Readiness of Librarians towards Adoption of Radio Frequency Identification for Information Service Delivery in Kano State

Auwalu Muhammad Giginyu, Anthonia U. Echedom

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RFID is the acronym of Radio Frequency Identification a new technology introduced in areas of information industry. RFID technology is used in libraries for shelf management, anti-theft detection, accessioning, external book return etc. The main purpose of the paper was to investigate the awareness, perception and readiness of librarians working in university libraries in Kano state towards RFID. The study employed an exploratory survey design. The target population for the study consists of all librarians working in three university libraries in Kano State. A total of one hundred and nineteen (119) questionnaires were distributed, out of which 94 copies of completed questionnaire (79%) were returned and found usable. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency and simple percentage scores using SPSS version 20. The findings of the revealed that majority of the respondents were aware of the existence of RFID and its usage in libraries. They also perceived the use of RFID in libraries positively. They were also ready to use it if it is installed in the libraries. Finally, the finding revealed that lack of support from the management, resistance to change, cost among others were the major factors inhibit libraries to adopt RFID. The researcher recommended that there is to pave away of training librarians on the new technologies used in libraries and the library management to put more pressure to the university management to ensure RFID and similar technologies are installed in libraries.


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