Perceptions of the Use of Digital Libraries System Among Undergraduates of Selected Federal Universities in Southwest, Nigeria

The study examined the perceptions of the use of digital libraries system among undergraduates from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, and the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria. The study adopted the Technology Acceptance Model as a theoretical framework. Purposive sampling was used to select 100 undergraduates from the selected federal universities, and a questionnaire was adopted as the data collection instrument. The test of normality suggests a need for non-parametric statistics. Hence, the median was used to describe the average values, and ordinal regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed a significant influence of perceived ease of use (p < 0.05) and perceived usefulness (p < 0.05) on the use of digital libraries system by undergraduates. However, perceived usefulness exerted more influence on the use of digital libraries than perceived ease of use. Therefore, the study recommends user-friendly interfaces for the digital libraries system of the selected institutions.