Adoption of Library Management Software for Effective Information Service Delivery in Some University Libraries in Katsina State.

Abstract

The study investigated the adoption of library management software for effective service delivery
among university libraries in Katsina state. The study was guided by two research objective which
includes; identifying the type of software packages installed for library services delivery among
university libraries in Katsina state of Nigeria and finding out the challenges facing the the library
management software for library service delivery in University Libraries in the study area. The
study targeted all the library staff in the study area who were eight (99). The study employed
positivism research paradigm using quantitative research method and questionnaire was used as
the instrument for data collection. Furthermore, the data collected was analyse using descriptive
statistics. The study found that the major challenges associated with the management and use of
library management software which include inadequate managerial support for library service,
cost of procurement of the hardware/software and issue of compatibility with hardware devices in
the library, high maintenance cost, vendor’s insincerity, inadequate funding in the library and
proximity to virus in the library software, lack of training and re-training of library staff and
software piracy in the library software. Conversely, the study recommended that digital
Management Software Package(s) like Greenstone, Document Delivery Software Package(s) like
Ariel, Serial Management Software Package(s) such as Cufts and Reference Management
Software Package(s) such as EndNote should be installed to carry out all the basic functions of
the libraries and to help the library to meet the user demand of the 21st century and among others.