DIGITAL INFORMATION RESOURCES ITS ADOPTION AS CORRELATE OF STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper investigated the Digital Information Resources its adoption as correlates of Academic Activities of students in Federal Universities in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design as employed with a population of 1,695 in 12 selected Federal Universities in Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and one hypothesis tested at 0.05 alpha level. A structured questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Descriptive statistics of frequency count, percentage (%), mean score and standard deviation as well as inferential statistics of Chi-Square Test of Independence were used for the data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that e-books, e-journals, e-conference proceedings, e-magazines, e-greys, e-newspapers, e-theses/ dissertations and multimedia resources were adopted by the students for reading, preparatory to tests or examinations as well as writing of seminar papers, workshop papers, conference papers, article publications, projects, thesis or dissertations and class assignments. Conclusively, students’ adoption of digital information resources has positively but weakly correlated with their academic activities. It is recommended that academic libraries in Nigeria should provide free internet service and information content push technology to boaster students’ academic activities while students should adopt trustworthy and reliable digital information resources in academic libraries for better academic excellence.