ACCESS AND UTILISATION OF ON-LINE ARABIC INFORMATION RESOURCES BY ACADEMICS IN THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA AND BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO
ACCESS AND UTILISATION OF ON-LINE ARABIC INFORMATION RESOURCES BY ACADEMICS IN THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA AND BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO
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2014-11
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UKASHATU, Hamza Musa
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This study was set out to investigate the Access and Utilisation of Online Arabic Information Resources by Academics in the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Bayero University Kano. In order to achieve this objective, Six (6) research questions were formulated and four hypotheses were tested at 0.05. A survey method was employed in the conduct of this study. The entire population was used for this study, which was made up of all the academics teaching Arabic and Islamic Studies in ABU Zaria and BUK. A well-structure questionnaire was administered to 126 of Academics in both ABU Zaria and BUK with a total of 79 (62.7%) copies returned. The data collected for the study were presented and analyzed using both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Frequency distribution tables, percentages and histograms were also used for the descriptive statistics while One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and T-test were used to test the four hypotheses formulated and determine the areas of differences among the Academics teaching Arabic and Islamic Studies in both Universities. It was discovered that, over 60% of the academics teaching Arabic and Islamic Studies in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Bayero University, Kano were not accessing and utilising the online Arabic information resources available due to lack of awareness of the availability and lack of information literacy skill(s). The study recommended that the university library should take a leading role to create more awareness among Academics on the use of online databases made available to them by conducting training and retraining programmes, organizing workshops, seminars, and conferences so as to increase the level of accessing and utilisation of online Arabic information resources.
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Postgraduate Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS)
Department of Library and Information Science
Faculty of education
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
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ACCESS AND UTILISATION,, ON-LINE ARABIC INFORMATION,, RESOURCES,, ACADEMICS,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,, BAYERO UNIVERSITY