INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS AND SELF-EFFICACY OF LIBRARIANS AS ENHANCER TO LIBRARY SERVICE DELIVERY IN SOUTH-WEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The study investigate how information literacy skills and self-efficacy can enhance library service delivery of librarians in public universities in South-West, Nigeria. The survey research design was used in this study, guided by three research questions and a hypothesis. The population for the study is 174 professional librarians from 17 universities both federal and state in South-West, Nigeria. The total enumeration method was used. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Questions were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics on SPSS version 25. The findings revealed that library service delivery, information literacy skills and self-efficacy were high among librarians. The hypothesis testing revealed a significant and positive relationship between information literacy skills and self-efficacy on library service delivery, which implies that information literacy skills and self-efficacy are joint factors that can influence library service delivery. The study concluded that information literacy skills and self-efficacy improved library service delivery of librarians. It was recommended that library service delivery should continuously be sustained by highly skilled information literate librarians who possess a high positive level of self-efficacy.