The aim of this study is to appraise the provision of ICT facilities for academic librarians training needs. The study adopted a quantitative research approach using the descriptive survey design. The population comprised 150 academic librarians in 5 federal university libraries in the region. A structured questionnaire was administered to the 150 academic librarians, however, 142 copies, representing 94.7%, returned and were recorded for data analysis. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the formulated null hypothesis was tested using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) at .05 level of significance. Result of the study revealed that ICT facilities are less provided for academic librarians training needs for enhanced service delivery. There is low extent of provision of ICT facilities for academic librarians training needs for enhanced service delivery. There is a significant difference in the mean response of respondents based on highest educational qualification on the ICT training needs of academic librarians for enhanced service delivery. There is no significant difference in the mean response of respondents from federal universities in Southeast, Nigeria, on the challenges associated with the provision of ICT facilities for academic staff training needs. Limited access to high-speed internet, outdated or insufficient hardware devices, funding constraints, operating systems and shortage of skilled IT personnel among others are the challenges associated with the provision of ICT facilities for academic staff training needs. The author is not aware of any similar investigation on the provision of ICT facilities for academic librarians’ training needs.
Dim et al. (Thu,) studied this question.