technology characteristics and individual characteristics have a positive and significant combined influence (Adj. R2 = 0. 488, p<0.05) on the motivation to use digital library among polytechnic student in Ondo State. The study concluded that the moderate positive perception of the technology characteristics related to digital libraries in their underscores the importance of user satisfaction and engagement. It was therefore recommended that polytechnic libraries should provide comprehensive training on how to effectively use digital libraries.
Keywords: Digital Libraries, Information Services, Polytechnics, Self-efficacy, Perceived usefulness, Perceived Ease of use.
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Digital Libraries, Information Services, Polytechnics, Self-efficacy, Perceived usefulness, Perceived Ease of use.