Libraries for Tomorrow: The Use of ICT and Space Transformation in Some Academic Libraries in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAfrane, Daniel Akwasi
dc.contributor.authorDonkor, Antonia Bernadette
dc.contributor.authorYamson, George Clifford
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-06T14:18:59Z
dc.date.available2023-10-06T14:18:59Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-06
dc.descriptionResearch Article
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to examine transformations in academic library spaces in Ghana. A quantitative approach was adopted for this study. Data was collected using Google Forms. A total of 98 librarians from five academic libraries in Ghana, which represents less than 10% of all librarians in academic libraries in Ghana, participated in the study. The data collected was analysed using R4.0 programming software and is presented using charts and tables. Eighty-one per cent (81%) of the participants agreed that their libraries were moving from “book-centred” to “technology-supported and learning-centred” libraries engineered by emerging technologies and the changing demand of academic library users. It was found that the librarians in the study had moderate to low skills in providing advanced technological support to users in creating, capturing, editing, and sharing multimedia (video, audio, text, images) content for their research, teaching, and learning purposes. The results from the multinomial regression analysis with p values shows that the availability of information technology (IT) facilities, their usability and the skills of librarians were significant, revealing that they have effects on the levels of library space transformation. The capabilities of librarians should be improved from undertaking basic computing tasks to providing advanced support to their users. Stakeholders and academic library management should encourage their young librarians to further their education and engage in continuous professional development programmes. Libraries should develop strategies to secure the necessary funding to integrate IT facilities. The study used quantitative methods to study transformations in academic library spaces, a grey research area in Ghana.
dc.identifier.citationAfrane, Daniel Akwasi, Antonia Bernadette Donkor, and George Clifford Yamson. 2022. “Libraries for Tomorrow: The Use of ICT and Space Transformation in Some Academic Libraries in Ghana”. Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 40 (2):16 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/2663-659X/9896.
dc.identifier.issn2663-659X (Online)
dc.identifier.issn0027-2639 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.25159/2663-659X/9896
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.gij.edu.gh/handle/123456789/203
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 40; Number 2 (2022)
dc.titleLibraries for Tomorrow: The Use of ICT and Space Transformation in Some Academic Libraries in Ghana
dc.typeArticle
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