COMPUTER LITERACY SKILLS AS CORRELATE OF LIBRARIANS’ TASK PERFORMANCE IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated computer literacy skills as corelate of librarians’ task performance in private university libraries in south-east, Nigeria. one objectives and research questions were formulated to guide the study. One null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population of was seventy (70) comprising of all librarians from twelve (12) private universities in south-east, Nigeria used for the study and the researcher adopted census sample of the entire librarians because the population was manageable. The instrument deployed for data collection are an achievement test of computer literacy skills with Questionnaire on librarians’ task performance designed by the researcher. The instrument for data collection for the study were an achievement test and a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The instrument for data collection were achievement test on computer literacy skills with clusters titled, “Achievement Test of Librarians’ Computer Literacy Skills (ATLCLS)” and on the dependent variable, titled, “Librarians’ Task Performance Questionnaire” (LTPQ). The instrument was validated by three experts from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. The reliability of the instrument was established using the Kuder-Richardson 20 for the achievement test and Cronbach Alpha for the questionnaire. The achievement test yielded overall reliability index of 0.85 while the questionnaire has a co-efficient value of 0.88. Direct approach method was used by the researcher aided by eight research assistants to collect data for the study and a return rate of 97% was achieved. The data collected for the study was analyzed. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient r was used to answer the research questions. Hypotheses were tested using t-test. The findings of the study indicated among other things that the relationship was significantly significant between librarians’ computer literacy skills, and librarians’ task performance in private university libraries in south-east, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among other things that private Universities in South-East, Nigeria should prioritize the development of vigorous ICT skills training programmes that incorporate computer literacy skills.