International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

Vol. 6(6), pp. 170–188, September, 2018. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2018.058

Full Length Research

This study proposes the establishment of a dedicated library portal for easy access by students and academics in the Ibrahim Babangida Library at Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola (MAUTech). The study was motivated by the Nigerian vision 20:2020 and the trend in 21st century academic libraries to offer electronic resources and services to meet users’ demands and use of technology. Mixed methods, in particular a combination of the sequential transformative, concurrent triangulation, and concurrent transformative approaches, were used. A case study approach was employed. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Diffusion of Innovation (DoI) theories framed the study. Based on these, a conceptual framework was formulated. To achieve triangulation, questionnaires and interviews were used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. Academics, students, academic librarians, and information and communication technology experts acted as participants. Findings included low use of the Ibrahim Babangida Library, insufficient and unreliable Internet access on campus, need for digitisation of library resources and the need for a dedicated library portal. The study recommends, amongst others, subscription to full-text databases, provision of sufficient and free Internet access and e-resources. The outcome of the study was a designed, established and functioning library portal based on the input of all the stakeholders of the MAUTech community.

Keywords: Library portal, e-resource, ICT, academic library, students, MAUTech, Ibrahim Babangida Library, institutional repository.

Cite This Article As: Joshua, D., & King, L. (2018). Establishing a library portal for Ibrahim Babangida Library at Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 6(6): 170-188