Users and Digital Information Resources at Benson Idahosa University Library, Benin City

Arodovwe Mercy Igere

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The study was set to investigate users and digital information resources at Benson Idahosa University Library, Benin City. The study dwelt on access to digital information resources, where digital information resources are mostly accessed, skills possessed in accessing digital information resources, benefits accrued to digital information resources, and challenges of using digitized information resources.  The study adopted a descriptive research design using a questionnaire as an instrument for data collection. The sample of the study is 99 and this was based on the availability of students in the library as of when the study was carried out. Data were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages. Findings revealed that digital information resources are easily accessible to users, the majority of users do not possess the required skill for accessing digital resources, users benefit greatly from the use of digital information resources, and also there are a lot of challenges faced in the use of digital resources some of which are, lack of electricity, lack of adequate skills, etc. The study concluded that digitization of information resources is very relevant to the users and recommended that there is a need for regular training of the users to enable them to take advantage of the information resources.


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