Effect of Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness on Adoption of Automation System in Academic Libraries

Abstract

High demand for improved service delivery has compelled academic libraries to adopt automation system. Automation system has been found to be a key player that positively changed academic libraries housekeeping operation. In spite of this, it is observed that Nigerian academic libraries have different rates of adopting the automation system for their day to day activities. Consequently, users of libraries expressed worries of the poor information services provision and delivery by some libraries. It is in line with this, that this study aim to assess the effect of perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of technology acceptance model on the automation system adoption in academic libraries in Bauchi State. A cross sectional survey was adopted in the study and structured questionnaire were administered to the respondents in order to obtain data for the study. A total number of 185 questionnaires were used for data analysis. Mean, standard deviation, t-test statistics, and regression analysis (multiple regressions) were used to conduct the various analysis of the study. The results obtained suggested that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness have significant effect on automation system adoption by the Bauchi state academic libraries. In line with the findings of the study, it is recommended that management of these libraries should continue to give more priority to the deployment of automation systems that are very easy to use and to articulate the benefits to be derived from the automation adoption. On the other hand, management of these libraries is to look for other factors that could have a connection with the adoption of automation system in their libraries.