INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS AS PREDATORS OF USE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study evaluated the information literacy skills as predictors of use of electronic information resources by undergraduate students in Bayero University Library, Kano. The study adopted a survey design with a population of 823 undergraduate students who registered with the university library between 2017-2019 academic session, from which a sample of 165 respondents were selected using Wimmer and Dominick’s (1987) formula. Data were analysed using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) Software, frequency distribution and percentages. The findings revealed that most of the undergraduate students in Bayero University Library, Kano considered their level of information literacy skills to be high. Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) have indeed become very important to undergraduate students of Nigerian university libraries especially in accessing up-to-date information as they give access to quality information irrespective of place, time and space. However, the study recommended that the management of Bayero University kano (BUK) library should ensure that the teaching of information literacy skills to undergraduates in BUK is promoted. This is to ensure that the high level of usage of EIRs by undergraduate students is sustained.