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    Use of electronic information resources by university lecturers in Edo State, Nigeria
    (2013) Uwaifo, S. O; Eiriemiokhale, K. A.
    The limited access to up-to-date materials in university libraries in Nigeria is a main problem that impedes research and teaching. In the last couple of years, lecturers in Nigerian tertiary institutions have increasingly demanded and preferred access to electronic sources delivery and networked information from their respective libraries. The objectives of this study are to: i. identify the benefits the university lecturers in Edo State derive from using electronic information resources; ii. find out the available facilities for using electronic information resources by the university lecturers in Edo State. The study concludes that the university lecturers in Edo State derive several benefits from the use of electronic information resources. However, the available facilities for using electronic information resources are not encouraging. Except for the fact that university lecturers have personal computers at home coupled with handheld devices and the universities’ e-libraries, the universities do not have departmental computer laboratories not to talk of personal computer at their offices. The researchers provided the following recommendations: i. The university managements should provide well equipped computer laboratories for all the departments and provide personal computers in the university lecturers’ offices. ii. The university managements should provide funds for subscription to more primary and secondary electronic sources. Reasonable investment should be made on the university’s e-library so as to be able to subscribe to several databases and provide internet services to lecturers free of charge. iii. There is the urgent need for all the universities in Edo State to be properly funded by their financiers (federal and state governments as well as private organizations). Huge financial investment in ICTs by the universities will positively impact on the lecturers.