Influence of Digitized Library Information Resources on Knowledge Acquisition among Undergraduates of Federal University of Petroleum, EffurunWarri, Delta State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study investigated the Influence of Digitized Library Information Resources on Knowledge Acquisition among Undergraduates of the Federal University of Petroleum, Effurun Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study. The questionnaire was the instrument adopted for the study. The questionnaire validated by experts in the dep[1]artment was for face and content. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study is 990 registered users of the FUPRE library. The stratified sampling technique was used to derive the sample size of 198 using 20% of the total population. Analysis was done with simple percentages and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The study found that students acquire knowledge through research online and reading online books for their academic purposes and sometimes the economy. The study found among others that only a few of the resources in the library are digitized and digitized libraries positively influence knowledge acquisition. The study therefore recommends among others that libraries should fully digitize their resources to enable users to have access to information resources