PERCEIVED QUALITY AS DETERMINANTS OF E-BOOK USAGE AMONG POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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2024
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Samaru Journal of Information Studies
Abstract
This paper examined perceived quality as a determinant of e-book usage among
postgraduate students in selected southwest universities in Nigeria. The objective
of. the study was to determine the perception of quality of e-books among
pöstgraduate students in universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The descriptive
survey design was adopted and the instrument for data collection was
questionnaire. The population of the study comprised postgraduate students from
the University of the three selected Universities, totaling 13, 500 out of which the
sample size was 390 using a simple random sampling technique among the three
Selected Universities. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The
hypotheses were tested using linear regression. Content-related approach
validation was conducted to ensure the validity of the instrument while Cronbach's
alpha was used to test the reliability of the instrument. Findings revealed that
postgraduate students have a positive perception of the quality of e-books.
The study concluded that there was a significant relationship between
perceived quality and the extent of e-book usage. The study recommended
that; the government should allocate a budget for both federal and state-owned universities to subscribe to the appropriate e-book website for the
benefit of staff, students, and academic researchers for research. Also,
libraries should constitute an e-librarian team th¡t will be receiving,
answering queries and exchanging e-books with the e-users via the university
webpage, among others.
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E-books-Usage, perceived Quality, Postgraduate Students, Universities, Nigeria