Browsing by Author "Abubakar Lawal"

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    Factors Influencing the Use of Open Access Resources by Library and Information Science Postgraduate Students, University of Ilorin
    (Ilorin Varsity International Journal of Library & Information Science, 2023) Abdullahi Mohammad Ibrahim; Ibrahim Olarewaju Yahaya; Abubakar Lawal; Najeebat Opeyemi Abdulraheem
    The study investigated factors influencing the use of open access resources by library and information science postgraduate students at the university of Ilorin. The study adopted a total enumeration method to involve all 94 LIS postgraduate students at the University of Ilorin. A web-based questionnaire was designed using Google form and the generated link was shared among postgraduate students of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin. The link was shared with various groups of postgraduate students of Library and Information Science via WhatsApp and Telegram. The responses were collected for two weeks. The study reported that awareness, attitude, performance expectancy and internet self-efficacy are factors influencing the use of open access resources The study also revealed a shortage of power supply, a bad network, poor awareness and poor searching skills as the challenges influencing the use of open access resources The study recommends that awareness of the use of open access should be increased to the postgraduate students