Users’ Perception on the Use of Electronic Security Systems in First Generation Universities’ Libraries In South West, Nigeria

Osayande, Odaro and Mutula, Stephen and Michael-Onuoha, Happiness Chijioke (2023) Users’ Perception on the Use of Electronic Security Systems in First Generation Universities’ Libraries In South West, Nigeria. Journal of Information Practice and Management, 3 (1). pp. 132-142. ISSN 2787-0413

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Abstract

Several research works have been conducted and the findings have shown that, the menace of book theft, mutilation and vandalism remain both a national and global concern which has led to several debates among the key players in the universities. It has been resolved that the manual control measures of safeguarding library materials are no longer adequate in academic libraries. The study therefore is designed to examine library officers’ perception of use of electronic security systems (ESSs) in first generation Universities in South-West Nigeria. The study adopted survey design. The population comprised 115 (librarians-33, para-professional library staff-80 and (information technology (IT) Personnel-2) in two first generation universities in South-West, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos and University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Total enumeration method was used to sample all library staff in each university used for the study which totaled 115 respondents. Questionnaire was the main instrument used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha to obtain 0.79. The study employed descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation to analysis data obtained from the respondents. The finding of the study revealed that users’ perception on the use of ESSs in academic libraries in South-West, Nigeria is good. The result also showed that electronic security systems were used occasionally in first generation universities in South-West, Nigeria when considering the grand mean of the response. Effort should be made by University management to use all electronic security systems regularly so as to curb the issue of theft, mutilation and vandalism in Nigerian first generation universities in South- West, Nigeria.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Users’ perception, electronic security systems, first generation Universities, academic libraries, theft and mutilation.
Subjects:	A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2024 08:44
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2024 08:44
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/17807

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