Electronic Services and Teachers’ Utilization of School Library Resources in Uyo Metropolis

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine how electronic services influence teachers’ utilization of school library resources in Uyo metropolis. The research design adopted for the study was expost-facto research design. The population of the study comprised 102 class teachers in selected private secondary schools with functional school libraries in Uyo metropolis. The sample size was 102 respondents. Census sampling technique was used in the selection of sample size. A researcher-structured questionnaire entitled “Electronic Services and Teachers’ Utilization of Library Resources Questionnaire (ESTULRQ)” was used for data collection. The instrument was face-validated by an expert in Library and Information Science. The researcher personally administered copies of the questionnaire with the help of research assistants. The obtained data were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and independent t-test to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that electronic circulation service and electronic reference services significantly influence the utilization of library resources in selected private secondary schools in Uyo metropolis. It was recommended among others that the School library should be made use of electronic circulation services in charging and discharging library materials for expansive service delivery.