ICTs Use and Library Information Resources in Enhancing a Sustainable Educational Development: A Case Study of University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

Education is an asset that an individual must possess and acquire because it is an instrument par 
excellence for national development. The use of Information and Communication Technology has 
advanced the education sector in Nigeria mostly in tertiary institutions as a result of information 
provision. This study therefore investigates ICTs use and library information resources in 
enhancing a sustainable educational development in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Survey 
research method was adopted for the study; undergraduate students of University of Ibadan were 
selected for this study. Data collected were analyzed using frequency count, analysis of variance 
(ANOVA), regression and correlation statistical tool to test for the relative contribution and the 
significant relationship between ICTs use, library information resources to the prediction of 
sustainable educational development tested at 5% level of significance. The results revealed that 
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has contributed to the development of 
education in the study area with Computer (Laptop) 341(97.7%) which ranked highest. The 
findings also revealed that the use of library information resources by the undergraduates was 
very highly utilized with textbook 219 (62.8%) which ranked highest. The findings reveal that reading for examination 349(100.0%) was 
the major purpose of using information resources by the undergraduate. It also revealed limited 
number of computers 314(90.0%) as one of the major constraints of information resources 
utilisation in the university. The study revealed that there was a significant combined effect of the 
independent variables on the dependent variable, (F (2,346) =7.724, P<0.05). It also revealed that 
information resources use (Beta = .203, t=3.860, p<0.05) and ICT use (Beta =.149, t=1.515, 
p>0.05) are potent predictor factors of educational development. It further revealed that 
information resources use (r =.201**, p<0.05) and ICT use(r =-
.147**, p<0.05) positively correlated to the prediction of educational development of students. The 
study recommended that government should make computer and internet facilities available at all 
levels of our educational system as this is expected to improve the academic
performance of students in our higher institutions.