Digital Literacy Skill and Facilitating Conditions as Predictors of Motivation- for- acceptance and Attitude-towards-use of Artificial Intelligence by Library Personnel in South-west Universities, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOluwayinka Esther BAIPE
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-23T09:04:06Z
dc.date.available2026-01-23T09:04:06Z
dc.date.issued2025-12
dc.description.abstractThe delivery of quality and satisfactory information services in university libraries to technology savvy library users of this era is a feat that cannot be achieved without the use of Artificial Intelligent (AI) technologies support. Digital literacy skills and facilitating condition can foster or hinder the motivation-for-acceptance and attitude-towards-use- of AI by library personnel in this clime of the world. This study thus reconnoitres the digital literacy skills and facilitating conditions as predictors of motivation-for-acceptance and attitude-towards use of Artificial Intelligence by library personnel in South-west university libraries, Nigeria; guided by Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Theory of Mind (TOM) Skill Acquisition Theory (SAT) and Unified Technology of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Descriptive survey design and a mixed methods research approach was employed for the study. The population of the study consist of six hundred and twenty-two (622) library personnel while the sample size was two hundred and fifty-one (251) library personnel and 12 university library heads. The research instruments used for data collection were adapted structured questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire was used to elicit data from library personnel and exhaustive interview session, using a structured interview guide was employed to elicit information from university library heads. The face and construct validity of the research instruments was ascertained by experts in the field of knowledge. The instrument's reliability was also confirmed at Cronbach-alpha score of 0.845, 0.792, 0.804 and 0.879 for the variables respectively. Questionnaire response and return rate was 98.4%. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyse collected data for the study. Frequency, percentage, and mean were used for the analysis of demographic information and the four research questions that guided the study, while regression analysis was employed for the test of six hypotheses at a 0.05 significance level. Findings of the study revealed that most library personnel in South-west Nigeria digital literacy skills ranges between the advanced beginner and competent stages and have positive attitude towards AI application to library service and professional development. Findings also revealed that digital literacy skill has a high positive correlation with motivation for-acceptance of AI and moderate positive correlation with attitude-towards-use of AI (Adj. R2 = 0.443, F(1, 236) = 189.392, p < 0.05). Similarly, facilitating conditions elicit a moderate positive correlation on motivation-for-acceptance and attitude-towards-use of artificial intelligence (Adj. R2 = 0.435, F(1, 239) = 186,080, p < 0.05). Also, the study showed that digital literacy skills and facilitating conditions significantly combined to influence motivation-for- acceptance of artificial intelligence by library personnel. The study concluded that these factors are essential for AI adoption and usage for satisfactory information services delivery and recommended that library personnels upscale their digital literacy skills through trainings and also that university libraries management continually provide facilitating conditions to ensure AI usage for satisfactory information services delivery to library users. Keywords: Digital Literacy Skills, Facilitating Conditions, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Motivation-for-acceptance of AI, attitude-towards-use of AI, Library Personnel, Nigeria Word Count: 464
dc.identifier.citationkate Turabian
dc.identifier.otherP.hD
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.lcu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1237
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLead City University, Ibadan
dc.relation.ispartofseriesP.hD
dc.subjectDigital Literacy Skills
dc.subjectFacilitating Conditions
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence (AI)
dc.subjectMotivation-for-acceptance of AI
dc.subjectattitude-towards-use of AI
dc.subjectLibrary Personnel
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.titleDigital Literacy Skill and Facilitating Conditions as Predictors of Motivation- for- acceptance and Attitude-towards-use of Artificial Intelligence by Library Personnel in South-west Universities, Nigeria
dc.typeThesis

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