Influence of Digital Literacy on Career Progression and Work Motivation of Academic Library Staff in South-West,Nigeria

Itsekor , Victoria and Iwu-James, Juliana (2012) Influence of Digital Literacy on Career Progression and Work Motivation of Academic Library Staff in South-West,Nigeria. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). pp. 3-24.

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Abstract

The information profession, library and information studies have evolved from one that served individual institution to one that serves communities and nations. Academic libraries are libraries in tertiary institutions, meant to serves not just the staff and students within an institution but the communities where they are established as well. It is therefore very expedient that library staff possess the skills with which to serve these users and provide the needed information they desire. Library staff therefore are faced with the challenge of upgrading their skills. The research design used for this study was social survey design and a random sampling was used to collect data from the population of study. The total population of respondents was one hundred and fifty (150) professional and para-professional librarians from Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Bells University of Technology Library, Babcock University library, Crawford University Library, and Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education Library, but the total number of questionnaire returned was ninety six (96). Questionnaire and Observation method was used to get the views from the respondents and they were analyze through the use of frequency distribution, correlation coefficient and standard deviation techniques. Majority of the respondents reported that they were well motivated on their jobs. A total of 46 (47.9%) agreed that they liked working in the library and other colleagues. A total of 54 (56.3%) affirmed that they appreciated their boss and colleagues. On the extent to which digital literacy is utilized for job satisfaction, and career progression of library staff, 31 (32.3%) reported that they have not received training over time while a total of 56 (58.3%) agreed they were satisfied with progress in their career because their boss carries them along and had an increase on their pay overtime

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Work Motivation, Career Progression, Digital literacy, Digital technology. Visual literacy.
Subjects:	Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Mr Solomon Bayoko
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2015 21:52
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2016 10:26
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/3295

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